With the winter weather on its way there may be times where an Inclement Weather Day is called. Below is an update regarding our Inclement Weather Procedure for the 2024/2025 school year. Unless notified otherwise, all schools will re
main open. We ask that parents/guardians exercise discretion when deciding to send your child(ren) to school on inclement weather days.
Occasionally, it may be necessary to cancel buses due to inclement weather or other emergencies. In arriving at this decision, we are focused on the safety of our students. If road and/or weather conditions result in a decision to cancel buses, the information will be shared with parents/guardians starting at 6 a.m. Please refer to the following:
- Board Website www.ycdsb.ca
- School Website
- Official YCDSB social media accounts
- StudentTransportation Services website www.schoolbuscity.com; or
- Your local radio and television station
If buses do not operate in the morning, they will not operate in the afternoon. Therefore, any school excursions planned for that day are also canceled on days when school buses are canceled. If school transportation is canceled due to inclement weather and /or poor road conditions:
- Schools remain open unless otherwise stated
- Please use the Safe Arrival System if your child(ren) is absent due to inclement weather. Students who cannot attend due to canceled buses must still be reported absent using the Safe Arrival System. Kindly exercise discretion when deciding to send your child(ren) to school on inclement weather days.
- Hot Lunch programs at all YCDSB Elementary Schools are canceled.
Please exercise discretion in deciding whether to send your child to school on such days.
- The decision to cancel school transportation service is region-wide, meaning all school buses, vans and taxis arenot operating.
- Schools are open, and parent(s)/guardian(s) can make alternate arrangements to transport their children to and from school. If you are picking up your child, please arrange to do so just after the bell.
- As school transportation is canceled in the morning, it will not operate in the afternoon.
- Exams, tests, quizzes, excursions, charter trips, school programs, co-curricular activities, evening presentations, workshops, in-services and parent meetings (i.e Identification, Placement, and Review Committee Meetings, IPRCs) are canceled for that day and will be rescheduled.
- Permits are cancelled for this evening unless by noon on the inclement weather day, the Facilities Department determines that conditions are improving and permits can proceed.
- In person Continuing Education classes will be cancelled due to Inclement Weather; remote Continuing Education classes, including Adult ESL classes, will continue.
- Before and After school Programs make every effort to remain open in inclement weather. However, the decision to open or to close early is up to the discretion of the Child Care Operator.