Metro-east schools to cancel class or set e-learning plan Thursday. Here’s a list

With the metro-east under a cold weather advisory by the National Weather Service, some schools have either canceled classes or scheduled remote learning plans Thursday.

The low temperature Thursday morning is expected to be 2 above with a northwest wind at 7 to 11 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

“The dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 to 20 below zero could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes,” according to the advisory, which ends at noon Thursday.

Metro-east students have missed multiple days of school this week and since last month because of snow, sleet, ice and cold temperatures.

School administrators can email announcements to the Belleville News-Democrat via newsroom@bnd.com.

Here’s a list of metro-east schools either closed or operating with an e-learning plan on Thursday:

Closed

Brooklyn 188

Dupo 196

East St. Louis 189

Roxana 1

Sparta 140

E-Learning

Cahokia 187

Chester 139

JTC Academy (Cahokia Heights)

Marissa 40

Venice 3

This story was originally published February 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM.