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Superintendent explains winter closure decisions, cites wind chill data and three e-learning days
Summary
The superintendent reviewed January disruptions, said the district used all three state-granted e-learning days, described using multiple weather apps and wind-chill spreadsheets to guide decisions, and announced a two-hour delay for the following day.
The superintendent told the board that January had been "challenging," noting the district had been in session only six days so far and that "the state only gives us 3 e learning days," which the district used during an early heavy-snow week.
Explaining delay and closure decisions, the superintendent described a multilayered process involving a team review of several weather apps and a spreadsheet tracking forecasts at 6 a.m., 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. "We always look at wind chill," the superintendent said, stressing that wind chill—not just air temperature—factors into decisions about student arrival safety. That analysis, and concerns about pickup-time wind chills reaching near minus-9 on an earlier Monday, were cited as reasons the district chose to close that day.
The superintendent said the district decided on a two-hour delay for the following school day because early-morning temperatures were forecast near minus-8 with warming into the double digits by midafternoon. The district uses ParentSquare (text, email and phone) and posts to local news outlets to communicate delays and closures to families, the superintendent said.
