Closings & Delays

When inclement weather is forecasted, please stay tuned to local media for closings, delayed openings, or early dismissals.  Please do not call the school to verify closings or delays. 

The following resources provide up to the minute updates about school closings, delays, and late openings:

  •  Visit BCPS's home page
  •  Call the BCPS closing hotline: 443-809-5555
  •  Local TV and radio stations

**Unless the school office is notified in writing, children are dismissed their normal way.  If YMCA aftercare is closed, those students will be dismissed as car riders.  Students may only ride a bus home if that is their normal dismissal routine.

When schools open 1 hour late

  • Doors open at 9:25 and students must be in the building by 9:40.

  • No morning pre-k.

  • No YMCA before care program.

  • Breakfast will be served.

     

When schools open 2 hours late

  • Doors open at 10:25 and students must be in the building by 10:40.

  • No morning pre-k.

  • No YMCA before care program.

  • Breakfast will be served.

When schools close 2 hours early

  • Students are dismissed at 1:25.

  • No aftercare programs at the YMCA aftercare. Aftercare students will be dismissed as car riders.

  • No afternoon pre-k. 

  • There will be no mid-day bus for pre-k students.  Pre-k students will need to be picked up at 11:10.

  • Lunch will be served.

     

When schools close 3 hours early

  • Students are dismissed at 12:25.

  • No aftercare programs at the YMCA aftercare. Aftercare students will be dismissed as car riders.

  • No afternoon pre-k. 

  • There will be no mid-day pre-k bus for pre-k students.  Pre-k students will need to be picked up at 11:10 or they can take their regular bus home to the bus stop at 12:25.  Please inform the pre-k teacher if your child will be staying or picked up at 11:10.

  • Lunch will be served.