Continued snow brings early dismissals, cancellations to metro-east schools

With the second snow of the season billowing into the metro-east throughout the day Monday, a number of schools cancelled afterschool activities, and some dismissed school early. As of Monday evening, one district announced an e-learning day for Tuesday.

Edwardsville School District 7 students are expected to attend class and do school work virtually in accordance with the district’s e-learning plan on Tuesday. School buildings will be closed, and so will afterschool athletics events and activities, unless students are told otherwise, a district Facebook post explains.

A winter weather advisory is in effect until midnight Monday, the National Weather Service St. Louis’ website states. Although the area may not see as much snow as it did Saturday, below-freezing surface temperatures can help snow accumulate quickly, yielding hazardous travel conditions, the National Weather Service St. Louis said.

Additional snow expected Monday night is what led to District 7’s condition, the post said.

Here are metro-east schools and school districts that changed their plans Monday as a result of the winter weather. We will update this list throughout the day.

Early dismissal

• Edwardsville High School was dismissed at 12:30 p.m., middle schools were dismissed at 1:30 p.m. and elementary schools were dismissed at 2:30 p.m. Afternoon preschool and KidZone are cancelled, the district’s Facebook post specifies.
• East Alton-Wood River Community High School dismissed at 1 p.m.; all afterschool activities and practices were cancelled.
• Althoff Caholic High School in Belleville dismissed at 1:15 p.m.
• Roxana Community Unit School District 1 students in grades 6-12 were dismissed at 1:40 p.m., and students in grades K-5 were dismissed at 2 p.m.
• Wood River-Hartford School District 15 students were dismissed at 1 p.m.

Afterschool activities cancelled

• High Mount School District 116
• Harmony-Emge School District 175 - The district’s Facebook post also notes Latchkey will close at 4:30 p.m.
• Lebanon Community Unit School District 9
• Granite City School District 9
• East St. Louis School District 189 - The district’s Facebook post says athletes should see their coaches for practice updates.
• Collinsville Community Unit School District 10
• Signal Hill School District 181 - Today’s PTO meeting is also cancelled, the district’s post states.
• Central Junior High School in Belleville
• Grant Community Consolidated School District 110
• Cahokia Unit School District 187
• Brooklyn Unit School District 188
• Central School District 104 (in O’Fallon)
• Millstadt Consolidated Community School District 160
• Alton Community Unit School District 11
• Madison Community Unit School District 12’s Bernard Long Elementary School’s afterschool program is cancelled.
• Mascoutah School District 19
• Evening activities at Shiloh Village School District 85 for middle schoolers are cancelled
• O’Fallon Township High School District 203

This story was originally published December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM.