School Closings & Delays For December 16, 2019

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The National Weather Service in Lincoln issued a Winter Storm Warning and Winter Weather Advisory for many counties in Central Illinois. Several inches of snow fell Sunday night forcing many schools to close or delay opening on Monday morning. Another round is in the forecast for Monday night.

SCHOOL DELAYS/SERVICE ISSUES

Champaign Unit 4 School District: no yellow school buses operating morning or afternoon for elementary or secondary students living in the following areas: Bondville Churchill Downs Drive, Any Rural Address Belmont Drive, Hartwell & Hartwell (by U of I golf course), Laurel Park Place, Field Stone – Savoy, Lake Falls, Liberty on the Lake and Summerfield Road (Old Church west of Staley).

Urbana School District #116: limited rural bus service, impacting students living on rural routes in the area of East High Cross Road and Route 130, and North of Airport Road.

SCHOOLS CLOSED

CHAMPAIGN COUNTY

Heritage Community Unit School District #8

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Illinois

COLES COUNTY

Charleston CUSD 1

Mattoon Community Unit School District 2

Oakland CUSD #5

CUMBERLAND COUNTY

DOUGLAS COUNTY

MACON COUNTY

Decatur Public Schools

Mount Zion Community Unit School District #3

St. Patrick School, Decatur

St. Teresa High School, Decatur

PIATT COUNTY

Cerro Gordo School District 100

VERMILION COUNTY

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