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Chicago-Area Schools Announce Closings, Delayed Starts Due to Ice

Several schools in the Chicago area announced closings or delayed starts Wednesday amid icy and rainy conditions that made roads potentially treacherous. 

The area was under its first Ice Storm Warning in nearly a decade Tuesday evening through its cancellation early Wednesday. Several western counties remained under a Winter Weather Advisory through 9 a.m., warning of freezing rain and slick roads and sidewalks. 

FULL LIST OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS HERE

Here's a look at some of the schools announcing closures as part of the winter weather:

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WASHINGTON SCHOOL, HARVARD: OPENING 2 HOURS LATE

A. O. MARSHALL SCHOOL, JOLIET: OPENING 2 HOURS LATE

ANOINTED CHILDCARE ACADEMY, JOLIET: OPENING LATE AT 8 A.M.

ANTIOCH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL, ANTIOCH: OPENING LATE AT 8:55 A.M.

ANTIOCH PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, ANTIOCH: OPENING LATE AT 10 A.M.

CHANNAHON SCHOOL DISTRICT 17, CHANNAHON: OPENING 2 HOURS LATE

CHESTERBROOK ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NAPERVILLE: OPENING LATE AT 8 A.M.

CHICAGO CITY DAY SCHOOL, CHICAGO: CLOSED

DIST #1 (COAL CITY SCHOOL): OPENING 1 HOUR LATE

DIST #116 (ROUND LAKE AREA SCHOOLS): 2-HOUR LATE START; NO AM PRESCHOOL

DIST #160 (SENECA TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL): OPENING LATE AT 9:55 A.M.

DIST #205 (LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DIST): OPENING 1 HOUR LATE

DIST #210 (LEMONT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL): OPENING LATE AT 9:30 A.M.

EDNA KEITH SCHOOL, JOLIET: 2-HOUR DELAYED START FOR ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF

HARVARD JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL: OPENING 2 HOURS LATE

ISAAC FOX ELEMENTARY, LAKE ZURICH: OPENING 2 HOURS LATE

LARAWAY SCHOOL, JOLIET: CLOSED

ST. IGNATIUS COLLEGE PREP, CHICAGO: CLOSED

Click here for a full list of school closings and cancellations.

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