All Madison schools will be closed Thursday, January 31 due to continuing extreme cold temperatures. All school buildings will be closed for the entire day and after-school programming is canceled.
In a press release, the school district explained that it considers closing when temperatures below -25 degrees wind chill are forecasted, and those temperatures are forecasted throughout the morning on Thursday when students would have to travel to school.
Given the rise in temperatures forecasted through the afternoon, the district will allow MSCR events after 4 p.m. and high school athletics and extracurricular activities to go on.
Based on the current forecast, the district is expecting warmer temperatures and a return to school on Friday.
