How do we determine if we have school or not? Joe Burnett works closely with our transportation director Sam Mullin. He keeps a close eye on the forecast like the rest of you. Major snowstorms are a little easier to predict as far as having a delay or a cancellation. Drifting snow, freezing rain, fog, and black ice are the tough ones because they can be patchy and can change rather quickly – most of the time for the worse. If the weather is deteriorating in the evening, we’re inclined to call a two hour delay that night as it allows us more time the next morning to assess the situation. We try to have a determination by 8:45 a.m. on the days that we have two hour delays as to if we will cancel for the rest of the day. Deciding to cancel school is a big responsibility as we have over 900 students that come to school on a daily basis. We will do our best to keep your children safe. Here are the primary contacts we make to local T.V. and radio stations:
In the event of severely inclement weather or mechanical breakdown, school may be closed or starting time delayed. The same conditions may also necessitate early dismissal. In the event of early closing, there will be no school-sponsored activities. School closing, delayed starting times, or early dismissal will be announced over radio stations WMT and KWPC; television stations KCRG and KWQC.
Extreme temperature and humidity may necessitate dismissing school early. If extreme temperature and humidity are predicted and an early dismissal is made, the following procedure will be used:
• An announcement will be made the evening before on radio stations WMT and KWPC; television stations KCRG and KWQC.
• Dismissal will be scheduled as soon as possible in emergency situations.
• Thursday dismissal time will be 3PM on Thursday late start days.
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