HCMS Bad Weather Procedures

HANCOCK COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL
100 STATE ROUTE 271 SOUTH
LEWISPORT, KY 42351


PROCEDURES FOR BAD WEATHER

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1. On bad weather mornings please listen to the local radio or television broadcasts regarding the opening of school. The secretary does not arrive to answer the phone until 7:30 a.m. on regular school mornings. When there is a 1-hour delay the office telephone will be answered at 8:30 a.m., and when there is a 2-hour delay the phone will be answered at 9:30 a.m. We get an unusual number of calls on mornings when there is a late start because of bus problems. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL TO ASK IF SCHOOL IS IN SESSION UNLESS YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A TV OR RADIO – WE ALWAYS NEED THE PHONE LINES OPEN IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

2. If there is a one or two hour delay for students, staff is also on a delayed schedule because conditions are unsafe for buses and car traffic. This means there will be no adult supervision in the building and that the building may still be locked. Parents who need to go to work at the regular time need to have a plan for how they will handle any weather related delayed openings. Students cannot be dropped off before the building is open and staff is present.

ON A 2-HOUR DELAY NO CAR RIDER SHOULD ARRIVE BEFORE 9:00 A.M. IN CASE OF A 1-HOUR DELAY NO CAR RIDER SHOULD ARRIVE BEFORE 8:00 A.M. PLEASE DO NOT DROP CHILDREN OFF AT SCHOOL WHEN THE WEATHER IS BAD UNLESS YOU ARE CERTAIN THAT SCHOOL WILL BE OPEN.

3. Please have a plan for where your child should go in the event school is called off early. Make sure your child understands these plans. Decisions are often made as the weather changes rapidly. There are not enough phone lines to allow each child to call home before the buses leave the school. Please try not to call the school in these circumstances as it is often hard to get through before students leave the building. If school is cancelled early, all afterschool events and practices are cancelled automatically.