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Closings and Delays

Closings and Delays

Emergency and Inclement Weather School Closings, Delays, and Early Dismissals

Closings, delayed openings, and early dismissals are announced as follows:

  • A voice, text, and email message is sent to all registered email addresses and phone numbers of parents/guardians and MPS employees for weather related closings, delayed openings, and early dismissals.
  • A notice is placed on the district home page of our website: Middletown Public Schools
  • A notice is placed on the District’s social media accounts: Facebook (@mpsct), Instagram (@mps_ct_), and X (formerly Twitter) (@mps_ct_).
  • A notice is provided to the following television stations: Channels 3, 8, 61, & 30.

School closings and delays are generally announced by 6:00 a.m.
Early dismissals are decided as soon as possible.

 

A standard school delay time in the morning of 2 hours will occur for inclement weather. Below are the late arrival and early dismissal times:

Late Arrival (2 Hour Delay) due to Weather Related Events

Middletown High School: Begin at 9:25 a.m. and dismiss at 2:00 p.m.

Legacy Academy: Begin at 9:25 a.m. and dismiss at 1:00 p.m.

Beman Middle School: Begin at 10:10 a.m. and dismiss at 2:45 p.m.

All Elementary Schools: Begin at 10:50 a.m. and dismiss at 3:25 PM

PreK Full Day at Bielefield & Snow: Begin at 11:00 a.m. and dismiss at 3:40 p.m.

PreK Half Day AM at Snow: Canceled

PreK Half Day PM at Snow: Normal arrival at 12:55 p.m. and dismiss at 3:40 p.m.

 

Early Release due to Weather Related Events

Middletown High School: Early release at 11:00 a.m.

Legacy Academy: Early release at 11:00 a.m.

Beman Middle School: Early release at 12:00 p.m.

All Elementary Schools: Early release at 1:00 p.m.

PreK Full Day at Bielefield & Snow: Early release/dismissal at 1:15 p.m.

PreK Half Day AM at Snow: Early release/dismissal at 10:15 a.m.

PreK Half Day PM at Snow: Canceled 

Stay Connected

Please make sure that the contact information for your child(ren)’s home and emergency contacts is up-to-date in PowerSchool. This is the information that we use to contact families in the event of an emergency, a change in schedule due to weather, transportation delays, etc. You are able to make changes to this information as needed throughout the school year.

If there is ever a time that you do not receive a phone call or text message, but you think there is a chance of a delay/closure, please check our website and/or official district social media accounts.

Sign up for NBC Winter Weather Closing Alerts

A good fail-safe method of ensuring that you will receive closing and/or delay messages is to sign up for NBC Winter Weather Alerts. We always post our weather-related closings, delays, and/or early dismissals on NBC first.

If you sign up for their Winter Weather Closing Alerts, you will get a simple text message alerting you of the closure or delay.