NEWS

Delaware schools close ahead of storm

Christina Jedra
The News Journal

Dozens of schools in Delaware will be closed on Tuesday, March 14 in anticipation of a winter storm slated to bring up to a foot of snow to the region.

9 year-old Abby O'Connor gives the thumbs up on her successful ride down hill at Rockford Park in February 2017.

DATA: Live school closing information

In the Brandywine School District, the following schools will be closed:

  • Brandywine Community School
  • Brandywine High School
  • Brandywine Elementary School
  • Bush Early Education Center
  • Carrcroft Elementary School 
  • Claymont Elementary School
  • Concord High School
  • David W. Harlan Elementary School
  • Forwood Elementary School
  • Hanby Elementary School
  • Lancashire Elementary School
  • Lombardy Elementary School
  • Maple Lane Elementary School
  • Mount Pleasant Elementary School
  • Mount Pleasant Gifted Program
  • Mount Pleasant High School
  • Pierre's DuPont Middle School
  • Springer Middle School
  • Talley Middle School
  • Twilight Academy Program

In the Colonial School District:

  • Alternative Center for Education (ACE)
  • Carre Downie Elementary School
  • Castle Hills Elementary School
  • Colwyck Elementary School
  • George Read Middle School
  • Gunning Bedford Middle School
  • Harry O. Eisenberg Elementary School
  • John G. Leach  Elementary School
  • Kathleen H. Wilbur  Elementary School
  • Leach Exceptional VocEd 
  • Kingdom Life Preparatory Academy
  • Mccullough Middle School
  • New Castle Elementary School
  • Leach Exceptional VoCed 
  • Pleasantville Elementary School 
  • Southern Elementary School
  • William Penn High School
  • Wilmington Manor Elementary School

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New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District:

  • Adult education 
  • Delaware Skills Center 
  • Delcastle Technical High School
  • Howard High School of Technology
  • Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School
  • St. Georges Technical High School

Also closed will be:

  • Charter School of New Castle
  • East Side Charter School
  • Thomas A. Edison Charter School
  • Freire Charter School
  • Las Americas Aspira Academy
  • Newark Charter School
  • Great Oaks Charter School 

This list may be updated. 

Contact Christina Jedra at (302) 324-2837, cjedra@delawareonline.com or on Twitter @ChristinaJedra.