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FORT
BELVOIR SCHOOL LIAISON PROGRAM
SCHOOL LIAISON OFFICE
9500 Barlow Road, Ft. Belvoir, VA 22060-5937
Phone: (703)
805-9119
e-mail: School
Liaison
For
those of you who have just moved into the Virginia area –
please be advised that school is cancelled or schedules are altered
on days that you may not even expect it. The counties are so large
that the weather may be very different from one side of the county
to the other – however, the whole county has to abide by the
decision – VERY IMPORTANT TO LISTEN TO THE RADIO OR WATCH
THE TV FOR DECISIONS ARE MADE BY 5AM. Please read the following.
For all
counties – there are several options for different schedule
changes to deal with inclement weather; these are put into effect
when conditions threaten the safety of children who are walking
or riding school buses to schools. These schedules are:
(1) Keep schools closed. (2) Open two hours late. (3) Close two
hours early.
In every case of a schedule change:
• Tune in to local radio and television stations
• Check www.fcps.edu (Fairfax
County), or www.pwcs.edu (Prince
William County)
• Call the FCPS hot line at 800-839-FCPS (3277). The PWCS
telephone hot line: 703.791.2776 (select #3).
Do not phone the school or one of the stations for this information.
To receive this information via e-mail, sign up for the FCPS Keep
in Touch (KIT) e-mail notification system.
Inclement Weather and Emergency Closing Plans
for Fairfax County
Due to inclement weather or other emergency situations, it may be
necessary to close schools for the entire day, to open schools late,
or to close early.
Parents are urged to make arrangements now for the care
of their children when schedule changes are made (and to
provide for the rare situation when it is necessary to close an
individual school because of a power failure or other circumstances).
Children should know where to go if a parent will not be home.
Decisions on schedule changes are made after careful study of the
best information available from many sources including weather services,
the highway department, the police, and FCPS transportation staff
members who are out checking the roads. FCPS will make every effort
to decide, before 5 a.m., whether to close or delay schools before
and will begin communicating the decision once it is made. The 5
a.m. decision time is a goal. Weather conditions can deteriorate
after 5 a.m., which means that it may not be possible for FCPS to
meet that goal.
While no sources dealing with weather predictions can be infallible,
decisions are made with one overriding consideration—the safety
of all students—those who ride buses and those who walk to
school each day.
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