Lightning Dismissal
Distance and Danger
The District is following CHSAA’s lightning guidelines, which state that outdoor activities shall be suspended and personnel moved indoors when lightning is within a ten-mile radius (as updated by CHSAA). Activities shall remain suspended until the meter or other device indicates there is no longer lightning within a ten-mile radius for at least 30 minutes.
Pick Up & Drop Off Rules
Parents/Guardians or other adults over the age of 18, who have been given permission in Infinite Campus, may pick up their children/younger siblings during a lightning delay at their own risk. Siblings under the age of 18 coming to pick up a younger sibling will be asked to stay in the building during the delay and will NOT be released. (At times, high school students are able to leave the premises under their own accord, but they will not be allowed to remove younger siblings from a building in the event of a lightning delay). It is not a requirement that students be picked up by their parents. They are welcome to stay at the school until the dangerous weather has moved out of the area. If you wish to pick up your child, you must come into the building and sign them out in the classroom.
After Departure from School
- Via Bus: School District Transportation will be responsible for making a decision regarding students’ safely departing the bus in accordance with the surrounding weather. A district employee will make said decision at the location in question and cannot be required to predict the weather at the final destination of the student.
- Transportation may elect to change the location of a stop during inclement weather and emergency situations. The stop will not vary by a large distance and will only be changed in an event that could pose danger to the students. The bus is considered a shelter location for students and students may be asked to remain on the bus if the weather threat is imminent.
- Via Walking Schools will monitor lightning in accordance to the proximity from their building, but cannot guarantee the lightning in relation to all students’ final destinations. Once conditions at the site are considered to be safe, students will be released. Parents are encouraged to communicate with the school in advance of students departing from the school if they need alternate arrangements.