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Wintry mix prompts some early school closings

Delaware Public Media

Wintry weather in New Castle County is prompting some schools to change their plans for the day.

-Brandywine School District is dismissing students an hour early and all afterschool activities are cancelled,

-Colonial School District secondary schools are letting out at 1:15 and elementary schools at 2:15 and afterschool activities are cancelled.

- Red Clay and Christina School Districts are cancelling afterschool activities.

And the University of Delaware is closing its main Newark campus at 2:30 p.m.   Theres' no classes after 2 p.m. and campus buses will only run until 4 p.m.

Tom Byrne has been a fixture covering news in Delaware for three decades. He joined Delaware Public Media in 2010 as our first news director and has guided the news team ever since. When he's not covering the news, he can be found reading history or pursuing his love of all things athletic.