Snow Day Plan of Action: Winter is Coming
Palouse Prairie Charter School follows the recommendation of school closures from Moscow School District. Our bus transportation is provided by the school district.
When the decision to close school is made, I’ll begin by posting the notification of closure on our website, Facebook, and send a Quail Call. If you have not signed up to receive our quail call you will not receive the notification through email. A message will be sent around 5:30 a.m. to all PPCS staff. A second message will go out by 6:00 a.m. to families via the quail call.
Frequently asked questions regarding school closures are:
First, it begins as early as 4:00 a.m. when Greg Harris, Transportation Supervisor at Moscow School District, drives to check some of the county roads. He also contacts county/city road departments to check on road conditions and their ability to keep roads open. After as much information is gathered as possible, Greg Bailey, Moscow Superintendent will make the final decision and notify all school administrators in the area. This all must be done prior to 5:15 a.m. to give enough time to notify people before the first bus rolls out of the parking lot.
School bus drivers are not full-time employees and many of our drivers have other jobs to go to between routes. We do not have spare drivers to meet the transportation needs on a delayed school start.
Typically we will not, as there is a real concern that a student may be going home to a locked house or no one home. We would only make such a call in a worst-case scenario. However, we do encourage parents to pick up their child at their earliest convenience if they believe the increasingly poor conditions will make it hard to get home safely. We also strongly encourage parents to arrange a ride for their child if winds are at an extremely high speed, and their child typically walks home.
