Thursday marked the area’s tenth day high temperatures below 20 degrees. With temperatures predicted to fall as low as -20 degrees by the morning, Berkley Schools announced the cancellation of Friday classes yesterday night.
According to the schools’ webpage: “The Berkley School District will be closed, Friday, January 5, 2018.” The website further advises child care parents that the Avery program will be closed, but “Tyndall year-round programs will be open as usual at 7 am.” The Kids’ Zone Latchkey Program will also be available for drop-in service at Tyndall for a fee. Any student already registered with Kids’ Zone is welcome.
After nearly two weeks of arctic blast temperatures, Berkley joins schools across Metro Detroit and beyond that announced closures. Temperatures have hovered around zero for ten days, causing two tragic deaths when elderly women with demential wandered into the snow and succumbed to the cold in Roseville and Shelby Township earlier this week.
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