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Emergency
Drill
Once a year, all students are released
earlier than their regularly scheduled dismissal time in order
to test the
response of the
District's Emergency Management Plan. This mandatory "go
home" drill is held in compliance with New York State
Education Commissioner's Regulations Section 155.13 (School
Emergency Management
Plan). Parents are notified well in advance of the date of
the drill so they can make the appropriate arrangements.
Delayed
School Opening and Closing Procedures
On
bad-weather days, the Valley Stream elementary and secondary
school Superintendents of Schools will make a decision before
6 a.m. whether school will be closed or subject to a delayed
opening and will broadcast the information on radio and cable
television stations and through various school telephone chains.
In cases of delayed opening, which would occur if more time is needed to clear
the school parking lots, or if the weather forecast calls for the snowfall to
end in the morning, the schools would open one and one-half hours later than
their usual times. Central, North, South High School and Memorial Junior High
staff members would report at 9:30 a.m., students at 10 a.m. The high school
district would follow a revised time schedule of shortened class periods, going
from Period 1 (10-10:29 a.m.) to Period 9 (2:26-2:55 p.m.).
If there is a decision to close the schools after the delayed opening announcement,
that decision will be made by 7:30 a.m. A second telephone chain would go out,
and updated information would be supplied to the radio and cable television stations.
At
times of bad winter weather or other condition tune to
WALK (1370
AM, 97.5), WBAB (1240 AM, 102.3 FM),
WCBS (880 AM), WHLI (1100 AM),
WINS (1010 AM),
WABC-TV (Channel 7), WNBC-TV (Channel 4),
WNYW-TV
(Channel 5),
or Cablevision News 12
for Closing or Delayed Opening
The
following Schedule will apply to delayed openings due to weather
conditions and related emergencies:
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9:30 a.m.
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10:00 - 10:29
10:33 - 11:02
11:06 - 11:35
11: 39 - 12:08
12:12 - 12:42
12:46 - 1:16
1:20 - 1:49
1:53 - 2:22
2:26 - 2:55
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Period 1
Period 2
Period 3
Period 4
Period 5
Period 6
Period 7
Period 8
Period 9
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Web Based Notification
Typically,
News 12 TV lists delayed opening and closures on their website
at: www.news12.com
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2007 Copyright. Valley Stream Central High School District, Valley
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