INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN 

EMERGENCY CLOSING/DELAY/CANCELLATION OF SCHOOL

During extremely bad weather it may become necessary to cancel school, delay the opening, or close school early. The decision to cancel school or delay the opening will be made by 6:30 am. If a delay is necessary, it will be a two-hour delay, opening at 10:00 am. When the decision is made to close or delay school, parents/guardians and students are advised of that decision through the following television and radio announcements:

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Parents and students are reminded not to call the TV or radio stations and are asked not to call school officials, as such calls tie up telephone lines and may delay the announcement.

A decision to close school early will be made with every effort to balance appropriate notification time for parents with road conditions and safety.

Parents are encouraged to keep their student(s) home if they feel the roads are unsafe for travel. Teenagers should be discouraged from driving to/from school during inclement weather.

Parents and students must have made necessary arrangements in the event that school is cancelled, delayed, or closed early. Students may not stay on campus after the buses leave, if the school closes early. The school building is not open to students during the times of delayed opening or early closing, nor is it open to students if school is cancelled for the day.

Before-school care will not operate on delayed opening days; after-school care will not operate during emergency closing days. There will be no extra-curricular or athletic meetings, games or practices on days when school closes early or is cancelled for the day.

The principal may excuse individual student absences if parents elect to keep their student(s) home from school due to safety concerns regarding inclement weather.

If a parent elects to keep his/her student(s) home due to inclement weather, but River Mill Academy remains open, the student’s absence is excused only if the parent note requesting an excused absence is turned in to the principal immediately upon the student’s return.

Two-Hour Delay Schedules

1. Elementary School 2-Hour Delay

• Teachers will adjust individual class schedule as necessary
• Special classes (Art, PE, Music, and Spanish) will be adjusted as necessary
• Lunch will be on the regular schedule

2. Middle School 2-Hour Delay

1st Period	10:00	-	10:42
2nd Period (Homeroom)	10:45	-	11:25
3rd Period	11:28	-	12:10
Lunch	12:10	-	12:40
4th Period	12:45	-	1:55
2nd Elective	2:00	-	2:30

3. High School 2-Hour Delay

1st Block	10:00	-	10:52
2nd Block (Homeroom)	10:55	-	11:47
3rd Block	11:50	-	12:45
Lunch	12:45	-	1:15
4th Block	1:15	-	2:40