Reminder: Regular School Board Meeting – Thursday, Jan 26,2012 in the School Library at 5:30pm

Click here for Agenda and supporting documents: JAN 2012 BOARD PACKET

Posted January 26th, 2012 in Public Notices, School Board.

Notice of a Special School Board Budget Workshop Jan 24th @ 5:30pm in School Library

Click here to open: Budget Wkshp Agenda 1.24.12.doc (2)

Posted January 23rd, 2012 in Public Notices, School Board.

Student Anouncements: Week of Jan 22, 2012

This is NOT the final week of the quarter/semester. We have moved finals to next week. See possible schedule at the end of the bulletin.

There will be no half days for finals. It has been noted that we missed four days of school last week and that more time off is not affordable.

We are going to have to make up at least two of the days missed. We may be able to get a state waiver for the other two because the governor called a state of emergency late on January 18th.

There may be more snow between now and the arrival of Spring- hopefully no more days missed….

Click here to open: Student Announcements Week of Jan 22 2012

Posted January 23rd, 2012 in Student Announcements.

Attention High School Students:

On Monday, January 23rd, Orcas Island High School will have a regular Monday schedule with all 6 classes

High school finals will be moved to the following week(Jan 30). The schedule will be announced in the bulletin.

Posted January 20th, 2012 in Public Notices, Student Announcements.

School Closed Friday

Due to the current forecast for snow this morning before a shift to ice pellets and rain, the decision has been made to close all schools on Orcas Island for Friday, January 20th.

Reports from several areas of Island indicate freezing rain and snow have begun to fall, please drive carefully if you do venture out on the roads.

Posted January 20th, 2012 in Uncategorized.

Snow Routes for School Buses

Doe Bay – starts at Shorewood, does not go into Doe Bay. Skips Obstruction Pass; skips Buckhorn.

Orcas – not to Killbrew. start at Laport road. Does not do Mcnallie/Dolphin  Bay, waits at kennel.  Mt Baker ? – meet bottom of the hill.

Deer Harbor – Start at 4 winds, does not across the bridge on Channel, Does not do Enchanted Forest; N. Beach ? if good.

Posted January 20th, 2012 in Public Notices.

School Starting 2-Hours Late on Friday, January 20th.

At this time all Orcas Island Schools (except the Waldron School) are scheduled to start 2-hours late (10:30 am) on Friday, January 20th. There will be no Zero hour classes or breakfast service. Buses will be operating on Snow Routes (these routes will be posted on the district website). Please be aware that the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the San Juan Islands for this evening and tomorrow morning. We will be monitoring the weather and road conditions to ensure that staff and students can safely travel to school from all areas of the Island. Any changes to school status will be made in a timely manner, please check our district website for updates to our school status.

At this point our County Road crews have done an amazing job preparing our local roads and our maintenance department has prepared our buildings for school tomorrow, however with the current forecast for tonight we will proceed with caution.

FYI From: Brendan Cowan, Director of SJC Department of Emergency Management

NWS (National Weather Service) has just issued a winter weather advisory for islands from 6pm to tonight until 10am Friday: http://1.usa.gov/y4SroC Calling for 1-2 inches of snow or perhaps some freezing rain this evening through Friday AM. At this point, I think only way to really predict what’s going to happen is to keep an eye on radar and look out the window frequently.

WAZ001-503-506-201200- /O.NEW.KSEW.WW.Y.0010.120120T0200Z-120120T1800Z/ SAN JUAN COUNTY-WESTERN WHATCOM COUNTY-WESTERN SKAGIT COUNTY- 157 PM PST THU JAN 19 2012

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY… THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SEATTLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY. * SOME AFFECTED LOCATIONS…FRIDAY HARBOR…BELLINGHAM AND ARLINGTON. * TIMING…SNOW OR FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS…1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW…OR 0.10 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT…EXPECT WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT…THE WORD ADVISORY MEANS THAT LIFE THREATENING WINTER WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

Posted January 20th, 2012 in Public Notices.

SCHOOL CLOSED TOMORROW, THURSDAY Jan 19th.

Due to icy conditions on many of the side roads used by families and
staff to reach the main roads (which are also icy) and with tonight’s
forecast for extremely low temperatures offering little chance of
improving road conditions, all OISD schools will be closed Thursday
(The Waldron school is not included in this closure).

Posted January 19th, 2012 in Public Notices.

SCHOOL CLOSED- WEDNESDAY, January 18th

Posted January 18th, 2012 in Public Notices, Uncategorized.

SNOW DAY- SCHOOL CLOSED TUESDAY Jan 17, 2012

Based on the current weather conditions and the potential for more snow overnight along with the forecast for deteriorating weather conditions Tuesday afternoon all Orcas Island School District schools will be closed on Tuesday, January 17th. For further information regarding future closures please check back to our website or the school district information hotline (376-1596).

Posted January 16th, 2012 in Public Notices.