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Oswego, Illinois, 16,851 students in 22 schools

Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oswego, measured against Oswego's own big snow morning of 2.7 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oswego close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Oswego.
The Oswego playbook

How Oswego calls a snow day

When the call comes

Families notified no later than 5 a.m.

“Notification will be made NO LATER than 5am on the school day impacted.”
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How families hear

By phone call, email, text message, the district app, the district website and social media.

“This includes a voicemail, email, text, and app notification. We also post changes on the SD 308 website and social media outlets.”
Emergency Weather Closing

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency days”.

“Emergency Days (ED) = 5”
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Remote learning days

Oswego has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“When inclement weather closes schools, our emergency remote learning plan will be utilized to continue student engagement. Attendance will be taken.”
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Making up a lost day

Emergency days after the May 28 last day, June 1 through June 7.

Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 7.

“June 1 through June 7, 2027 Emergency Days”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 20, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“In the event the school district would need to close for snow/emergencies, the elementary school day will run from 9:00am to 2:00pm.”
Board policy

Read from Oswego’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is sd308.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Oswego’s snow record

23.8inches of snow a winter
2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
2.7 ina big snow morning in Oswego: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.4Nov
3.1Dec
9.4Jan
5.9Feb
0.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7.5 in on January 31, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2019 to 2020, 32.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.2 miles away. Mornings are the 7 am snow reading on a weekday from December 1 through March 31, over the ten winters from 2016 to 2017 through 2025 to 2026, from NOAA GHCN Daily.

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The Illinois rule

How Illinois counts a lost day

Illinois requires a calendar of at least 185 days to guarantee 176 days of actual student attendance, each of at least 5 clock hours. The extra calendar days are emergency days used first; after they are gone, the State Superintendent may excuse days lost to an act of God or a hazard beyond the district's control without cutting state aid.

The Illinois rules in the agency’s own words, and every Illinois district

Next door

Districts near Oswego

The schools

22 schools

Every school in Oswego follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Oswego High School
  • Oswego East High School

Middle

  • Traughber Jr High School
  • Thompson Jr High School
  • Murphy Junior High School, Plainfield
  • Plank Junior High
  • Bednarcik Junior High School, Aurora

Elementary

  • Lakewood Creek Elementary, Montgomery
  • Grande Park Elem Sch, Plainfield
  • Fox Chase Elementary School
  • Long Beach Elem School, Montgomery
  • Southbury Elem School
  • The Wheatlands Elementary School, Aurora
  • Boulder Hill Elem School, Montgomery
  • Homestead Elementary School, Aurora
  • Wolfs Crossing Elem School, Aurora
  • Prairie Point Elem School
  • Churchill Elem School
  • Old Post Elementary School
  • Hunt Club Elem

Other schools

  • Brokaw Early Learning Center
  • East View Academy School
Questions

Oswego snow day questions

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