School Delays and Closures Protocol
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is committed to school safety and educating every student. When the decision is made to close or delay the start of school for two-hours, an involved process takes place before the decision is communicated. Additionally, if a school make-up day is necessary, several factors contribute to determine the date for one or more make-up days of school.
In the event of two-hour school delays or closures, official announcements will be made on the KPBSD website homepage, the KPBSD Facebook page, social media, and your local radio and television stations. Schools with automated call systems may notify families directly.
Timing of the decision is crucial so we can notify transportation before busses begin their routes, employees head to work, and students and families prepare for a school day, potentially waiting at bus-stops.
The decision to close school for the day or institute a two-hour delay start is the responsibility of the Superintendent of Schools.
If school remains open, and you as a parent or guardian do not believe it is safe for your child to travel to school, use your best judgment to determine what is safest for your child. Please notify the school if your child will not attend, absences will be excused.
How-to calculate a two-hour delay start time
• Add two hours to normal school start time.
• Add two hours to normal bus pick-up time. Thus, students are picked up two hours later than the normal scheduled bus pick-up time.
• KPBSD employees arrive two hours later than normal work-day morning schedule.
• Schools will dismiss at the normal time unless announced otherwise.