School Closure & Emergency Information

Click here for updates to PSECS - Public School Emergency Comm System.
If there are no new messages on PSECS by 6am, schools will be open at there regularly scheduled times.
School Closure & Emergency Information phone line will be updated as needed: 253-530-1088

Peninsula School District switchboard:  253-530-1000
Report Incidents or Emergencies to: 253-530-1004

Click here for Regular & Emergency Bus Route information

During emergencies, one of the following announcements may be made over the radio/TV stations:

1.  Schools closed

	No Skill Center bus to/from Bremerton.
	No Special Service transportation.
	No out-of-district Special Service transportation.
	No Kindergarten, Pre-school, Co-op, or ECEAP classes.
	No away co-curricular trips and field trips. (Home games may be held if participating schools agree to travel according to their respective district policies.)  No district transportation provided.
	After-school and evening activities, including PAA are cancelled.

2.  Two hours late on emergency bus routes. (2 hour delay applies to AM only)

	No AM ECEAP, AM Pre-school, or AM Kindergarten.
	PM Kindergarten, PM ECEAP and PM Pre-school will be in session at their regular starting time, but there will be no mid-day transportation.
	PM Kindergarten, PM ECEAP and PM Pre-school students will return home on emergency routes.
	No Skill Center bus to/from Bremerton.
	Special Service will operate on emergency routes only.  No house to house pick-up or take-home will occur.
	No out-of-district Special Service transportation.
	High school co-curricular trips and field trips will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
	All elementary and middle school co-curricular trips/field trips will be cancelled.

3.  Take-Home on Emergency Bus Routes (applies to take-home only due to situations occurring after the students are at school)

	AM pick-up on regular bus routes…taken home on emergency bus routes
	PM Kindergarten, PM ECEAP and PM Pre-school students may return home on emergency routes.  (Determined by time situation occurs.)
	Co-curricular trips and field trips will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

In the event of an emergency situation such as water, power, heat failure or sudden change in weather conditions after the regular school day has begun, emergency bus routes may be used to take students home. During such an emergency, you will receive instructions from your school Principal or by radio/TV concerning a plan for delivering students home. Each family should have a plan covering what to do when students arrive home in emergency situations; i.e., daycare providers, phone contacts, house keys, neighbors, etc. ECEAP, Pre-school, and Kindergarten students will be returned to school if not met by a parent or a designated representative at the bus stop. Other elementary students who do not feel comfortable exiting the bus at their emergency stop will also be returned to school. For questions please call your student’s school.

Emergency bus routes can be found here for your student’s school. Please remind your child to wait for the buses at a safe distance from the road during icy conditions.

*In extraordinary circumstances, where the event involves schedule coordination with other schools, leagues or tournaments, the superintendent may grant a single-event exemption on transportation.

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