From the Superintendent’s Desk: Weather Closings and Emergency Drills

September 18, 2018

Student safety is our priority.

Last Spring, our district began new procedures for emergency drills. Stockbridge Community Schools is now certified as an ALICE trained school district.  ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate.

According to the ALICE Institute, ALICE training is a research-based, proactive approach to responding to an active shooter situation. It has been adopted by businesses, schools, and organizations across the nation to prepare employees, staff, students and personnel for how to respond to violent intruder situations.

Stockbridge Community Schools will continue with district-wide ALICE drills throughout this school year.  If you have any questions regarding our drills please contact our office at (517) 851-7188.

This is also the time of year to remind parents that it sometimes becomes necessary to close or delay school due to deteriorating weather conditions. As Winter season approaches, our administrative team will make every effort to make a decision no later than 5:45 a.m. We begin to evaluate road conditions in the morning as early as 4:15 a.m. A variety of factors are considered before a final decision is made for the school district to be delayed or closed.

Stockbridge Community Schools operates on a two-hour delay or school is closed for the day.  During a two-hour delay school operates two hours after the normal school start time.

Parents and students may find closing or delay information from the following resources:

Parent All Call Email/Phone notification system

TV Announcements (WILX Channel 10, WLNS Channel 6, and Fox 47)

District Website

Social Media

It is important to not rely solely on the Parent All Call system for the announcement of a delay or cancellation. If the Parent All Call system experiences technical difficulties it may be necessary to seek out another source of information such as tv announcements.

Sincerely,

Karl Heidrich