More Western Montana Schools Closed Friday Because of Bad Weather

Updated: Thursday 1/6/21 at 9:40 PM

Kids today have it so easy. They'll never know the pain of watching the information scroll across the bottom of a tv screen to find out if school has been delayed or closed because of the snow. Back in the day, it was a lesson in patience that you would eagerly participate in while hoping the result would be the ultimate prize of no school for the day! Oh man, it was the worst if you weren't paying attention and you missed your school's name. You would have to start over and sit through it all again! But the days of having a computer in the palm of your hand means instant information when it comes to school closures. The times may have changed but the result of a snow day is the same, a bonus day of sweet freedom!

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It just keeps snowing!

It's been a crazy couple of days when it comes to snow in western Montana. I grew up in Seattle and everybody is a weenie there when it comes to the white stuff. To be fair, we didn't get crazy snow days very often. But if we ever had as much snow as Missoula had this morning, school would have for sure been canceled. With today's additional snowfall I've been keeping my eye on the list of school closures to see if Missoula County Public Schools would make an early announcement about the plans for Friday.

My daughter has never had a snow day for school and she's been pretty excited about the idea of being able to stay home. I'm secretly rooting for the district to throw in the towel, close for Friday, and let everyone have a three-day weekend.

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No word on MCPS at the time of writing this but there are plenty of other closures

Poke around the website of any local news station and you'll see the latest details about what schools are closed and delayed for Friday. The list of schools below is from KPAX.

Closures:

Corvallis Schools
Hamilton School District
Lone Rock School
Olney-Bissell
St. Ignatius Schools
Stevensville School District
Superior School District
Valley Christian
West Glacier
Thompson Falls
St. Regis
Woodman Elementary
Sunset School
Missoula International School
Florence-Carlton Schools
Darby

Delayed:

West Valley late start 9:00 a.m.
Dixon School will have a two-hour delay. The bus will run a normal route with students arriving at 10:10 a.m.
Missoula Catholic Schools- St. Joseph School, Early Childhood program, and Loyola Sacred Heart High School will have a late start of 10 a.m.

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