Ice and Snow Emergency
Information
To: Parents/Guardians
of Students without Transportation Service|
From:
Principals/Transportation Office
Re: Ice and Snow Emergency Notification
The
possibility of ice and snow conditions occurring during the school
year requires the District to be prepared to modify its normal
operating procedures. This notice contains important information
about these modifications and should be reviewed carefully with
your students.
NOTIFICATION
PROCEDURES :
Any changes in the Seattle Public Schools normal operating hours
or bus service because of ice and snow will be announced daily over
AM and FM radio and television stations.
| A. |
If the Seattle Public
Schools are not mentioned, schools will be open and buses will
operate on regular routes and regular times. |
| B. |
If a message regarding
the Seattle Public Schools is announced, that message will be one
of those listed below. (Please note that schools will open two
hours late when the buses operate two hours late.) |
| |
1) |
Seattle Public
Schools: Schools open on time - buses operating on snow routes. No
door-to-door service. No Head Start.
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| |
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No A.M. or P.M.
Kindergarten, or,
|
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2) |
Seattle Public
Schools: Two hours late - buses operating on snow routes. No
door-to-door service. No Head Start.
|
| |
|
No A.M. or P.M.
Kindergarten, or,
|
| |
3) |
Seattle Public
Schools: Two hours late - buses operating on regular routes. No
door-to-door service. No Head Start.
|
| |
|
No A.M. or P.M.
Kindergarten, or,
|
| |
4) |
Seattle Public
Schools: Schools closed.
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| C. |
If it should begin to
snow during school hours, the District will evaluate weather
conditions and may decide to close schools early. Such a decision
will be announced over radio and television stations. |
