Emergency Communications Bulletin

We are in that time of year when the chances of poor road conditions due to flooding, high water,

snow, ice and thawing increase every day. If these conditions are present, the Sedro-Woolley

School District will choose one of the following levels of operation:

1. Schools Closed – NO SCHOOL OR SCHOOL ACTIVITIES;

2. Schools Open – Buses Operating on Snow Routes; or

3. Schools Operating on Two-Hour Late Schedule with or without snow routes.

The district will communicate the selected level using all of the following methods:

● Public Radio and Television (notified by 5 a.m.);

● District Website www.swsd.k12.wa.us (updated by 5 a.m.); District Facebook (updated by 5

a.m.)

● Emergency Message Phone Line 360-855-3573 (updated by 5:30 a.m.); and

● Autodial Message System (sent at 6 a.m.)

✔ Announcements are for one (1) day only and are generally made by 5:30 a.m.

✔ No announcement means normal operations.

All schools will be closed for one day only. All field trips, after-school activities, meetings, etc., will be canceled for the day.

This means that buses will not operate in the following areas when snow routes are in effect. All students will be picked up (AM) and dropped off (PM) at the same location regardless of changes in weather. If your road is listed in the table below, your child should receive a snow-route sheet. If you have any questions, please call the Transportation Department (360-855-3504).

Amick Rd

Bacus Hill

Baker Heights Rd

Buchanan Hill

Crested Butte Rd

Delvan Hill

Finn Settlement

Garden of Eden Hill

Grip Road (between Prairie & Hoogdal Branch Rd)

Gunderson Rd

Hathaway Hill

Helmick (past Reservation)

Hoogdal Branch Rd

Janicki Rd

Knapp Rd

Lake Cavanaugh (past Mile Marker #4)

Little Mountain

Morford Rd

Mountain View

Nookachamp Hill Rd

North Pinelli Rd

Old Day Creek Rd (past “C” Street)

Pipeline Rd

Portobello Rd

Prevedal Rd

Skagit Highlands community (all roads)

Valeria Rd

Valley View Rd

Walker Valley Rd

• If the delay is on a Wednesday, no late-start Professional Learning Wednesday Activities or staff meetings
• All bus pick-up schedules will be two hours later than normal; please expect delays due to road conditions
• Pick-up and drop-off locations will be the same for both AM/PM that day

• No AM preschool (Good Beginnings, Samish Cooperative, Cub Club, Y @ Good Beginnings Preschool) or AM Early Head Start.

• No before-school programs, at all; including before-school music programs or driver’s education
• Breakfast will not be served, except for SWHS, SSHS and CMS
• MLL After-School Programs will be decided by 1 p.m.
• No Out-of-District Transportation: This involves all special programs including AM/PM Northwest Career & Technical Academy (Skills Center), regular special education, hearing-impaired, and McKinney-Vento students
• No Field Trips: All field trips within the district and outside of the district will be canceled.
• Athletics and Other After-school Events: All decisions regarding organized sports and other after-school events will be announced to families by 2 p.m. each day.
• Meetings: All after-school meetings and events will be determined by 1 p.m. each day.
• Unannounced Changes: Since conditions change rapidly, please be prepared for unanticipated changes your child’s bus driver may make while en route. Families would be notified by the transportation department. These can include: route changes, time changes, bus stop changes, etc. The drivers are highly skilled and trained to handle their buses under all conditions, and their professional judgment under adverse driving conditions will often determine unannounced late changes.