Weather Ready Resources

Per Dr. Coffman's message, we will have a delay start on Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

Please remember to...

• Drive safely and give yourself and your children plenty of time for the commute (if not riding the bus).
• Be aware! Make sure you watch for high piles of snow, slick roads, etc, that may be near bus stops or along walking paths.
• Dress for the weather - appropriate shoes, coats, hats, boots, etc.
  • The students will not have recess on days with delays, but appropriate clothing for the weather is necessary for arrival, dismissal, and in case of emergencies.
• Use caution! While our crews worked on removing snow, our parking lots and sidewalks may be slippery. We do our best to shovel, clear, and salt, but we still have slick spots and piles.
• Our "walker" sidewalk (near the kickball field) is still covered in snow and piled high from where they cleared the parking lot.
• Bus stops may have piled snow! Please remind students that visibility may be an issue. Please be careful!
• Car Riders - Our front sidewalk could be slippery. Pease use caution.
• When we return to full school days, please plan for outdoor recess. Students must have coats, hats, gloves to go outside. If students want to play in the snow, they must have snow boots.
• Related Arts classes will be shortened to 30 minutes.
• Lunch times are the same.

• 1st-4th student arrival is at 9:50 AM (2 hours delayed).
• The day for Kindy students begins at 10:50 AM (2 hours delayed).
• Kindergarten Bridge will take place in the BAC room until the Kindy day starts at 9:50 AM.
• Breakfast will not be served.
• Lunch times will be the same.
• We will not have a scheduled recess on delay days.
• Related arts classes will be 30 minutes.

Universal Preschool Two-Hour Delay Policy:

Universal Preschool will also have a two-hour delay. On those days, the car line will begin exactly two hours after the standard drop-off time. Preschool students have no morning BAC on delay days.

Before and After Care (BAC):

Before and After Care (BAC) sites are open at 7:30 AM on delay days except Universal Preschool BAC, there is no morning BAC for preschool students when there is a 2-hour delay.

Eagle Recreation & Enrichment:

Eagle Recreation classes are canceled (AM only) on delayed days except for Kindergarten Spanish classes, which begin at 10:00 a.m. on a two-hour delay day.

When school is cancelled for any reason, our default response is to immediately deploy an e-day during which all students will have remote learning for that day—unless otherwise noted in school communications from the Superintendent Office or designee. You will receive additional information about the e-Day from your child's school.

When school is closed, content will be released by teachers by 9:00AM via Canvas (our learning management system). On unexpected e-Days, we default to asynchronous (not live teaching on ZOOM or similar). However, if a grades 5-12 teacher decides to offer some synchronous teaching or check-in on an e-Day, the teacher will adhere to the normal schedule time of the class.

Elementary students are given extra time to respond to teacher assignments on e-Days. Students have 1 week to finish eDay assignments - which will also be the attendance for the day.

If you struggle to access something online, try a different browser or clear the cache from the current browser.

ZCS-Portal has links to the tools and textbooks provided by the school. Students can access this from home. The login is the same as you use for Canvas.

Username: firstname-lastname

Password: Student created

(same as Canvas)

• On days when ZCS is canceled, BAC will open at 7:30 AM at one district location —Pleasant View Elementary (PVE). Parents can bring registered BAC students to PVE Door #3. Your student must bring lunch to school, as ZCS Food Service will be unavailable. Bus transportation is NOT available on cancellation days.
• When ZCS is canceled, Universal Preschool will be open at 7:30 AM, but only at one location for the entire district—Pleasant View Elementary (PVE). Parents can drop off their Universal Preschool students at PVE Door #3. Please remember to send children with any necessary napping items and a packed lunch, as ZCS Food Service will not be available.
• Eagle Recreation classes are canceled when school is canceled. (both AM and PM)

*UNIVERSAL PRESCHOOL, EAGLE REC, AND BAC WILL NOT OPERATE IF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED IN BOONE COUNTY. *

OSP Weather Policies can be found here: 140053-d2a3f0f3-cd36-4b2b-8daa-6b7aa598afc6.pdf

Please email (ekay@zcs.k12.in.us) at any time if you have any questions or need support!