INFORMATION SOURCES FOR WEATHER RELATED SCHOOL DELAYS/CLOSING

Weather and road conditions will be evaluated prior to 6:00 a.m. Any delays or closings will be posted on the center pane of the District Home Page immediately following the decision. Look for the images below to quickly see the current status.

LSC DISTRICT HOME PAGE
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In addition, the radio & television stations listed below have agreed to announce Lakeland's delay or closing status as soon as possible after 6:00 a.m. In addition, you may call the Weather Hotline listed below. To avoid tying up phone lines needed to deliver information to the media for announcement to the public, please do NOT place phone calls to the stations, schools, or administrative office. Parents and students are urged to check these sources for regular updates when inclement weather conditions prevail:

Radio WMEE - 97.3 FM WBTU - 93.3 FM

Television WSJV - TV 28 WANE - TV 15 WNDU - TV 16 WSBT - TV 22 WPTA - TV 21

WEATHER HOTLINE (260) 499-2499

While it is the hope of the board of school trustees and the administrative staff that school be open every day, the safety of the students will always be given primary consideration prior to implementation of any part of the inclement weather plan.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

• WHAT IS THE SUPERINTENDENT AUTHORIZED TO DO IN DEALING WITH PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER?
  1. Close all of the schools if conditions warrant such actions.
  2. Delay the opening of school.
  3. Dismiss the school early under certain carefully monitored conditions.
  
   
• WHAT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PARENT WHEN ANY PART OF THE INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN IS IN EFFECT?
  The parent is the final judge of whether his/her child will be in attendance when there is a delayed opening or when certain bus routes cannot be used at all. Under these conditions schools will be in session and the parent(s) must use their best judgment in determining whether their child will attend school.
  In cases of a delayed opening of school, parents should make arrangements to have children cared for until buses do run. Parents must also realize that if school officials feel that it is not possible to open school, even after a delay, all schools will be closed. Provisions must be made by the parent(s) to have children taken care of if this should happen.
  
   
• HOW WILL LAKELAND SCHOOL CORPORATION DEAL WITH A STUDENT WHO IS ABSENT ON A DAY WHEN THE OPENING HAS BEEN DELAYED?
  The student will be counted absent for student accounting purposes. However, the absence will be treated as an excused absence and the student will be permitted to make up work missed, provided the school is contacted by the parent or guardian.
  
   
• WILL MORNING KINDERGARTEN CLASSES BE HELD IN THE EVENT THE DELAYED OPENING IS USED?
  Yes. Morning kindergarten will be held in the event there is a delay.
  
   
• HOW WILL SPECIAL EDUCATION TRANSPORTATION BE HANDLED?
  Should Lakeland, Prairie Heights, or Westview be delayed or cancelled, Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative buses serving LaGrange County Cooperative programs will delay or cancel according to the district implementing the inclement weather information.
  Buses serving more than one county will follow the inclement weather information of the Northeast Indiana Special Education Cooperative. (Co-op buses will not run in a district where school has been cancelled.)
  
   
• WHO MAY BE CONTACTED IF A PARENT HAS QUESTIONS?
  Special Education Co-op Buses: NEISEC Transportation Director.............1-800-589-5236
  
  Lakeland School Corporation Buses: Business Manager...........................(260) 499-2400