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Columbus, Indiana, 11,654 students in 17 schools

Bartholomew County School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bartholomew, measured against Bartholomew's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bartholomew close tomorrow?

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

How Bartholomew calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“Families receive messages through email, app, voice, or text, helping everyone stay informed and involved.”
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A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“School Type School Name Start 2 Hour Delay Dismissal ... CSA New Tech High School 7:45 am 9:45 am 3:08 pm”
Delay schedule

eLearning days

Bartholomew has eLearning days in its winter plan, up to 3 a year.

“inclement weather days : The first three will be eLearning days.”
Source

Making up a lost day

After three eLearning days, added to the end of the school year.

“inclement weather days : The first three will be eLearning days. Additional days beyond day three will be made up at the end of the school year.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 5, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 19, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Bartholomew’s snow record

12.1inches of snow a winter
0.8school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.5with 4 in or more
3.5 ina big snow morning in Bartholomew: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.5Nov
1.7Dec
4.6Jan
3.9Feb
1.3Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.6 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 23.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.3 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 Indiana rule

How Indiana counts a lost day

Indiana requires at least 180 student instructional days a school year.

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

Next door

Districts near Bartholomew

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Brown County County School CorporationNashville11.2 in0.4
Seymour Community SchoolsSeymour12.1 in0.5
Nineveh-Hensley-Jackson United School CorporationTrafalgar18.8 in0.6
Jennings County SchoolsNorth Vernon15.1 in0.4
Franklin Community School CorporationFranklin18.8 in0.6
Shelbyville Central SchoolsShelbyville11 in0.6
The schools

17 schools

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

High

  • Columbus North High School
  • Columbus East High School
  • Columbus Area Career Connection

Middle

  • Northside Middle School
  • Central Middle School

Elementary

  • Southside Elementary School
  • Parkside Elementary School
  • Lillian Schmitt Elementary School
  • Clifty Creek Elementary School
  • W D Richards Elementary School
  • Taylorsville Elementary School, Taylorsville
  • L F Smith Elementary
  • Mount Healthy Elementary School
  • CSA Lincoln Campus
  • Rockcreek Elementary School
  • CSA Fodrea Campus

Other schools

  • Richard L Johnson Early Educ Cntr
Questions

Bartholomew snow day questions

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