A storm originating in Canada brought an arctic blast of wind and snow to New England on Wednesday night, leading to school closures and delays across the state. Below is a list of school districts in Massachusetts that have announced closures or delays for Thursday, 5 December. This list is updated regularly.
Note: Schools are listed alphabetically by name, not location.
Closed Schools
- Ashburnham-Westminster
- Gardner
- Gateway
- Narragansett
- Palmer
- Spencer-East Brookfield
- Wachusett
- Worcester (Head Start, before- and after-school activities, and administrative offices are also closed.)
Schools with a 2-hour Delay
- Amherst
- Amherst-Pelham
- Athol-Royalston
- Baystate Academy
- Belchertown
- Chicopee
- Dudley-Charlton Regional
- Hadley
- Hampshire
- Hatfield
- Leicester
- Ludlow
- Mohawk Trail
- North Brookfield
- North Middlesex
- Oxford
- Pathfinder Tech
- Pelham
- Quabbin
- Quaboag Regional
- Shutesbury
- Smith Vocational
- South Hadley
- Southbridge
- Southern Worcester County Regional Vocational School District (Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School)
- Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional
- Springfield
- Tantasqua
- Webster
- Westfield
- Winchendon
