· frigid temperatures settled over metro detroit and much of southeast michigan on friday, shutting down hundreds of schools , zoos, and more with a warmup not in sight. · when wind chills plummeted to −15°f across southeastern michigan, over 40 school districts made the critical decision to shut down operations, affecting hundreds of thousands of students. · hundreds of metro detroit schools issued closing notices for friday, jan. 23, in response to dangerously cold air that is part of a massive winter storm system affecting more than 200 million. · school closings for southeast michigan from clickondetroit. com and wdiv local 4 news. Snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain are hitting the area. · hundreds of schools in metro detroit will be closed on wednesday as a winter storm moves into the area. · the detroit school district will close four schools at the end of this school year, officials confirmed wednesday. The move affects 330 students scattered across the city. Clark preparatory academy, ann arbor trail magnet school ,. · detroit public schools community district will shutter four schools on june 5.