Cold Weather Causing School Delays, Closings

(Undated)  --  Several public school districts across the state are either closed or delaying opening this morning because of the cold weather.  Wind chills across the state are expected to be 15-to-25 degrees below zero this morning, according to the National Weather Service.  As of overnight, the public schools on a one-hour delay are Burrillville, Cumberland, Johnston, Lincoln, Smithfield, and the Northern Rhode Island Collaborative, while Woonsocket schools are on a two-hour delay.  There is no school for Foster-Glocester, North Smithfield, or Newport, which is being affected by the National Grid gas outage.


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