Winter Storm Snarls Travel, Forces Tough Choices for Schools

Winter Storm Snarls Travel, Forces Tough Choices for Schools
A worker clears snow in New York's Times Square, on Jan. 7, 2022. Richard Drew/AP Photo
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BOSTON—A winter storm that had already blanketed parts of the South in snow moved into the Northeast on Friday, snarling air travel, crushing morning commutes and delivering a dilemma to school districts that had been trying to keep children in classes during a surge in COVID-19 cases.

Schools in Boston closed, and Providence, Rhode Island, public schools switched to distance learning, but New York City kept the nation’s largest public school system open.