School Delays and Closures Due to Weather

Making the Decision

At Liberty Christian School, we take your child's safety very seriously. As the weather turns cold, the possibility for snow and ice becomes greater. If there is a chance that your children cannot be transported to school safely due to weather conditions, the school may delay or cancel school. 
Generally speaking, if Richland, Kennewick, and Pasco school districts cancel or delay opening, LCS will follow their lead and cancel or delay opening. If only one or two of the local districts cancel or delay opening, LCS will make a decision based on local weather and road conditions. 
If ever you disagree with our decision regarding school delays or closures, please know that it is considered an excused absence if you decide to keep your child home from school when you provide our office with a signed note or an email. The final decision on whether or not to send your child to school is yours. 
With over 600 students and over 50 staff, making changes to the school day is very difficult, particularly at the last minute. Closure after school is already in session would be extremely difficult. Further, once students have been dropped off at school or the morning extended care, there is no way to contact every parent or caregiver to inform them of a change to the school day. Many of those parents have gone to work and contacting them is very difficult. It is important that we do not cause a situation where students are home or elsewhere without adult supervision. 
 

Snow Day Procedures

The following procedures are to be implemented to alert staff, students, and parents of a delay in the start time or closure of Liberty Christian School. 
 

By 6:15, LCS will send out a Parent Alert letting parents know of a delay or closure. The school will also post information on the website, Facebook, and send an email. If you do not receive an email or text or see info posted on the other sources, then LCS will have school and is running on time.
 

Two-hour delays:

A two-hour delay means school starts at 10:00 a.m. instead of 8:00 a.m. On delayed days there is 
NO AM OR PM K4 classes, no hot lunch program, no zero hour, AND NO morning Patriot Club.

In the case of a 2-hour delay, please continue to check for updates, as a decision may still be made to cancel school. Cancellations will be announced as soon as possible if a decision is made to change the delayed opening to a canceled day. Please do not call the school as staff is on a two-hour delay as well. 
In the event that the weather does not improve, a decision may be made to go from a delay to a closure, so when a delayed opening has been announced it is still important for students, parents, and staff to continue monitoring their emails and Facebook. Every effort will be made to have a final decision on having school with a delayed opening or canceling school as soon as possible. 
Please note that a two-hour delay ALWAYS means “No AM or PM K4 classes, no hot lunch program, no zero hour, AND NO morning Patriot Club”
 

Procedures for Athletics on Snow Days

If School is Canceled for the Day: 
No games are played, and no practices are held when school is canceled for the day. 
 

If school is Cancelled for the day and the next day is Saturday: 
If weather conditions have improved on Saturday, the Athletic Director, in consultation with the Principals, Superintendent, and Maintenance Department Director, may elect to play games scheduled or rescheduled for Saturday. Factors to consider include current and upcoming weather, safe transportation by athletes and spectators both to home and away sites, accessibility of buildings including sidewalks and parking lots, availability of officials and other game personnel, and other safety issues and concerns. 
 

If School is Delayed for the Day: 
If school is held, practices may be conducted and games may be played, even if school has been delayed in opening. Games scheduled for days when school is delayed in opening may need to be rescheduled by the school we are scheduled to play due to the weather in the vicinity of the other school. 

You Will Receive LCS School Closure Announcements via Text Message and/or E-mail