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School
Closure Plan
The following information is provided to help parents
understand how the district determines whether or
not to hold school or delay opening school on bad
weather days and the notification procedures which
are in place. Please note that student and staff
safety is our first priority. The decision to call
off school is a very important one and is made only
after thorough consideration.
Assume that school will open as usual.
Check with one of the following sources of information
to obtain accurate information:
- Major
television stations including
KDFW - Channel 4; KXAS - Channel 5; WFAA- Channel
8; KTVT
- Channel 11, UPN 21; KDAF- WB33, News - Channel 33; and Channel 99, Time Warner Cable (PISD Station).
- Major radio stations including KERA (90.1); KRLD (1080 AM); KVIL (103.7 FM); and
WBAP (820 AM).
- By 6:00 a.m., a voice mail recording at each
school will announce if school is closed.
- By approximately 6:00 a.m., at the district's main
number, (469) 752-8100, a voice mail recording will
announce whether school is closed or delayed.
 Procedure for closing schools
The existence of inclement weather, such as
an accumulation of frozen precipitation on the
roadways, may necessitate a delayed opening or
cancellation of the school day. When there is
a cause for concern about the weather,
the Deputy Superintendent, an Area Superintendent
designated
by the Deputy and the Director of Security
Police Services will monitor weather conditions
and
act as follows:
- No later than 3:30 A.M. the Deputy
Superintendent, the designated Area Superintendent
and the Director of Security Police Services
will discuss the weather and its impact
on the operation of the district.
- The Deputy Superintendent
will determine the need for a meeting to consider
school operations for the day. If such a meeting is needed, the Deputy
Superintendent will so notify the Superintendent of Schools no later than 4:00
A.M.
- The Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Area
Superintendent and the Director of Security Police
Services will meet at the administration
building no later than 4:30 A.M. to discuss the issue.
- The above listed individuals
will discuss and decide the need to have the
Security Police Specialists drive the cluster they
are responsible
for in order to make an assessment of the road conditions. That decision
must be made and communicated so that the Specialist
can make the assessment
and report their findings no later than 5:30
A.M.
- After hearing the recommendations,
the superintendent will make the decision
on school operations for the day. That decision
must be made no later than 5:45 A.M.
- If
the decision is to close the schools or delay their
opening, that decision will be communicated to
the Executive Director for Government and Community
Relations, the Director for Telecommunications
and the Transportation Director immediately.
- A
representative of the Government
and Community Relations Department
will cause the decision to be communicated to parents
and students via radio, television and website.
- The Transportation Director will make the appropriate
notifications and scheduling changes.
- The Director
of Telecommunications will cause the decision
to be communicated to district administrators via
the Call Pilot voice mail system. The administrators
will then notify their staff members.
If school is called off, the school day must
be made up later in the year on one of the dates
designated as a "snow or bad weather" day.
Other conditions such as heating capabilities
may influence the decision.
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