School Closures and Delays Information for Staff

Ensuring the safety of our students and staff is our top priority. At times, school closures or delays may be necessary due to severe weather, natural disasters, or utility failures that create unsafe conditions, including unsafe travel or facility issues.

If specific schools or buildings are affected, a decision will be made about whether it is safe to hold school or conduct regular business. Staff will be notified of closures or delays via ParentSquare.

Start-Time Delays

If there is a delayed start time, staff members are expected to arrive at their workstation as soon as it is safely possible, but no later than the delayed start time unless other arrangements are approved by a supervisor.

Road Closures

If road closures prevent staff from reaching school or an alternative work site, they will still be paid if they can work from home.

School or Building Closures

11-Month Employees

The 2024/25 Instructional Calendar includes March 21st, April 11th, and May 23rd as built-in snow days.

1st Closure: School will be held on March 21, 2025.
2nd Closure: School will be held on April 11, 2025.
3rd Closure: School will be held on May 23, 2025.

If all snow days are used, 11-month certificated employees will work from home.

Certificated and classified employees must remain available during regular work hours for reassignment to their work site (if conditions improve) or to an alternate location.

Principals and supervisors will provide a list of optional activities that can be completed if reporting to the work site is not possible.
If employees choose not to perform these tasks, they may request personal necessity leave, flex time, or compensatory time.

12-Month Employees

In a facility closure, 12-month employees should report to work if it is safe to do so.
If safety concerns prevent reporting to work, employees must contact their supervisor to request:

Personal necessity leave
Flex time
Compensatory time off
Approval to work from an alternative location

Snow Days: These are regular workdays for 12-month employees unless prior leave arrangements are approved by their supervisor.

Note: Custodians, maintenance workers, and transportation employees are required to report to work or be reassigned by the Principal or Maintenance Supervisor.

Classified

Certificated

Closure

Start Time Delay

11 Month

CSEA 230 - Coordinators

- TUPE,

and Early

Childhood

Development

staff

CSEA 193 - SSC’s, para educators,food service, admin assistants, registrars, attendance clerks, transportation, Occupational Therapist and LVN’s

If all snow days have been used you are required to remain available during regular work hours for

reassignment to a work site (should conditions improve), or to an alternative work site location.

Principals and supervisors will provide a list of optional activities that can be performed if the employee is unavailable to report to the work site. If you choose not to perform any of these tasks, you may request personal necessity leave, flex time, or time for time /

compensatory time.

PCTA –

teachers

whether you

are a union

member or not, you fall into this category.

Includes

Instructional

Coaches,

Psychologist

and Speech

Pathologist

In the event of a

facility closure, school will be closed for all 11-month employees.

If all snow days have been used, you are assigned to work from home and are required to remain available during regular work hours for reassignment to their work site (should conditions improve), or to an alternative work site location.

In the event of a start-time delay, staff is expected to arrive at their

workstation as

soon as it is safely possible and feasible based on road conditions,

but not later than the delayed start time, unless

arrangements

have been made with approval of their supervisor.

12 Month

CSEA 230 -

District

Office staff,

Foster/

Homeless

Coordinator,

and

technology

specialists.

CSEA 193 -Coordinators, managers, district office, maintenance, custodial, includes maintenance

transportation supervisors, and CTE

supervisor (who are not unit members).

Report to work, conditions and safety permitting. If unable to report to work safely they must contact their supervisor and request personal necessity leave, flex time, compensatory time off, or to work at an alternate work site with approval of their supervisor. Built in Snow Days are regular work days unless prior leave arrangements have been made with their supervisor. Custodians are required to be on site or reassigned by the Principal or Maintenance Supervisor.

Admin –

principals and

directors

In the event of a facility closure employees should report to work, conditions and safety permitting.