Although the season’s first storm did not impact schools, the second storm expected to hit today is already causing early dismissals and closings.
Before a flake flew, Westfield Schools Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion, and Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District Superintendent Dr. John Barry, made the decision to dismiss students early. Gateway Regional Superintendent David Hopson made the call to close schools today.
The national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for all of western Massachusetts until 7 p.m. Light snow was expected to arrive in western Massachusetts by 10 a.m. and get a little heavier from mid-afternoon through early evening, which would make for a potentially slippery evening commute. Superintendents anticipated unfavorable road conditions this afternoon and opted not to risk students by dismissing classes early and closing school in the hilltowns.
