What is a 2.5-hour delay?

At times, when the weather is forecasted to be particularly bad in the morning, but expected to improve throughout the day, North Canton City Schools may determine that students in grades 6-12 will follow a 2.5-hour delay schedule for the day.

A 2.5-hour delay means that students in grades 6-12 would start school 2.5 hours later than normal. Buses for grades 6-12 would run their normal routes beginning 2.5 hours later. All school buildings would still end on time.

Delay schedules do not affect Preschool through grade 5 because those school days begin later than the middle and high schools. The Early Childhood Center, elementary and intermediate schools start and end on time and buses run on schedule, even when a 2.5-hour delay is in effect.

A 2.5-hour delay schedule is announced in the same way that a snow day is: district-wide phone call, website announcement, Schoology update, posts on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram and on local media channels. Please be aware that even though this is a 2.5-hour delay, our media outlets will only publish as a 2-hour delay, which is incorrect.

So far this year we have not used a 2.5-hour delay. However, we wanted to make sure all families understood how a 2.5-hour delay schedule works in the event that we decide to implement it.

Information on how a 2.5-hour delay works for your school is always available on NorthCantonSchools.org. Select your school from the menu at the top, and the weather delay schedule is on the right side of the page as you scroll down.

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