The district first planned to open schools on a two-hour delay, but ended up closing for the day because of icy road conditions in the towns.
Here is the message on the website for the Region 9 Public Schools:
"The decision to delay the opening of school today has changed to a school closing due to icy road conditions. School offices will open as soon as it is safe to do so."
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