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School Closure, Late Start, Early Dismissal

SHORELINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS PROCEDURES FOR EMERGENCY SCHEDULE CHANGES

In the event of a school delay or cancelation, families and staff will be contacted by email, text message, and phone call using our mass notification system, ParentSquare. Please ensure that your contact information is up to date at your student’s school.

You may find school delay/cancelation announcements on local television and radio stations, or online at: www.ssd412.org, www.facebook.com/shorelineschools, or www.instagram.com/shorelineschools.

THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS MAY BE USED FOR EMERGENCY CONDITIONS:

1. SHORELINE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED

All schools will be closed for the day. All meetings, field trips, after-school activities, etc. will be canceled for the day.

2. SHORELINE SCHOOLS OPEN - 2 HOURS LATE - BUSES OPERATING ON REGULAR or SNOW ROUTES

  • All zero-period secondary classes will be canceled.
  • K-12 classes will begin 2 HOURS LATE.
  • Edwin Pratt Early Learning Center:
    • All AM classes are canceled.
    • All-day classes start at 11:15.
    • All PM preschool classes will be on a normal schedule. 
    • Morning preschool extended care is canceled.
  • Elementary Extended Care sites will open at 9:00 am instead of 7:00 am
  • Breakfast is not available at elementary schools. Breakfast service for secondary schools may be altered.
  • There will be no out-of-district transportation.
  • HiCap bus-to-math is canceled for the day.
  • There is no transportation for Shorecrest and Shorewood shared classes.
  • College-based transition program (CBTP) is canceled.
  • Transportation to and from the district-based transition program (DBTP) is canceled. The program will start two hours late.

SNOW ROUTES:

Snow routes have been designed to avoid areas where hazardous road conditions exist.

Snow routes for 2023-24 will be posted later in the school year, closer to winter weather time of year.

When snow routes are in effect, they will be used on both the morning and afternoon routes even if roads have cleared.  There may be occasions when schools start at the regular times but “snow routes” will be utilized.

EMERGENCY DISMISSAL:

If it becomes necessary to close a school during the school day and send students home early, our mass notification system will be used to contact families by phone and/or email. A message will also be placed on the District homepage and social media accounts. Because a parent/guardian may not be at home if there is an emergency dismissal, they must make plans for an alternate place (neighbor/relative) for their child to go. Families should keep their emergency contacts up-to-date and discuss this alternate plan with their children so they know what to do in case of an emergency closure of schools. There will be no district-operated after-school daycare.

If someone other than the parent/guardian on record will pick up the child, families should have already provided the school with the names of the individuals who are authorized to pick up the child. Unless an approved person picks up the child, the child will remain at school until the announced dismissal time.

It may be necessary in some situations to close schools early and hold students at school until a parent (or authorized person) comes to the school to pick them up.  In this case, there will be an announcement that students are being held at school and will not be sent home.

Hazardous Weather Delays on Early Release Wednesdays:

In cases of a hazardous weather delay on a scheduled early release Wednesday, schools will release at their normal early release time.  

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