Overview
- NRW’s school ministry ordered no in-person classes statewide for January 12 under its 2022 extreme‑weather rules, directing schools to conduct distance instruction.
- Schools prepared digital lessons via platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Moodle, arranged limited on-site supervision for students who still arrive, and postponed scheduled tests.
- The German Weather Service forecast freezing rain overnight into Monday with a high black‑ice risk, noting conditions could ease later in the morning.
- Public transport operators canceled school booster bus services and prioritized main lines, while the ADAC urged drivers to avoid unnecessary trips and the federal transport minister warned the danger remains.
- Lower Saxony and Bremen also suspended classroom teaching, Deutsche Bahn expected only minor rail disruption, and some municipalities placed daycare centers in emergency operation.