School Closures and Delayed Starts

Weather and temperature changes in Colorado can often be very difficult to predict. It can be very cold in the morning when your child leaves for school, but often by lunch time, the temperature will have completely changed. Parents are encouraged to pay attention to the Colorado weather forecasted for our area.

Be sure your child dresses warmly for walking field trips and winter playground activities. We will still go to the park for recess and go outside for brain breaks unless it is actively raining/snowing or the temperature is below 17° F (factoring for wind chill).

Occasionally, winter weather in northern Colorado can cause severe enough conditions that we have to consider closing schools or delaying the start of schools. This decision could be made because of significant snowfall, dangerous road conditions, or extreme cold.

Deciding whether to close or delay the start of schools is always done with the safety of students, parents and staff in mind. District staff will do everything they can to make a decision as early as possible to allow parents to make alternative plans.

If schools are closed for the day because of weather, students will remain home. Generally, this also means that all other school activities, such as after-school clubs, spots, practices, etc. are also canceled for that day. The lost instructional time may need to be made up later in the year in order to meet the State of Colorado’s minimum requirements for annual instructional time for students.

If schools will open on a two-hour delayed start, then students should arrive at school two hours later than their normal start times. A delayed start could be used if weather or road conditions are severe overnight but expected to improve in the morning.

If schools are to be closed or put on a two-hour delayed start because of poor weather and road conditions, then that decision will be announced by these means:

• A posting on the district's main website
• Postings to the district's social media sites: Twitter and Facebook
• A recorded message on the district's main telephone number: 970-348-6000
• Notification to local and metro-Denver area readio and television stations
• Notification to the Greeley Tribune newspaper

Announcements of school closings, delayed opening or early closing of Weld County School District Six- Greeley/Evans Schools due to sleet, snow, or hazardous weather conditions are made on the District's website and/or local radio stations such as KFKA 1310 AM, KUAD 99.1 FM; & KUNC 91.5 FM

If snow or bad weather begins after school is in session, school may be closed early to permit students to be driven home before the roads become dangerous.

Again please refer to the District’s website and/or local radio stations for closing announcements so that phones at the schools, the superintendent’s office, and the bus supervisor’s office can remain open to confer with the local police and the highway patrol.