WORCESTER — Worcester Public Schools canceled classes and school activities for Monday as snow fell onto the region overnight and into the morning.
School officials made that announcement online and had some fun with it, telling students how they could use their snow day off.
“School will be canceled and there is not a thing that you can do about it. So stay home, read a book for like 20 minutes and play Fortnite for 8 hours. It doesn’t really matter. Or go out and try to shovel your neighbors house, try to make a little dough,” Worcester Public Schools said in a video shared on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“These kids are getting days off for, we would never have days off for stuff like this but they’re getting days off left and right,” said father of two Thomas Moore.
But he does enjoy being outside with his daughters and seeing them enjoy the day off.
Moore said of his oldest daughter, “She just loves running around, throwing snowballs and all that good stuff.”
The roads were a major concern of both the city and school system heading into Monday morning. That includes Head Start and before and after school activities.
The snow continued to fall around 5 a.m. and Washington Square outside of Union Station has been busy all morning with plow and salt trucks driving through.
Gary Perron started at 4:30 a.m. to get his wife out for work.
“Took me an hour. Then I came back out here after that for another hour to clean off my deck and my driveway and my vehicles,” he said.
He guessed his home got about 4 inches of snow and said it was strenuous work because of how wet it was.
“That snow is heavy. I don’t even know if the snow blowers can go through it,” Perron said.
When you look around at the main roads, you’ll see no cars parked on the street.
Worcester put a parking ban in place on Sunday starting at 6 p.m. Officials have not said when that parking ban ends.
Stay clear of plows and other trucks treating the roads, city officials are reminding local residents.
And they’re asking residents to clear snow off sidewalks, around fire hydrants, and in catch basins that are close to their property.
WRTA is also operating on snow routes.
Plow driver Bob Potenti said, “I wouldn’t want to be shoveling it, that’s for sure.”
He could even feel the strength of the snow inside the truck. “It’s not easy stuff to push,” he said.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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