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Snow Closing Procedures

Weather conditions can vary enormously in our area, and the number of school districts that transport your children to Upland complicates any decision we make about weather closings. After many years of trying different solutions, we have settled on the following procedures.

Closings and Delayed Openings: School will be open, closed, or delayed two hours according to the Unionville school district. The School fully expects that children arriving by other delayed opening buses will be late to school, and we will adjust as best we can.

The School will reach a decision about closing for weather by 5:50 a.m. after consultation with appropriate school districts. The television stations will be called to announce UCDS closing. Tune in to television stations 3, 6 or 10. Information will also be posted on the web site www.uplandcds.org. Our automated telephone system will also go into effect.

Early Dismissal: There are occasions beyond the School's control during which districts announce an early dismissal due to bad weather. If students normally ride the bus, they will go home by that method unless we are instructed to the contrary. (Parents need to keep tuned into the television stations or web site to receive updated information during the day in order to make arrangements for students to be met at bus stops or at home.) Our automated phone system will call parents' home number, cell number, and daytime number, to inform you if there is an early dismissal. Transportation plans should be discussed between students and parents before coming to school on days on which an early dismissal may occur. (Students should not call home to get permission to leave under other circumstances, however, as that ties up the phones during an important time.)

Children will never be left unattended at school during bad weather, although formal after school care will be canceled; parents will need to pick up their children as soon as possible so that faculty can get home safely. Early dismissals will also be posted on the web site.

Please let us know if you have any questions about this procedure.