Lexington Schools Prepared To Be Flexible With Pandemic Snow Days

LEXINGTON, 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.

Lexington Public Schools are taking snow days on a case-by-case basis and prepared for both remote learning and the cancellation of classes.

Lexington Public Schools Superintendent Julie Hackett said, "If I call school off the day before a snow storm by noon, it will be remote; if I call school off the day of, it's a good old-fashioned regular snow day!"

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.