'There Are No Snow Days': Concord-Carlisle Regional Schools

CONCORD, MA — A midweek storm is expected to bring the first serious snowfall of the year, but the prospect of a snow day has dimmed in a year when districts have adapted to the pandemic.

A spokesperson for the Concord-Carlisle School District and Concord Public Schools said remote learning has become the solution to the long-time snow day dilemma.

"With remote learning, there are no snow days," said district spokesperson Thomas Lucey, "On half-days, elementary students will have a half remote learning day in the morning."

High school and middle school students will treat the day as a remote day and crack open their laptops to join their classmates.

The storm is expected to hit the region Wednesday night and continue through midday Thursday, dumping as much as 8 to 12 inches on parts of the region.

The National Weather Service said the amount of snow depends on how the storm tracks and interacts with an area of high pressure that will keep temperatures in the low 30s from Tuesday onward.

Under its current trajectory, the hardest-hit areas would cover an area from the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Upper Cape, with northern Massachusetts and the Outer Cape seeing lower snowfall totals.

The storm could also bring heavy wind and cause minor coastal flooding problems around 1 p.m. Thursday, when high tide hits Boston.