Inclement Weather Policy

NOTE: School closings and delays are posted on the Arlington Public Schools District Website Homepage.

The procedure followed by Arlington Public Schools
is as follows:

NO SCHOOL

Alert Now and email notification for staff.

DELAYED OPENING

ONE HOUR: Alert NOW and email notification for parents and staff.

School Time:
Menotomy Preschool half day morning session - NO SCHOOL
Elementary (Grades K-5) - 9:10am to 2:30pm
Gibbs School and Ottoson Middle School - 9:30am to 2:56pm
High School - 9:30am to 2:56pm

All classes begin one hour later; dismissal time remains the same (lunch is served).

TWO HOURS: Alert NOW and email notification for parents and staff

School Time:
Menotomy Preschool half day morning session - NO SCHOOL
Elementary (Grades K-5) - 10:10am to 2:30pm
Gibbs School and Ottoson Middle School - 10:30am to 2:56pm
High School - 10:30am to 2:56pm

All classes begin two hours later; dismissal time remains the same (lunch is served).

NOTE: On a no-school day, supervisory staff will not be available. On a delayed-opening day, supervisory staff will be available one or two hours later, depending on the delay.

PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ALWAYS ADVISED AS TO ATTENDANCE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER.