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Chicago-Area Schools Close, Delay Starts Due to Winter Weather

Several schools in the Chicago area announced closings or delayed start times on Monday amid snowfall and a Winter Weather Advisory across the region. 

Schools began reporting late openings or full closures Sunday evening, hours before snow even began to blanket the area. 

FULL LIST OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS HERE

Lake and McHenry counties in Illinois, as well as Kenosha County in Wisconsin were under a Winter Storm Warning through 6 p.m. CST Monday, according to the National Weather Service, which warned of heavy snow through the morning with accumulations of 6 to 8 inches, plus freezing drizzle resulting in an icy glaze.

De Kalb and La Salle counties were under a Winter Weather Advisory through 6 p.m. Monday as well, while Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall and Will counties in Illinois, plus Jasper, La Porte, Lake, and Newton counties in Indiana were under a Winter Weather Advisory through 9 p.m. Monday.

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

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WASHINGTON SCHOOL HARVARD: CLOSED

ALAN B. SHEPARD HIGH SCHOOL PALOS HEIGHTS: OPENING LATE (9 a.m.)

ALDEN-HEBRON DIST #19 -HEBRON ILLINOIS HEBRON: CLOSED

ALGONQUIN ROAD SCHOOL FOX RIVER GROVE: CLOSED

ALLENDALE SCHOOL - LINC WOODSTOCK: CLOSED

 BRIARGATE SCHOOL CARY: CLOSED

BUSH SCHOOL JOHNSBURG: CLOSED

CAMBRIDGE LAKES LEARNING CENTER PINGREE GROVE: CLOSED

CANTERBURY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRYSTAL LAKE: CLOSED

CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL-MUNDELEIN MUNDELEIN: CLOSED

CARY JR. HIGH CARY: CLOSED

CHESAK SCHOOL LAKE IN THE HILLS: CLOSED

CHILDREN'S HOUSE MONTESSORI SCHOOL DUNDEE: CLOSED

CHRISTIAN LIFE PRESCHOOL KENOSHA: CLOSED

CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SYCAMORE: CLOSED

COVENTRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRYSTAL LAKE: CLOSED

CREEKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL WOODSTOCK: CLOSED

DEAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOODSTOCK: CLOSED

DIST #200 (WOODSTOCK): CLOSED

DIST #201 - WESTMONT: CLOSED

DIST #201 (J.S. MORTON HIGH SCHOOLS) - CICERO: LATE START SCHEDULE, NO ZERO PERIOD

DIST #201-U (CRETE-MONEE SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #202 (LISLE COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #202 (PLAINFIELD COMMUNITY SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #203 - NAPERVILLE: CLOSED

DIST #204 (INDIAN PRAIRIE UNIT DISTRICT) - NAPERVILLE: CLOSED

DIST #205 (ELMHURST PUBLIC SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #205 (LOCKPORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DIST): CLOSED

DIST #207 (MAINE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #207-U (PEOTONE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #208 (RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL): OPENING LATE AT 8:40 a.m.

DIST #21 (WHEELING): CLOSED

DIST #211 - PALATINE: CLOSED

DIST #212 (EAST LEYDEN AND WEST LEYDEN): E-LEARNING DAY

DIST #214 (ALL BUILDINGS) - ARLINGTON HEIGHTS: CLOSED

DIST #218 - OAK LAWN: OPENING LATE AT 9 a.m.

DIST #225 (GLENBROOK NORTH AND SOUTH HIGH SCHOOLS): CLOSED

DIST #23 - PROSPECT HEIGHTS: CLOSED

DIST #230 (STAGG, ANDREW & SANDBURG HIGH SCHOOLS): OPENING LATE AT 9:30 a.m.

DIST #234 (RIDGEWOOD COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL): OPENING LATE AT 9:25 a.m.

DIST #25 (ARLINGTON HEIGHTS): CLOSED

DIST #25 (BENJAMIN SCHOOL DISTRICT): CLOSED

DIST #26 - CARY: CLOSED

DIST #26 (RIVER TRAILS DISTRICT): CLOSED

DIST #3 - FOX RIVER GROVE: CLOSED

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

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