​West Bloomfield Schools Closed Tomorrow

Thursday marked the area’s tenth day high temperatures below 20 degrees. With wind expected tomorrow, temperatures may fall as low as -20 degrees in some parts of the region, leading Royal Oak Schools to cancel all classes tomorrow.

According to the schools’ Twitter account, “Due to the forecast of dangerously cold wind chills, the West Bloomfield School District will be closed on Friday, January 5th, 2018.” West Bloomfield also canceled classes today. For more information, visit the West Bloomfield School District online or on Twitter, or call (248) 865-6420.

After ten days of arctic blast temperatures, schools across Metro Detroit and beyond are already announcing closures for tomorrow. Temperatures have hovered around zero for nearly two weeks, causing two tragic deaths as two elderly women with demential wandered into the snow and succumbed to exposure in the cold in Roseville and Shelby Township.

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