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EMERGENCY CLOSING INFORMATION
October 2006
Dear Parents, Students, Faculty:
With the unpredictable fall and winter
season approaching, we wish to once again inform you about the process
of notification we will use if schools are to be closed or if there is
to be a delayed opening.
Decisions to keep schools open, delay
the opening time, or close schools for the entire day must be made by
5:45 A.M. in order to make appropriate transportation arrangements and
give timely notification. Thus, decisions are based on what is
known and anticipated no later than 5:30 A.M.
Due to time requirements established
by the State Department of Education, it is necessary to have a
minimum of four hours of instruction on a daily basis. In order
to accommodate this directive, the delayed opening schedule is
as follows:
DELAYED OPENING SCHEDULE
| Elementary Schools |
9:25 am |
Staff |
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9:35 am |
Students |
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3:00 pm |
Student Dismissal |
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| Middle Schools |
9:25 am |
Staff |
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9:35 am |
Students |
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2:51 pm |
Student Dismissal |
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| High School |
9:25 am |
Staff |
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9:35 am |
Students |
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2:50 pm |
Student Dismissal |
ALL OTHER PERSONNEL
Regular Time
(Custodians, Grounds Crew,
Maintenance, Bus Drivers)
In
the event of a delayed opening, the morning (A.M.) kindergarten
children will report to school at
9:35 a.m.
and will be dismissed at 12:05 p.m.
Afternoon (P.M.) kindergarten
children will arrive at 12:20
p.m. and dismissed at
3:00 p.m.
When a decision is made to have a delayed opening,
parents and staff will be notified by the Superintendent through our
telephone community notification service, Swift Reach. This call
will be made before 7:00 a.m. For a delayed opening, sirens will
not be sounded.
When a decision is made to
close schools for the entire day,
parents and staff will be notified by the Superintendent through our
telephone community notification service, Swift Reach. This call
will be made before 7:00 a.m. There will also be early alert warning
sirens sounding at three one-minute steady signals and separated by
one-minute intervals. These will be sounded at 7:00 a.m., 7:15
a.m., and 7:30 a.m.
School
closing/delayed opening announcements will be made on the following
stations:
| Radio
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WOR
(AM710) and WINS (AM1010) |
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Cablevision: |
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Channels 77 and 12 |
| Television |
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Channels 4, 5, and 7 |
Fair Lawn Schools Website - http://www.fairlawnschools.org
IMPORTANT NOTES
DO NOT CALL THE FAIR LAWN POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
It will be the general practice to keep
schools open if at all possible and reasonable. Parents must
exercise their own good judgment as to whether or not they send their
children to school when schools are kept open during inclement
weather.
It will be the general practice to keep schools open if at all
possible and reasonable. Parents must exercise their own good
judgment as to whether or not they send their children to school when
schools are kept open during inclement weather.
We try
not to close early for inclement weather once children
have reported to school except under extraordinary circumstances.
If you have any questions regarding the above modified schedule,
please contact my office at (201) 794-5500 x7003
Yours Truly,
Bruce Watson,
Superintendent of Schools
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