School Closings and Delays
MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSING PROCEDURES
FOR SNOWSTORMS AND/OR OTHER EMERGENCY SITUATIONS
Per statutory requirement, the Superintendent of Schools and/or his designee is responsible for decisions relative to school closings and delayed openings.
The Manchester Superintendent or designee shall arrive at a carefully considered judgment through personal observation, national, state and local weather bureau forecasts and consultation with Highway and M.T.A. Authorities.
When a weather event or emergency compromises the safety of our students and staff, the Manchester School District may decide to close school for the day, delay the opening of school, or dismiss school early. The Superintendent of Schools takes this responsibility very seriously. He or she consults with the district’s city partners and departments, as well as superintendents in surrounding districts and weather forecasts before making a carefully considered judgement. The safety of our students and staff is always the first priority.
Announcements about closings and delays will be made no later than 5:30 am whenever possible.
Occasionally, weather conditions change or worsen quickly and require a later decision. It takes about a half hour for all notifications to be made. We encourage you to monitor any or all of the media channels and platforms where Manchester School District updates are available:
Nixle and SchoolMessenger
MSD web site
WMUR-TV
WHDH-TV
WCVB-TV
NECN/NBC Boston
WZID radio
WGIR radio
WJYY radio
IN THE EVENT OF SCHOOL CLOSURE
All schools are closed for the day.
All after school events and activities, including athletics, are canceled.
IN THE EVENT OF A DELAYED OPENING
All schools open 2 hours late and school buses pick up at bus stops 2 hours later than usual.
Morning preschool classes are canceled (afternoon preschool may also be cancelled depending on the weather conditions).
YMCA School’s Out on site before school programs opens 2 hours later than usual.
21st Century morning program is canceled.
New Morning on site before school program is canceled.
Boys & Girls Club before school program at Union Street opens at regular time of 6:30 am.
IN THE EVENT OF AN EARLY RELEASE
If severe weather conditions or an emergency indicate that schools should be closed before the end of the regular school day, a decision to have an early dismissal will be made as soon as possible and notifications made.
All after school events and activities, including athletics, are canceled.
YMCA School’s Out on site after school program is open but closes early, at 5:00 pm.
21st Century site coordinators call parents directly to cancel afternoon programs or notify them of early dismissal if time does not allow for cancellation.
New Morning on site after school program is canceled.
Bring It!!! is canceled.
Y-STRIVE and Y-STAY are canceled, as is the bus from schools to the downtown Y Teen Center.
Boys & Girls Club on site after school program remains open.