Pending Snowstorm Closes Arlington Heights Area Schools

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL — Add Township High School District 214 (Arlington Heights) to the growing list of Chicagoland area schools closed Friday due to a pending snowstorm. With upwards of 8 inches predicted in some areas, "travel could be very difficult to impossible,"according to the National Weather Service.

Here is a look at the current status of other Arlington Heights area schools and districts as of Thursday night, according to EmergencyClosingCenter.com:

• District 214 Community Education (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Arlington Heights School District 25 — e-learning
• Forest View Educational Center (Arlington Heights) — closed
• John Hersey High School (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Newcomer Center (Arlington Heights) — closed
• The Academy at Forest View (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Vanguard School (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Christian Liberty Academy (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Our Lady of the Wayside School (Arlington Heights) — closed
• Metro Prep/Laureate Day School (Arlington Heights) — closed, e-learning
• Township High School District 211 (Palatine) — closed
• New Connections Academy (Palatine) — closed, e-learning
• Community Consolidated School District 59 (Elk Grove Village) — closed, e-learning
• River Trails School District 26 (Mount Prospect) — closed, e-learning
• Prospect High School (Mount Prospect) — closed
• Rolling Meadows High School — closed

In Arlington Heights, temperature fare expected to fall to near 25 by 9 p.m. NWS predicts wind could gust as high as 20 mph with a 100 percent of precipitation Thursday night. Nighttime snow totals could be between 1 and 2 inches.

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For Friday, snow is predicted throughout the morning, before mixing with rain between noon and 3 p.m. NWS said snow could be heavy at times, with snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches.