When the district needs to close, delay opening or dismiss early, we will communicate this information in multiple ways:

• Using the contact information you have submitted in Skyward, we will send emails, phone calls and/or text messages to parents/guardians, faculty and staff. 
• We will post the information on our district website.
• We will post the information on our Facebook page and Twitter account.
• We will share the information with the following local media outlets:
  • WFMZ (Lehigh Valley & Berks County)
  • FOX (Philadelphia)
  • ABC (Philadelphia)
  • CBS (Philadelphia)
  • NBC (Philadelphia)

Specific schedules and additional details for delays and early dismissals for the 2019-2020 school year are listed below:

DELAYS
2-Hour Delay Start Times:
9:30 AM - WMCTC AM students leave HS for Western Center
9:40 AM - Middle School
9:40 AM - High School
12:45 PM - WMCTC PM students leave HS for Western Center
Elementary Schools:
10:35 AM - Elementary Schools
AM Kindergarten - 10:35 AM – 12:30 PM
PM Kindergarten - 1:30 PM – 3:25 PM
- Lunch schedules are adjusted if needed
- After school and evening activities/meetings determined during the day by administration

3-Hour Delay Start Times:
**Possible Option Beginning January 2020
NO AM WMCTC Classes
10:40 AM - Middle School
10:40 AM - High School 
12:45 PM - WMCTC PM Students leave HS for Western Center 
Elementary Schools:
11:35 AM – Elementary Schools
NO AM Kindergarten Classes
PM Kindergarten Classes – 12:50pm – 3:30pm
- Lunch schedules are adjusted, if needed
- After school and evening activities/meetings determined during the day by administration

DISMISSALS
2-Hour Early Dismissal – WEATHER/Emergency CLOSING
10:25 AM - Morning WMCTC students dismissed
12:35 PM - Middle School
12:35 PM - High School
NO WMCTC PM classes
Elementary Schools:
1:30 PM - Elementary Schools
AM Kindergarten – 8:35 AM – 11:20 AM
NO PM Kindergarten
- Schedules adjusted so lunches are served
- No after school activities and meetings canceled

3-Hour Early Dismissal – WEATHER/Emergency CLOSING
11:35 AM – Middle School
11:35 AM – High School
NO PM WMCTC classes
Elementary Schools:
**12:30 PM – Elementary Schools including AM Kindergarten classes
No PM Kindergarten
- No lunches served
- All after school activities and meetings canceled

**Transportation options for morning kindergarten on a 3-Hour Early Dismissal:

• Pick your child up at normal dismissal time at the school
• If an AM Kindergarten student has an older sibling, they will be on the same bus with their sibling(s)
• If an AM Kindergarten student attends daycare, they will be dropped off at the daycare center
• If an AM Kindergarten student does not have a sibling, you will be contacted with your child’s bus number