School Closures and Delayed Starts

On extremely cold or wet mornings, at the direction of the teachers on duty, students may enter the gym at 7:30 AM. The signal for students to come in to the gym will be a large orange cone placed on the playground blacktop, and out front. Children will go outside for recess when the temperature is 15 degrees F or above (or at the discretion of the principal).

Announcements of school closings, delayed opening or early closing of Weld County School District Six - Greeley/Evans Schools due to sleet, snow, or hazardous weather conditions are made on the following radio stations: KUAD 99.1 FM; KUNC 91.5 FM; KATR 1450 AM; KYOU 92.5 FM; KVVS 1170 AM; KISF 96.1 FM. Please check WWW.GREELEYSCHOOLS.ORG or the Greeley Schools Facebook page for school closures, as well. If snow or bad weather begins after school is in session, school may be closed early to permit riding students to be driven home before the roads become dangerous. Again please tune to local radio stations for closing announcements so that phones at the schools, the superintendent's office, and the bus supervisor's office can remain open to confer with the local police and the highway patrol.

Occasionally, winter weather in northern Colorado can cause severe enough conditions that we have to consider closing schools or delaying the start of schools. This decision could be made because of significant snowfall, dangerous road conditions, or extreme cold.

Deciding whether to close or delay the start of schools is always done with the safety of students, parents and staff in mind. District staff will do everything they can to make a decision as early as possible to allow parents to make alternative plans.

School Closure If schools are closed for the day because of weather, students will remain home. Generally, this also means that all other school activities, such as after-school clubs, sports, practices, etc. are also canceled for that day. The lost instructional time may need to be made up later in the year in order to meet the State of Colorado's minimum requirements for annual instructional time for students.

Two Hour Delayed Start If schools will open on a two-hour delayed start, then students should arrive at school two hours later than their normal start times. A delayed start could be used if weather or road conditions are severe overnight but expected to improve in the morning. On a delayed-start day, school buses will run their routes two hours later than normal. Parents who drive their children to school should drop their children off two hours later than the normal time.

If schools are to be closed or put on a two-hour delayed start because of poor weather and road conditions, then that decision will be announced by these means:

• A posting on the district's main website
• Postings to the district's social media sites: Twitter and Facebook
• A recorded message on the district's main telephone number: 970-348-6000
• Notification to local and metro-Denver area radio and television stations
• Notification to The Greeley Tribune newspaper

The superintendent is empowered to close the schools, delay the start of schools or to dismiss them early in event of hazardous weather or other emergencies which threaten the safety, health or welfare of students or staff members. It is understood that the superintendent will take such action only after consultation with appropriate authorities. The Board shall ratify the clos­ing at its next regular meeting.

Parents, students and staff members shall be informed early in each school year as to how they shall be notified in event of emergency closings or early dismissals.

In the event of a closure of all schools, 12-month employees are expected to report to their school or site unless otherwise notified. If the school time lost due to the closure needs to be made up, as determined by the superintendent, the makeup day(s) will be designated on the annual school calendar. In such an event, all employees will be expected to work on the rescheduled day. Any employees required to work on a day when the district is closed will be paid for the extra day(s) in accordance with their regular compensation.