恶劣天气过程

天气预报说终于下雪了! We'd like to share with you our district's process when it comes to making decisions due to 恶劣天气. 我们理解这些决定会对家庭产生重大影响, so we want to share the process behind these important decisions for better clarity and preparedness. 我们学生的安全, 父母, and staff  is a core value prioritized here in Oregon City School District. 我们仔细考虑我们的决定，考虑到这一点.

下面是我们的流程: 

1. Assess weather and forecasted reports for local and surrounding areas to Oregon City.
To begin, we monitor the local area weather reports and those of the surrounding areas. We have a very diverse landscape within the Oregon City School District itself, 我们周围的地区也不例外. This means that while conditions may be clear and traversable near your residence, 在另一个领域可能不是这样. Many of our staff live outside of Oregon City and those areas may be impacted differently than Oregon City. 

2. 监察巴士路线及通勤的路况.
When 恶劣天气 appears in our forecast, we begin monitoring the roads. 这种情况发生在前一天晚上和第二天凌晨. 我们的目标是在早上5点之前做出决定, 在我们的巴士司机开始他们早上的路线之前.

3. Connect with and monitor neighboring school districts in the surrounding areas.
We also monitor the neighboring school districts and surrounding areas. 如前所述, many of our staff members live outside Oregon City and we have students who attend schools and programs outside of Oregon City. School delays or weather conditions in neighboring districts may impact their capabilities to safely commute. 没有我们的员工，我们也无法安全运营学校. 

4. 最后，发送通知.
Once a decision has been made we send out notifications through our official communication channels. These are ParentSquare, Facebook pages, Instagram accounts, our websites, and FlashAlert. Families can also tune in to the local news channels to receive information about school closures and delays.

我们如何决定是停课还是推迟两小时开学?
We do this by watching the weather and collaborating with neighboring school districts about conditions. If the weather makes the roads impassable and there is no improvement forecasted in the weather, 我们将取消今天的课程. 这意味着学校不会有公共汽车，也不会有课后活动. 我们的学校将关闭.

如果天气看起来会好转的话, 还有路况, we will decide to delay the start of our school day by two hours so that commuting to school will be safe. 在这段时间内，道路状况不应该改善吗, 今天剩下的时间我们将停课. 如果学校延误了两个小时, buses will run two hours behind normal schedule and classes will be on a modified schedule. After school activities may be affected so please pay attention to the communication your school puts out in this regard.

It is important to pay close attention to our communications to know if school will run as normal the next day, 或者航班是否会取消或延误.

We recognize that each weather event is unique and we understand that your families may be impacted in various ways. 此外，天气状况变化迅速，难以预测.  We work hard to make the best decisions we can with the information we know. We do not take these decisions lightly and our main concern in making these decisions is for staff and student safety.