PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rather than students having a day off from school due to the winter storm, school districts across Southern New England have opted to switch to remote learning.

With distance learning becoming a necessity during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, snow days are starting to become a thing of the past.

Many school districts had students learn remotely on Monday, and that continued on Tuesday as plows worked to clear the roadways of snow and slush.

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