The city is still struggling to clear its road system after a blizzard dropped more than two feet of snow on the area
NEWARK - The city's public schools will be off for a second straight day Tuesday as the aftermath of a weekend blizzard continues to cripple much of the city.
The district issued a statement shortly before 5 p.m. indicating that "weather conditions" had forced the closure of all schools and its Family Support Center. The district's central office will be open for its regular business hours.
A regular meeting of the city's School Advisory Board originally scheduled for Tuesday night has also been cancelled.
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Newark was one of more than a dozen towns in Essex County to cancel school Monday after a record-setting storm dropped more than two feet of snow on much of the area over the weekend.
To the chagrin of residents, however, the city has struggled to clear its approximately 40 miles of roads, and travel in many residential neighborhoods remains difficult.
Mayor Ras Baraka has estimated that all roads would be cleared by sometime late Tuesday morning.
As of around 5 p.m., none of the city's charter, magnet or private schools had officially declared closures of their own.
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