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Be Prepared: Weather Delay Start Times, Early Dismissal Times & Cancellation

Created on January 19th, 2024

When UCSD needs to delay, dismiss early, or cancel school due to inclement weather or emergency situations, UCSD will notify families and staff directly via an “Alert” from ParentSquare.* Alerts are received as an email, phone call, text, and app notification (note: UHS students will receive an email and app notification). We will also post the information on the District website, District Facebook, District X/Twitter, and communicate with media outlets (WHO 13, KCCI 8, WOI 5). Please make note of the following times as they relate to your child’s school. Be sure to keep your contact information updated with your school in order to stay aware, updated, and informed. 

(Note: We’re extremely limited on the amount of content we’re able to include on media outlet alerts so please check your email, phone, text, app, District website, District X/Twitter, and District Facebook for full details.)

*As a reminder, we’re using Urbandale ParentSquare to share news, updates, and alerts. Please take a few minutes to activate your account. Once your account is activated, you can download the app by searching ‘Urbandale’ in the App Store/Google Play and login on the app. You do not have to download the app to receive Alerts; however, doing so will give you access to more communication features. If you need help with ParentSquare, please complete this form.

Delay, Early Dismissal & Cancellation

2-hour Delay Start Times

Note: If we were to have a 2-hour weather delay on a previously scheduled “Late Start Monday,” the late start would be cancelled. The start time for all schools would be two hours after their regular start time. Our goal is to inform families & staff of school delays by 5:45 AM.

2-Hour Delay Start Times:

  • Adventuretime (before school program): 8:30 a.m.
  • Preschool: No AM and no PM half-day preschool
  • All elementary schools: 10:50 a.m.
  • Urbandale Middle School: 9:55 a.m.
  • Urbandale High School: 10:00 a.m.
  • Metro West Academy: No morning classes
  • Activities: All before-school Activities are cancelled
  • For further updates and information regarding Activities, please visit j-hawks.com or @UrbandaleJhawks on social
  • Bus routes will run approximately two hours later than your child’s normally scheduled pick-up time

Vrijeme početka nastave sa 2-sata kašnjenja / Status:

  • Adventuretime ( program prije škole): 8:30 a.m.
  • Predškolsko: Nema predškolskog ujutro i popodne
  • Sve osnovne škole: 10:50am
  • Urbandale MSl: 9:55 a.m.
  • Urbandale Srednja škola: 10:00 a.m.
  • Metro West Akademija: Nema časova ujutro
  • Aktivnosti: Sve aktivnosti prije škole su otkazane
  • Za daljnja ažuriranja i informacije u vezi sa aktivnostima, posjetite j-hawks.com ili @UrbandaleJhawks na Twitter.
  • Autobusne linije će saobraćati otprilike dva sata kasnije od redovnog vremena kupljenja vašeg djeteta.

2-နာရီနှောင့်နှေးမှု စတင်ချိန်/အခြေအနေ-

  • Adventuretime (ကျောင်းမစမီ အစီအစဉ်) : နံနက် ၈း၃၀
  • မူကြို- နံနက်မ၀င်ရ၊ ညနေမဟုတ် နေ့တစ်ဝက် မူကြို
  • မူလတန်းကျောင်းအားလုံး မနက် ၁၀း၅၀
  • Urbandale အလယ်တန်းကျောင်း- နံနက် ၉ နာရီ ၅၅ မိနစ်
  • Urbandale အထက်တန်းကျောင်း- နံနက် ၁၀း၀၀
  • Metro West Academy – မနက်ပိုင်း အတန်းမရှိပါ။
  • လှုပ်ရှားမှုများ- ကျောင်းမတက်မီ လှုပ်ရှားမှုများအားလုံးကို ပယ်ဖျက်သည်။
  • လှုပ်ရှားမှုများနှင့်ပတ်သက်သော နောက်ထပ်မွမ်းမံမှုများနှင့် အချက်အလက်များအတွက် ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ ဝင်ရောက်ကြည့်ရှုပါ။  j-hawks.com သို့မဟုတ်  Twitter တွင် @UrbandaleJhawks ။
  • နှစ်နာရီကြာ ကြန့်ကြာမည်ဖြစ်ပါသည် ။ ဘတ်စ်ကားလမ်းကြောင်းများသည် သင့်ကလေး၏ ပုံမှန်သတ်မှတ်ထားသည့် လာယူချိန်ထက် နှစ်နာရီခန့်နောက်ကျပြီး ပြေးဆွဲမည်ဖြစ်သည်။ 2-နာရီနှောင့်နှေးမှု စတင်ချိန်/အခြေအနေ–

Sumilam 2- hnut sianginn kai caan pawl/ le sining.

  • Adventuretime (sianginn kai hlan  program): 8:30 a.m.
  • Preschool: Zing le niche le Zanlei Nicheu an khar lai.
  • Elementary sianginn vialte cu zing 10:50
  • Urbandale Middle School: 9:55 a.m.
  • Urbandale High School: 10:00 a.m.
  • Metro West Academy: Zinglei kan khar ; zanlei lawng kai
  • Cawlcanghnak:  Sianginn kai hla cawlcanghnak program vialte kan khar dih.
  • Thilthar pawl le lentecelh le a dang cawlcanghnak pawl theih na duh ahcun, zaangfahnak tein  j-hawks.com asiloah  @UrbandaleJhawks Twitter ah zoh hna.
  • Bus pawl zong an don thawng hna caan nakin suimilam 2 pahnih hnu in an i thawh lai. Zaangfahnak tein a tanglei thawk  caan hna hi zoh hna.

Horas/Estado de inicio con 2 horas de retraso:

  • Adventuretime (programa antes de la escuela): 8:30 a.m.
  • Preescolar: No habrá preescolar de medio día ni a.m ni p.m
  • Todas las Escuelas Primarias: 10:50 a.m.
  • Escuela Secundaria Urbandale: Comenzará a las 9:55 a.m.
  • Escuela Preparatoria Urbandale: Comenzará a las 10:00 a.m.
  • Metro West Academy: No habrá clases por la mañana
  • Actividades:Todas las actividades antes de la escuela se cancelan
  • Para obtener más actualizaciones e información sobre las actividades, visite j-hawks.com o @UrbandaleJhawks en Twitter.
  • Las rutas de autobús funcionarán aproximadamente dos horas más tarde que la hora normalmente programada para recoger a su hijo.

Kuchelewa kwa saa 2 Nyakati / Hali:

  • Wakati wa matukio ( Kabla ya mpango wa shule): 8:30 a.m.
  • Shule ya chekechea: Hakuna AM na hakuna PM nusu siku ya shule ya awali
  • Shule zote za Msingi: 10:50 a.m (asubuhi)
  • Shule ya kati ya Urbandale: 9:55 a.m.
  • Shule ya Upili ya Urbandale: 10:00 a.m
  • Metro West Academy: Hakuna madarasa ya asubuhi
  • Shughuli:Shughuli zote kabla ya shule zimeghairiwa
  • Kwa masasisho zaidi na taarifa kuhusu Shughuli, tafadhali tembelea j-hawks.com au @UrbandaleJhawks kwenye twitter.
  • Njia za basi zitaendeshwa takriban saa mbili baadaye kuliko muda ulioratibiwa wa kumchukua mtoto wako kawaida.
Early Dismissal Times

Our goal is to inform families & staff of early dismissals by 11:00 AM.

Early Dismissal Times:

  • Urbandale High School will dismiss at 1:00 p.m.
  • Urbandale Middle School will dismiss at 1:30 p.m.
  • Full-Day Preschool / All Elementary Schools will dismiss at 2:15 p.m.
  • No afternoon Metro West classes
  • No PM Half-Day Preschool
  • No after-school Adventuretime (If your child attends the Adventuretime after-school program, please make arrangements to pick up your child by 2:15 p.m.)
  • For updates and information regarding Activities, please visit j-hawks.com or @UrbandaleJhawks on social
  • Bus routes will coincide with early dismissal times

Vrijeme ranog otpuštanja nastave:

  • Urbandale Srednja Škola će se raspustiti u 1:00 p.m.
  • Urbandale Middle School će se paspustiti u  1:30 p.m.
  • All Elementary Schools će se raspustiti u  2:15 p.m.
  • Neće biti časova poslepodne u Metro West
  • Neće biti predškolskog poslepodne
  • Neće biti  Adventuretime posle škole (Ako vaše dijete pohađa program Adventuretime posle škole, molimo vas da se dogovorite da dođete po dijete do 14:15.)
  • Za daljnja ažuriranja i informacije u vezi sa aktivnostima, posjetite j-hawks.com ili @UrbandaleJhawks na Twitter.
  • Autobuske linije će se poklopiti sa vremenima ranijeg raspuštanja.

အစောပိုင်း ထုတ်ပယ်ရမည့် အချိန်များ-

  • Urbandale အထက်တန်းကျောင်းသည် မွန်းလွဲ ၁ နာရီတွင် ပိတ်ပါမည်။
  • Urbandale အလယ်တန်းကျောင်းသည် နေ့လည် 1:30 နာရီတွင် ပိတ်ပါမည်။
  • တစ်နေကုန် မူကြိုကျောင်း/ မူလတန်းကျောင်းများအားလုံး မွန်းလွဲ ၂ နာရီ ၁၅ မိနစ်တွင် ပိတ်ပါမည်။
  • နေ့လည်ပိုင်း Metro West အတန်းမရှိပါ။
  • PM နေ့တစ်ဝက် မူကြိုကျောင်းမရှိပါ။
  • ကျောင်းပြီးချိန် Adventuretime မရှိပါ (သင့်ကလေးသည် Adventuretime ကျောင်းပြီးချိန် အစီအစဉ်ကို တက်ရောက်ပါက၊ ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ နေ့လည် 2:15 နာရီတွင် သင့်ကလေးကို လာယူရန် အစီအစဉ်များ ပြုလုပ်ပါ)
  • လုပ်ဆောင်ချက်များနှင့်ပတ်သက်သော အပ်ဒိတ်များနှင့် အချက်အလက်များအတွက် ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ ဝင်ရောက်ကြည့်ရှုပါ။  j-hawks.com သို့မဟုတ်  Twitter တွင် @UrbandaleJhawks ။ ဝန်ထမ်းများအတွက်၊ လူ့စွမ်းအားအရင်းအမြစ်မှ မျှဝေထားသော အစောပိုင်းထုတ်ပယ်ခြင်းဆိုင်ရာ အချက်အလက်ကို ကျေးဇူးပြု၍ ဖတ်ရှုပါ။
  • ဘတ်စ်ကား လမ်းကြောင်းများသည် စောစီးစွာ ထုတ်ပယ်သည့် အချိန်များနှင့် တိုက်ဆိုင်နေပါမည်။

Tuan deuh i sianginn tin caan pawl:

  • Urbandale High School suimilam 1:00 p.m.
  • Urbandale Middle School suimilam 1:30 p.m.
  • Nipum te in kaimi Preschool/ Elementary Sianginn pawl suimilam 2:15 ah kan tin lai.
  • Zanlei Metro West classes kan ngei lai lo
  • Zanlei le Nicheu preschool kan kai lai lo.
  • Adventuretime sianginn tin hnu a um lai lo (Nafa kha zanlei Adventuretime a kaimi asi ahcun suimilam 2:15 pm ah na don hrim hrim lai.)
  • Thilthar pawl le lentecelh le a dang cawlcanghnak pawl theih na duh ahcun, zaangfahnak tein  j-hawks.com asiloah  @UrbandaleJhawks Twitter ah zoh hna.
  • Bus nih tuan deuh ah a tlah te hna lai.

salida temprana:

  • Urbandale High School saldrá a la 1:00 pm
  • Urbandale Middle School terminará a la 1:30 pm
  • Preescolar de día completo / Todas las escuelas primarias saldrán a las 2:15 pm
  • No hay clases en Metro West por la tarde
  • No hay preescolar de medio día
  • No hay Adventuretime después de la escuela (si su hijo asiste al programa después de la Escuela Adventuretime, haga arreglos para recoger a su hijo antes de las 2:15 p. m.)
  • Para obtener actualizaciones e información sobre las actividades, visite j-hawks.com o @UrbandaleJhawks en Twitter.
  • Las rutas de los autobuses coincidirán con las horas de salida temprana.

Nyakati za Kufukuzwa Mapema: 

  • Shule ya Upili ya Urabandale itafutilia mbali saa 1:00 asubuhi.
  • Shule ya kati ya Urbandale itafutilia mbali saa 1:30 asubuhi
  • Shule ya awali ya siku kamili / shule zote za Msingi zitaondolewa saa 2:15 asubuhi.
  • Hakuna madarasa ya Metro West alasiri.
  • Hakuna Shule ya Awali ya nusu siku ya PM
  • Hakuna wakati wa matangazo ya baada ya shule( Ikiwa mtoto wako anahudhuria programu ya baada ya shule ya Adventuretime, tafadhali fanya mipango ya kumchukua mtoto wako ifikapo 2:15.)
  • Kwa masasisho zaidi na taarifa kuhusu Shughuli, tafadhali tembelea j-hawks.com au @UrbandaleJhawks kwenye twitter.
  • Njia za basi zitaambatana na nyakati za mapema za kufukuzwa mapema.
Cancellation

Our goal is to inform families & staff of school cancellations by 5:45 AM.

  • If school is canceled: Adventuretime Before and After School Program will also be canceled
  • If school is canceled: Preschool will also be canceled
  • If school is canceled: All before-school Activities will also be canceled

 

  • Ako se škola otkaže: Program Adventuretime prije i poslije škole također će biti otkazan
  • Ako se škola otkaže: Predškolski program će također biti otkazan
  • Ako se škola otkaže: Sve aktivnosti prije škole također će biti otkazane

 

  • Si se cancela la escuela: el programa antes y después de la escuela Adventuretime también se cancelará
  • Si se cancela la escuela: Preescolar también se cancelará
  • Si se cancela la escuela: Todas las actividades antes de la escuela también se cancelarán

 

  • Ikiwa shule imeghairiwa: Programu ya wakati wa matangazo kabla na baada ya Shule pia itaghairiwa.
  • Shule ikighairiwa: Shule ya chekechea pia itaghairiwa
  • Shule ikighairiwa: Shuguli zote za kabla ya shule pia zitaghairiwa

 

Inclement Weather Decision-Making Process
When meteorologists predict inclement weather, the Superintendent is constantly monitoring forecasts throughout the evening, overnight, and during the early morning hours. When the issue is temperature-related, a standard we generally follow is to cancel school when the temperature is minus 25 or the windchill is minus 30 according to weather.gov. When the issue is snow-related, the Superintendent monitors road conditions and is in contact with our UCSD Director of Buildings and Grounds, local area superintendents, and bus transportation services. If inclement weather conditions are not present prior to the beginning of the school day, but arise during the school day, we then go through similar protocols when determining early-out situations.

Every weather-related situation is unique which is why in some cases we are able to communicate delays or cancellations the night before, while other situations require the decision to be made in the morning as weather conditions change (improve or deteriorate) throughout the overnight hours. In most cases, we will make the decision in the morning based on real-time weather conditions as we prefer to communicate a single decision  and not communicate a decision the night before and then need to change the decision the following morning. Our goal is to inform families and staff of school delays or cancellation by 5:45 AM for morning situations and by 11:00 AM for afternoon situations.

When school is delayed or canceled, we will notify families and staff directly via email, phone, text, and app, post an alert on the District website, District Facebook, District Twitter, and communicate with media outlets (WHO 13, KCCI 8, WOI 5). As we all know, any time we attempt to make plans that are dependent on the weather the risk for the weather changing or shifting always exists; thus, we want to assure you we’ll do our best to make decisions that keep students and staff safe while being aware of the impact school closures have on our daily lives. It’s always good practice for you to check your email, phone, local TV stations, and check the District website often so you are sure to receive the information as soon as possible. In addition, we’d like to encourage families to please begin talking now about weather-related plans in order to ensure your children have childcare in the event of a delay, cancellation, or early out.

Bus Routes: When we have a 2-hour weather delay, bus routes will coincide with the 2-hour delay in that buses will pick up students 2 hours later than their normal pick-up time. When we have an early dismissal, bus routes will coincide with the early dismissal in that buses will pick up students from school earlier than their regular dismissal time and will drop off students earlier than their normal drop-off time. See times listed above.

Adventuretime & Preschool: If school is delayed, canceled or dismissed early, Adventuretime & Preschool programs will also be delayed, canceled, or dismissed early.

  • If school is canceled: Adventuretime and Preschool will be canceled.
  • If school has a 2-hour delay: Adventuretime before/after school programming will also be delayed by two hours.
    • Adventuretime will open at 8:30 AM instead of 6:30 AM.
    • Full-day preschool will begin at 11:00 AM instead of 9:00 AM.
    • Full-Day 3-year old students will be able to arrive at 8:30 AM and attend wrap-around care all day (they will follow the same plan that is followed on scheduled late-start days).
    • No half-day AM or PM preschool classes for 3 and 4 year olds who attend half-day AM or PM preschool only.
  • If school is dismissed early: All students need to be picked up at the school dismissal time. There will be NO Adventuretime after-school programming if school is dismissed early.

Indoor Recess: Students will have indoor recess when the temperature or wind chill is 10 degrees or lower, as well as when the temperature or heat index reaches 100 degrees or higher, according to the National Weather Service.