The winter storm that contributed to downed power lines, gnarled trees and hazardous roadways across the state is also spurring school closures.
Almost half of the state’s public school districts had announced plans to close or operate virtually on Monday, as of 6 p.m. Sunday, according to data from the Mississippi Department of Education and official posts. In some areas, such as Oxford and Lafayette County, schools will close for longer.
Many colleges and universities have announced plans to operate virtually.
The following list of weather-related closings announced for Monday is not exhaustive. Email information about school closings to mbrown@mississippitoday.org.
K-12 schools (public and private)
- Ambition Prep
- Benton County School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Brookhaven School District
- Canton Public School District
- Chickasaw County School District
- Claiborne County School District
- Clarksdale Municipal School District
- Cleveland School District
- Clinton Public School District
- Coahoma County School District: Closed through Tuesday; virtual learning
- Copiah County School District
- DeSoto County Schools
- East Tallahatchie School District
- Forest Municipal School District
- Greenwood Leflore Consolidated School District
- Greenville Public School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Hinds County School District
- Hollandale School District
- Holmes County Consolidated School District
- Humphreys County School District
- Jackson Academy
- Jackson Preparatory School
- Jackson Public Schools
- Kosciusko School District
- Lafayette County School District: Closed all week
- Laurel School District
- Lawrence County School District
- Leake County School District
- Lee County School District
- Leland School District
- Lincoln County School District
- Lowndes County School District
- Madison County Schools
- Magnolia Speech School
- McComb School District
- MIssissippi Schools for Deaf and the Blind
- Natchez-Adams School District
- New Albany School District: Closed through Tuesday
- North Panola School District
- North Pike School District
- Okolona Separate School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Oxford School District: Closed all week
- Pearl Public School District
- Philadelphia Public School District
- Quitman County School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Rankin County School District
- RePublic Charter Schools
- Scott County School District
- Senatobia School District: Closed through Wednesday
- Simpson County School District
- Smith County School District
- South Panola School District
- South Pike School District
- SR1 College Preparatory & STEM Academy
- Sunflower County Consolidated School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Tishomingo County School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Tunica County School District: Closed through Tuesday
- Tupelo Public School District
- Vicksburg-Warren School District: A decision about a Tuesday closure will be made by 2 p.m. Monday.
- Walthall County School District
- Wayne County School District
- West Jasper School District
- Western Line School District
- West Tallahatchie School District
- Winona-Montgomery Consolidated School District: Operating virtually
- Yazoo City Municipal School District
- Yazoo County School District
Colleges and universities (public and private)
- Alcorn State University: Operating virtually; opens at noon on Tuesday
- Coahoma County Community College
- Copiah–Lincoln Community College
- Delta State University: Closed through Tuesday
- East Central Community College: Operating virtually
- Hinds Community College: Operating virtually
- Itawamba Community College
- Jackson State University: Operating virtually
- Jones College: Operating virtually
- Meridian Community College: Operating virtually
- Millsaps College: Operating virtually
- Mississippi College: Operating virtually
- Mississippi Delta Community College: Closed through Tuesday
- Mississippi State University: Operating virtually
- Mississippi University for Women
- Mississippi Valley State University: Operating virtually at instructors’ discretion
- Northeast Mississippi Community College: Closed through Tuesday
- Northwest Mississippi Community College: Operating virtually
- Rust College: Operating virtually
- Southeastern Baptist College: A decision about a Tuesday closure will be made by 5 p.m. Monday.
- Southwest Mississippi Community College: Operating virtually
- Tougaloo College: Operating virtually
- University of Mississippi: Closed though Tuesday
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