Snow Day Or No Way? Massive Snowfall Splits Twin Cities School Districts

It'll be a three-day weekend for some students in the Twin Cities metro as school districts decide whether to hold classes Monday after roughly a foot of snow fell on the area late Saturday and Sunday.

Anoka-Hennepin School District, the region's largest school system, opted to stay open Monday, as did Hopkins Public Schools, Eden Prairie Schools, Robbinsdale Area Schools and Minnetonka Public Schools.

However, many other major districts in the metro chose to give students the day off, including Saint Paul Public Schools, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan District 196, South Washington County Schools, Lakeville Area Schools, Eastern Carver County Schools, Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools and Shakopee Public Schools.

Minneapolis Public Schools gave elementary students the day off but middle and high schoolers must log on to e-learning to meet state-mandated instructional hours.

Monday will be a full e-learning day for some districts, including North St. Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale School District 622 and Roseville Area Schools.

Some students, like those in Edina Public Schools, Bloomington Public Schools, Stillwater Area Public Schools, Mounds View Public Schools and Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191, are on spring break Monday.

As of late Sunday afternoon, the Twin Cities and much of the surrounding area had been downgraded to a winter storm warning, although some suburbs immediately south and east of Minneapolis and St. Paul were still under a blizzard warning.