Winter Weather is Coming….
Despite the unseasonably warm weather this last few months, we know it will eventually feel like winter in New England. We anticipate the inevitable situations when weather or other circumstances prevent us from opening school or operating buses safely. In those cases, a delay and/or no school could be deemed necessary.
Please note: Abby Kelley does not automatically follow local public school districts decisions. We make our own call based on the information we have, our bus routes, and our student and staff safety.
A delay to starting school (could be 1 or 2 hours) in the morning is usually called when conditions are scheduled to improve quickly or if the road crews need additional time to salt, sand, plow.
An unscheduled early release day if the weather is going to deteriorate in the afternoon before buses are able to drop off students safely.
No School days will be days off due to extreme or unsafe weather conditions and/or other factors that impact the safety of staff and students.
*A delay or an early release will count toward our required 180 school days. Five (5) no school/snow days are built into our ‘24-25 academic calendar which could make the last day of school in June variable.
The decision to delay or not open school will be made as early as possible if we have definitive information from forecasters. Sometimes we can make the call as early as the night before to help you prepare. Other times, we can't make the decisions until early in the morning. In that case, it will be shared typically between 5:00-5:30 a.m. We will use all available methods of sharing these notifications, including:
Text messages (please opt into new message alert by texting YES to 67587
Phone calls
Emails
Social Media: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
AKF website
Local media outlets; Channels 4, 5, 7, NECN and Fox25
