DELAYED OPENING PLAN FOR OCEANSIDE SCHOOLS
The Oceanside Board of Education has approved a “delayed opening”
plan in case of inclement weather. During this upcoming winter season, we may
have an opportunity to put the plan into use.
We are alerting the community to this possibility so any necessary
arrangements (such as short term child care) can be made in advance.
The circumstances under which a “delayed opening” might occur
include those rare occasions when it is obvious at 5 am or 6 am that a storm
has ended or is about to end, the streets have not yet been satisfactorily
cleared, but the roads should be safe for travel within a few hours. By delaying
the opening of school by two hours, we would be able to provide instruction
to our students rather than close school for the entire day.
A delayed opening would be announced over the same radio stations as school
closings. A delayed opening would simply open all schools exactly two hours
after they would normally open. The afternoon dismissals and bus schedules
beyond the first two hours of the day would remain unchanged in all schools.
TWO-HOUR DELAYED OPENING
SCHEDULE
| First Bus Pickup Starts | School Starts At |
School #2 9:40 am School #3 9:40 am School #4 9:40 am School #5 9:40 am School #6 11:00 am School #8 9:40 am School #9E 9:40 am Middle School 9:05 am High School 9:07 am
|
10:15 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 11:30 am 10:15 am 10:15 am 9:40 am 9:50 am
|
All high school students report at 9:50 am.
When weather or emergency requires closing the Oceanside Public Schools, the
following stations
will be asked to make the announcement beginning at 6 am.
WBLI (106.1 AM) WBAB (102.3FM/95.3)
WHLI (1100 AM) WGSM (740 AM)
WINS 1010 AM WOR
710 AM
WCBS 880 AM LI NEWS TV (CHANNEL
12)
When Oceanside Public Schools are closed
because of weather, the bus company will not furnish transportation to
private, parochial or other special schools. For further information
regarding school
closings please call 678-1200.