School Closing Information

1. Listen to the radio and T.V. Please do not call us to ask about school delays or cancellations BUT DO CALL IF YOU WANT TO CANCEL TRANSPORTATION FOR YOUR CHILD. We are very busy solving routing problems and may not be available to answer any other questions. This goes for employees as well as students. In Fitchburg, Lunenburg, Leominster, Ashburnham Westminster, Gardner, Groton, Dunstable and North Middlesex area, we have found WSRS (96.1 FM), WXLO (104.5 FM), WEIM (1280 AM), WBZ (1030 AM), WRKO (680 AM), WTAG (580 AM), Channel 7 WHDH TV, Channel 5 WCVB TV , and Channel 4 WBZ TV to be helpful sources of information. Useful internet sources are www.wbztv.com, www.thebostonchannel.com and www.wbz1030.com .
2. If school is cancelled in either the town where the student lives, or the town where he/she goes to school, then we do not provide transportation. If school is cancelled where the student lives, and the school he or she attends is open in another town, it is up to the family to bring their student to school if they want him/her to attend.
3. When there are multiple delays (late openings) on a route, or a cancellation at one end and a delay at the other, we generally go with the most limiting. For example, if one town has a one-hour delay and the other town has a two-hour delay, we will go with the two-hour delay.
4. We will notify everyone involved of any changes to this policy. For example, we may pick up from several towns, and they may have different delays. We may change one to fit with the others, but we would communicate this to the driver and to the families when the decision is made.
5. Again, families should not call us for updates on snow days. Anticipate delays and late arrivals. We will notify you if there is a problem. Please understand that the volume of delays and route changes is simply too great for us to notify everyone. We know that parents will be worried in bad weather, but no news is good news.
6. Safety is our greatest concern. Drivers must not be concerned with staying on schedule during bad driving conditions. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS FINISHING THE ROUTE SAFELY.

Exceptions will be considered, as each winter day has its own set of circumstances. Getting our students to school and home safely will always be our priority. We appreciate your understanding during these challenging mornings. Our wish is that all snow occurs on school vacations!

If school is released early, a parent must be prepared to be home to receive their child. Please arrange to be home or have another person at home to receive your child in the case of an early dismissal in bad weather.

ATTENTION DRIVERS:

PLEASE READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE.

In this package, you have received a snow policy for you, your monitor (if applicable) and every student (or family if you have siblings) on your PM route. Please double check that you have enough snow policies. If you need more, please contact the office.

Please give one snow policy per student (per family if you have siblings) as you drop off each student on your PM route.

Please confirm with the office via radio or phone (NO EMAILS PLEASE) when you have completed delivering all of you snow policies.

Please review the snow policy for yourself so you are familiar with knowing if you will have a route on a snow day or not. REMEMBER: PLEASE REFRAIN FROM CALLING THE OFFICE ON SNOW DAYS. If you are unsure if you have a route, the office will help you when you sign on the radio and you announce what TOWNS you pick up in and what TOWNS of drop off in.

Thank you,

Nice Ride LLC