Transportation

Inclement Weather and Emergency Closure Procedures

EMERGENCY CLOSURES – Policy EBCD

In the event of hazardous or emergency conditions, all district schools or selected schools or grade levels may be closed or schedules altered to provide delayed openings of school and/or early dismissal of students, as appropriate.

Superintendent will consult with the transportation company.  The District will post the information on-line using FlashAlert ( http://www.flashalert.net/ ).  You will see the posted information on these stations/sites:

KATU & katu.com

KGW & kgw.com

KOIN & koin.com

KPTV & kptv.com

The District will send a text/call/email out on ParentSquare to District students if there is a school closure, 2 Hour Delay, or if buses will be on snow routes.  Call out times may vary.

Closures:

Condition I:   Schools closed.  Only Head Custodians report.

Condition II:  Schools open two hours late. *Busses on snow routes.  No breakfast served.

Emergency lunch meal will be served.  Staff report two hours after their regularly scheduled start time (i.e., if your start time is normally 7:30 a.m. you will report at 9:30 a.m.)

Condition III:   Schools open regular time. *Busses on snow routes.

Bussing Information:

Check your television, radio, or www.FlashAlert.net for announcements concerning transportation.

If busses are on SNOW ROUTES, the following roads are affected: Please check your ‘At a glance‘ sheet for snow route stop times!

• No bus transportation on Red Prairie and Harmony Road. Bus #1 will pick up students at the corner of Savage road, Harmony and Mill Street at approximately 7:04 am.
• No bus transportation on Upper Cherry Hill Road.  Bus #2 will pick up at Selby Ln and Cherry Hill at 7:26 am.
• No bus transportation on Thompson Mill, Upper Gopher Valley roads, Dupee Valley  or Grauer roads.  Bus #3 will pick up students at the corner of Gopher Valley and Thompson Mill intersection at approximately 7:15 am, Grauer and Gopher Valley at 7:29 am.
• No bus transportation on  Gutbrod or North Evans. Bus #4 will pick up students at the corner of Evans & Blair at approximately 7:35 am.
• No bus transportation on Beaver Creek Rd. Bus #7 will pick up students at Beaver Creek and Gopher Valley at approximately 7:23 a.m.

ALL BUSSES COULD HAVE DELAYS ON INCLEMENT WEATHER DAYS