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School Closings: List Grows As Nor'Easter To Bring Heavy Snows, High Winds

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Central and Western Massachusetts on Monday, March 15, through Wednesday as a nor'easter will blanket the area with heavy snows and high winds. 

Schools are bracing as a nor'easter is forecast to bring high winds and heavy snows across New England beginning Monday night, March 13.

Schools are bracing as a nor'easter is forecast to bring high winds and heavy snows across New England beginning Monday night, March 13.

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Several schools have announced they will be closed on Tuesday.  

The Berkshires

  • Adams-Cheshire Regional School District
  • Berkshire Hills Regional School District
  • Central Berkshire Regional School District
  • Farmington River Regional School District
  • Gabriel Abbott Memorial School
  • Hancock Regional School District
  • Lee Public Schools
  • Mount Greylock Regional School District
  • North Adams Public Schools
  • Pittsfield Public Schools
  • Southern Berkshire Regional School District

Essex County

  • Amesbury Public – Three-hour early dismissal
  • Andover Public – Early dismissal; no afternoon activities
  • Beverly Public – Early dismissal
  • Boxford Public – Closing at 12 p.m.
  • Danvers Public – No Pre-K, afternoon or evening classes
  • Georgetown Public – Early dismissal; no evening activities
  • Ipswich Public – Early dismissal; no evening activities
  • Lawrence Public – Early dismissal
  • Lynn Public Schools
  • Manchester Essex Regional – Early Dismissal 
  • Methuen Public – Early Release
  • Middleton Public – Closing at 12 p.m.
  • Newburyport Public – Early dismissal; no evening activities
  • Rockport Public – Early dismissal
  • Swampscott Public – Early dismissal
  • Topsfield Public – Closing at 12 p.m.
  • Triton Regional School District – Half day all schools

Franklin County

  • Erving School District-Union #28 School District
  • Greenfield Public Schools
  • Mohawk Trail Regional School District
  • Pioneer Valley Regional School District 

Hampden County

  • Agawam Public Schools 
  • Chicopee Public Schools
  • East Longmeadow Public Schools
  • Holyoke Public Schools
  • Longmeadow Public Schools
  • Ludlow Public Schools
  • Monson Public Schools
  • Pathfinder Reg Voc-Tech High School
  • Palmer Public Schools
  • Springfield Public Schools
  • West Springfield Public Schools
  • Westfield Public Schools

Hampshire County

  • Amherst-Pelham Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • Easthampton Public Schools
  • Hadley Public Schools
  • Hampshire Regional School District
  • Granby Public Schools
  • Northampton Public Schools
  • South Hadley Public Schools
  • Ware Public Schools

Middlesex County

  • Acton-Boxobrough Regional School District
  • Arlington Public
  • Assabet Valley Regional Technical
  • Ayer-Shirley Regional District
  • Bedford Public
  • Billerica Public
  • Burlington Public
  • Cambridge Public – No afternoon activities
  • Carlisle Public – Three-hour early dismissal
  • Chelmsford Public
  • Colebrook School 
  • Concord-Carlisle Regional – Closing at 11:15 a.m.; no afternoon activities
  • Concord Public – Closing at 11:30 a.m. 
  • Dracut Public – Early Dismissal
  • Framingham Public – Early Dismissal; no afternoon activities
  • Groton-Dunstable Public
  • Holliston Public – Two-hour early dismissal
  • Hopkinton Public – Early dismissal
  • Hudson Public Schools
  • Keefe Regional Technical School – Early Dismissal; no afternoon activities
  • Lexington Public
  • Lincoln Public – Closing at 11:30 a.m.; no afternoon activities
  • Lincoln-Sudbury – Closing at 12:45 p.m.; no afternoon or evening classes
  • Littleton Public
  • Lowell Public
  • Marlborough Public
  • Melrose Public – Early dismissal
  • North Middlesex Regional Schools
  • Reading Public – Two-hour early dismissal
  • Somerville Public Schools – No after school activities
  • Stoneham Public – Early dismissal
  • Sudbury Public  – Early dismissal
  • Tewksbury Public – Early dismissal; no evening activities
  • Waltham Public Schools – Three-hour early dismissal 
  • Wakefield Public – Early dismissal; no evening activities
  • Waltham Public – Early dismissal
  • Watertown Public  – Early dismissal
  • Wayland Public  – Early dismissal
  • Westford Public  
  • Weston Public – Early dismissal
  • Wilmington Public  – Early dismissal
  • Winchester Public
  • Woburn Public  – Early dismissal

Norfolk County

  • Blue Hills Regional Technical – Closing at 11 a.m.; no afternoon or evening activities
  • Brookline Public – No after school activities
  • Dedham Public – No afternoon activities or school care
  • Franklin Public – Early Dismissal
  • King Philip Regional School District – Closing at 11 a.m.; no afternoon activities
  • Norfolk Public – Closing at 12 p.m.; no afternoon activities
  • Plainville Public – Closing at 12; no Pre-K
  • Randolph Public – Early Dismissal
  • Wrentham Public – Closing at 11:30 a.m.

Plymouth County

  • Hull Public Schools — Two-hour early dismissal 
  • Brockton Public  – Early dismissal
  • Medway Public  – Early dismissal

Worcester County

  • Abby Kelley Foster Regional
  • Algonquin Regional
  • Athol-Royalston School District 
  • Ashburnham-Westminster Regional School District
  • Auburn Public Schools
  • Clinton Public
  • Douglas Public 
  • Dudley-Charlton Regional School District
  • Fitchburg Public Schools 
  • Gardner Public
  • Grafton Public
  • Harvard Public
  • Leicester Public Schools
  • Leominster Public 
  • Milford Public – No preschool 
  • Millbury Public Schools
  • Nashoba Public 
  • Narragansett Regional School District
  • Northbridge Public
  • North Brookfield Public 
  • Oxford Public Schools
  • Quabbin Regional School District
  • Quaboag Regional School District
  • Shrewsbury Public
  • Southborough Public
  • Southbridge Public Schools
  • Spencer-East Brookfield School District 
  • Sutton Public 
  • Wachusett Regional School District
  • Webster Public Schools
  • West Bolyston Public
  • Winchendon Public
  • Worcester Public Schools

The National Weather Service said the storm would clutch most of New England in its icy grip beginning Monday night. Much of Central and Western Massachusetts can expect between six to 12 inches of snow and high winds. Areas with higher elevations will get more. 

Forecasters believe the Berkshires may get it the worst in the state. Up to two feet of snow could fall in certain areas there through Tuesday, the NWS said. 

Meteorologists said residents should prepare for downed trees, power outages, and dangerous driving conditions. 

This page will be updated with school closings across Massachusetts as they are announced. 

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