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Kanawha County Schools cancels in-person classes for another snow day; device pickup arranged and e-learning plan if more days missed
Summary
The district canceled school for the next day because of a winter weather advisory and arranged for administrators to staff buildings 8 a.m.–noon to allow families to pick up devices; e-learning will be used if additional days are missed.
Kanawha County Schools canceled in-person classes for the following day because the winter weather advisory extended until 1 p.m., a district official said, and administrators will staff buildings from 8 a.m. to noon so families can pick up devices.
A staff speaker explained the safety rationale: sidewalks are piled with snow and “kids would have to stand in the street,” making bus stops unsafe if the advisory remained. The district said if another day is missed beyond the current cancellation, that missed day would be a virtual learning day, so ensuring students have district devices is important.
District administrators will be in schools from 8 a.m. to noon to allow device pickup; principals’ websites and phone calls will list which door to use and how to access the building. The district said it will do its best to ensure students receive instruction even if a parent cannot pick up a device during that window. “Correct. We'll do the very best we can,” a staff member said when asked about students whose parents cannot pick devices up during the 8–12 window.
The board recorded these operational clarifications during the meeting; no formal policy change or vote was recorded in the transcript excerpt.
