EBCD, School Closings and Cancellations
EBCD, School Closings and Cancellations
The superintendent is empowered by the Board of Education to close the schools or to dismiss schools early in the event of hazardous weather or other emergencies which threaten the safety, health or welfare of students or staff members. It is understood that the superintendent will take such action only after consultation with appropriate authorities.
Parents, students and staff members shall be informed early in each school year how they shall be notified in the event of emergency closing or dismissals.
Staff members shall be informed if they are expected to work if there is an emergency closure of their work site.
In the event school is physically closed due to a public health emergency, all staff with direct student contact or associated with student attendance will not physically report to work unless notified otherwise. Instead, the district will utilize a form of remote instruction. Remote instruction allows students to access lessons provided by, and supported by, their regular teachers and allows students to continue their sequence of learning despite their inability to access facilities.
To ensure all students have the ability to access their lessons via remote instruction, the district will provide hardware and/or software, take-home materials/assignments, and support students with finding access to the internet as needed.
During days of remote instruction, teachers will take attendance and monitor student participation through the remote learning environment and the district student data system. For situations that are out of the control of the student, days of remote instruction will be treated with the same exceptions as an excused absence in regard to work assigned.
Adopted prior to 1985
Revised to conform with practice: July 13, 1988
Revised August 3, 1988
Revised August 15, 2007
Revised March 16, 2011
Revised September 2, 2020
Legal References
- C.R.S. 22-1-112 school year and national holidays
- C.R.S. 22-32-109 (1) (n) boards duty to determine number of instructional hours/days
- C.R.S. 22-22-101 et seq. school attendance law
- 1 CCR 301-39