As winter weather begins to rear its ugly head, we wanted to inform you of the options that are considered as a response to inclement weather inside our school district boundary. These options can range from the complete closure of campus and activities, to a delayed start of school, or to busses operating on snow routes. As always you you will receive Remind messages, Social Media Posts, and Local News Banners in the event of a response needed for inclement weather. We wanted to outline these responses options and describe them to you in more detail.

Campus Closure/Snow Day – Over half of our students get to school on a bus. In the event our busses are unable to safely pick up students in the majority of our district we have no choice but to close our campus for the day and implement a “Snow Day”. A “Snow Day” will have to be made up at a later date. This is by far our most common scenario.

Delayed Start Day – In the event winter weather occurs overnight and it is unsafe to travel when our busses run their routes beginning at 6:00am, but the road conditions will quickly improve with sunlight and traffic, we will implement a “Delayed Start Day” where our school day would start at 10:00am (with doors opening at 9:45am), with buss routes being run exactly 2 hours later than normal. For example if your bus picks you up during the 7:00am-7:05am window you should expect to be picked up at 9:00am-9:05am. This day would not have to be made up at a later date. We have utilized this at least 1 time each of the last 2 school years.

Snow Route Only Pick Up – In many situations there have been sizeable portions of our bussing district drivable, but sections of each route on less trafficked or heavily shaded roads would not be accessible. Then we would implement a “snow route only pick up day”. School would start at its regular time, and snow route pickup locations would be centrally located and can be found on our website. This day would not have to be made up at a later date. We have not utilized this method in several years. Snow route information can be found at the bottom of this post.

Cold Weather and Low Windchills – We have not missed school due exclusively to extreme cold. We still believe that if our bus routes are safe then the best thing for our students is to be on campus and in classrooms. However, in the event we have Extreme Cold Advisories we will take extra precautions. Help us by ensuring your students are layered well and have strong winter coats. During these cold mornings our busses will be moving slower and taking their time at each stop to help your child stay in their home or car as long as possible. Our buildings will be open at 7:30am to ensure students dropped off before 7:45am are able to wait comfortably inside.

As always the best way to stay informed during these times is to watch for Remind messages, the school’s website – www.clevelantigers.com – and our social media pages.

NOTE: This message is for information purposes only. A separate message will be sent in the event we need to modify our day.

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