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Emergency Closures and Delayed Start Procedures
Platte Canyon School District No. 1
Bailey, Colorado

Media organizations announcing EMERGENCY CLOSURES for the District

Radio Stations

• KOA Radio, 850 AM
• KOOL Radio, 105 AM

TV Stations

• FOX 31 NEWS
• WB2 TV, Channel 2
• KCNC TV, Channel 4
• KMGH TV, Channel 7
• KUSA TV, Channel 9

Newspapers

• The Denver Post

School Closures and Delayed Start Days Revised July, 2009  Weather conditions are checked by the Director of Transportation and Superintendent between 4:30 a.m. and 5:30 a.m.   In determining if school will be canceled, several factors are considered: rate of snowfall, amount fallen, temperature, wind, condition of highways, power (electricity), and weather forecasts.   Information about conditions from Denver to Fairplay is considered since staff and students travel these distances.   Safety is the primary consideration in deciding to hold or close school.

Closure notices   are provided to Staff and Parents through the Immediate Response and Information System (IRIS) and also to all of the major Denver area TV and radio stations and should be aired by 6:00 a.m.
Notice is also given on the District’s website: www.plattecanyonschools.org

Delayed starts   starts are called when conditions are poor or snow removal must occur during the early morning hours before staff and students arrive, but improved conditions are predicted for the morning.   Delayed start times are:

• 9:00 a.m. for Platte Canyon High
• 9:00 a.m. for Fitzsimmons Middle School
• 10:00 a.m. for Deer Creek Elementary School

Delayed start notices   are provided are provided by IRIS  to Staff and Parents and to all of the major Denver area TV and Radio stations and should be aired by 6:00 a.m.   Notice is also given on the District’s website:  www.plattecanyonschools.org

Students should be at bus stops as per the delayed start schedule provided by the Transportation Department. If you can’t locate your schedule, please contact the Transportation Secretary at 303.838.7666 extension 1270. She will provide the bus driver with a new copy to give to your child. If the bus hasn’t arrived within 30 minutes, students should return home.

A change from a delayed start to a school closure may result when weather/road conditions are worse than predicted and the weather conditions are not changing for the better as forecasted. Notices of the change should be aired by 7:00 a.m.

James W. Walpole, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools