Due to the expected heavy snowfall and its impact on roadways during the morning commute, tomorrow morning will be a late start with students beginning in-person learning on campus at 10 a.m. Dismissal will be at the regular time for your school. A decision about after school extracurricular activities and athletics will be made tomorrow. Assuming conditions improve in the morning, this late start option will allow us to preserve in-person learning safely tomorrow.
The National Weather Service is forecasting a sharp snowfall gradient over the Chicago metropolitan area causing large discrepancies in snow totals within short distances from one area to the next. Although the predicted snow accumulation in Lake County is lower than other areas, hazardous road conditions throughout the greater metropolitan area will make early commute time to school unpredictable and potentially dangerous for the 40 percent of staff who commute from areas south of Lake County.
We will continue to monitor updates to the forecast as well as monitor actual road conditions overnight and tomorrow morning. If conditions worsen, we will communicate with families and staff no later than 8 a.m. tomorrow.
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Transportation and Emergency Late Start Schedules
Deerfield High School
- Please note there will be no early bird classes and therefore no early bird transportation.
- Wednesday, February 2 is a 56 Cycle Day on a late start.
- Buses will run exactly two hours later than their usual pick up times on a regular start day.
Highland Park High School
- Please note there will be no early bird classes and therefore no early bird transportation.
- Wednesday, February 2 is a Blue Schedule Day on an emergency late start.
- Buses will run exactly one hour later than the regular Wednesday Blue Schedule Day pick up times.
Emergency Late Start Schedule:
As always, student and staff safety is our number one priority. Thank you for your support of in-person learning.
