School Closing Information
The District’s mass notification system will contact all student households when a school must be closed for emergency reasons. School closings will also be posted on the District’s website, www.bsd2.org, and the Emergency Closing Center website, www.EmergencyClosings.com. In cases of extreme weather or emergency situations, parents/guardians will receive a phone call, email, and/or text message no later than 6 a.m. if their contact information with the school is up to date. Please make certain your proper contact information is on file at your school to ensure you are notified through this system.
Emergency eLearning Days
Remote instruction (an eLearning day) will be scheduled when schools are closed due to severe weather. An eLearning day counts as a regular school day, and will not require the District to use a built-in emergency day at the end of the school year.
eLearning Days will begin an hour later than normal school days to provide teachers planning time to adjust their instruction for eLearning.
On eLearning Days, K-8 students will log into their Chromebooks that they already bring home daily, go to their Google Classrooms through their Classlink page, and join eLearning from the Google Meets link(s) posted there. Attendance will be taken, and students will then be engaged in live instruction for the entire five-hour school day.
An eLearning Day counts as a regular school day, and does not require the District to use a built-in emergency day at the end of the school year.
Parents will then be notified no later than 6 a.m. if the District is closing its schools and holding an eLearning Day. (No announcement means it will be a normal school day.)