Snow Day Planning Center

Open “Why this score?” to see the overnight and morning inputs used by the current rules. The overnight window starts at 6 PM the previous day and ends before 6 AM; morning runs from 6 AM to before noon. Snow after noon is not counted in those windows. Previous calendar-day snowfall is a separate input.

The percentage is a 0–100 rules-based planning score. A value of 70 is not evidence that 70 out of 100 similar school mornings closed. No district-calibrated probability or published validation study is currently available. A low score also does not establish that a particular road or bus stop is safe.

Check the weather-fetch time in the explanation. Older cached data may be used when the weather service fails. Compare developing hazards with your local National Weather Service forecast and alerts. Forecasts can change as a system approaches; do not treat an earlier screenshot as a current forecast.

• Find the district’s official status page and confirm that its text, email, or app notifications reach your household. Note the district’s own update schedule; there is no universal announcement hour.
• Agree with another adult on childcare, work arrangements, pickup responsibilities, and who will check the official announcement. Do not share a child’s location or contact details in a public comment thread.
• Charge the school device if needed, prepare regular school supplies, and check the school’s remote-learning instructions. Closure does not automatically mean a remote-learning day.
• Set out warm layers, dry footwear, and gloves. Plan a sheltered place for a bus-stop wait and know how to contact transportation if service changes.
• For household disruption, check medications, lighting, and communication supplies. Follow the Winter Help guide for heating, pipes, and immediate-danger situations.

If sources disagree, use the district’s official communication channel or contact its published office/transportation number. SnowDayAlerts does not receive official closure feeds and cannot verify an attendance exception for you.

• Recheck the forecast and local weather alerts before departure, not at a fixed nationwide time.
• Use transportation notices for bus-route changes and the district’s own instructions for delayed arrival. Do not assume every delay is exactly two hours.
• Do not infer road safety from our score. Follow local travel restrictions and official road-condition information.
• Reconfirm childcare and pickup arrangements privately. Tell children what is decided and what is still uncertain.

National Weather Service cold-weather guidance recommends finding a warm place for children waiting for the bus and preparing a winter vehicle kit. See the official source below for its current checklist.

Check transportation updates and school instructions. Contact the school about attendance or accessibility concerns; our forecast cannot grant permission to miss school. A low score is not clearance to travel.

Check the specified arrival and bus times, breakfast availability, and morning program changes. Recheck notices before leaving because a delay may be updated. Keep a backup contact reachable.

Confirm whether students have assignments or scheduled online sessions. Separate supervision from instruction: establish who is with the child, when the adult must work, and how meals and medications will be handled.

A cancellation of activities is not necessarily a daytime closure. Verify dismissal, practices, childcare programs, and pickup arrangements individually.