Triangle school closings and delays: Wake, Durham, NC State, UNC closing Monday
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- Multiple Triangle schools and universities canceled or used remote learning.
- Wake County closed schools as a teacher workday. Students will make up the day.
- Several universities, including UNC and NC State, declared suspended operations.
Triangle universities and school districts canceled Monday classes or switched to remote instruction after this weekend’s storm dumped as much as six inches of snow on parts of the region.
The storm brought 2 to 3 inches of snow to Raleigh, 3 to 4 inches in Durham and Chapel Hill and 4 to 6 inches in Smithfield. It could impact classes well into the week.
This will be the second week in a row that classes have been disrupted due to wintry weather. School districts used several days of remote learning last week to avoid having to make up the time.
State law limits K-12 public schools to five days of remote learning each school year. Some districts have used up the five days or only have a couple of remote days left.
Bookmark this story and check back — it will be updated as additional closings are announced.
Here’s what schools have announced so far for Monday.
K-12 school districts
- Chapel Hill-Carrboro (updated 4:15 p.m. Sunday): Monday will be a remote learning day. Middle school and high school students will log in online to receive live instruction from teachers. Elementary school students will work on their own using assignments provided by their teachers.
- Chatham County (updated 1:45 p.m. Sunday): Schools will be closed Monday. There will be no remote learning. All school events and activities have been canceled.
- Durham Public Schools (updated 4:53 p.m.): All schools will be closed Monday due to hazardous conditions.
- Johnston County (updated 2 p.m. Sunday): Schools will be closed Monday for a remote learning day. All extracurricular activities have been canceled.
- Orange County (updated 4:53 p.m. Sunday): Schools will be closed Monday due to hazardous conditions.
- Wake County (updated 3:25 p.m. Sunday): All schools will be closed Monday. It will be a teacher workday for staff. Wake says it won’t use a remote learning day to preserve in-person instructional time. Most students will make up Monday on Feb. 16. Wake STEM students will make it up Feb. 17. Track 3 students at year-round schools are on break so they won’t have to make up the day.
Universities
- UNC-Chapel Hill (updated 3:59 p.m. Sunday): All Monday classes have been canceled. The university’s Condition 2 critical alert runs through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
- NC State (updated 12:05 p.m. Sunday): Classes have been canceled for Monday. The university will remain in Code 2 (Suspended Operations) through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
- Duke University (updated 5 p.m. Sunday): All Monday in-person classes have been canceled. Instructors may offer content remotely or substitute the class period with an assignment. Classes on Tuesday will be held as scheduled.
- NC Central University (updated 4:05 p.m. Sunday): All Monday classes have been canceled. The university is on Condition 2 (Suspended Operations) through 11:59 p.m. Monday.
This story was originally published February 1, 2026 at 12:25 PM.
