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Crown Point, Indiana, 9,138 students in 10 schools

Crown Point Community School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Crown Point, measured against Crown Point's own big snow morning of 3.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Crown Point close tomorrow?

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

How Crown Point calls a snow day

When the call comes

Early morning, or the evening before when conditions are stable and known; road checks begin between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m.

“If a storm occurs during the night or in the early morning, we begin driving between 3:30 and 4:00 a.m. and continue throughout the early morning hours.”
Source

How families hear

By the district app, the district website and social media.

“School closing or delay information will be announced using ParentSquare. ... Closings or delays are also posted at www.emergencyclosingcenter.com and on our website. We also try to post them on our social media accounts.”
Closings/Delays - Crown Point Community School Corporation

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All bus drivers and schools will start their day 2 hours later than usual. Morning preschool classes will be canceled, as well as morning CAP and Alternative to Explusion classes.”
Delay schedule

eLearning days

Crown Point has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“If a closing is called all CPCSC buildings will be closed, including our child care locations. It is possible students may engage in e-learning from home.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 12, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“If school buildings are closed and an e- learning day is appropriate, the protocols below will be used. To be prepared for an emergency cancellation, students (K-12) are expected to take their laptop device with charger home daily.”
Board policy

Read from Crown Point’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is cps.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Crown Point’s snow record

23.3inches of snow a winter
2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3.4 ina big snow morning in Crown Point: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.9Nov
3.3Dec
8Jan
8Feb
0.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9.5 in on February 16, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 42.7 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.7 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.3 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 Crown Point

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Merrillville Community SchoolMerrillville23.3 in0.7
Lake Central School CorporationSaint John22.7 in0.3
Hanover Community School CorporationCedar Lake26.2 in0.6
Griffith Public SchoolsGriffith26.9 in0.7
Hobart School CityHobart28.9 in0.7
Lake Ridge SchoolsGary26.9 in0.7
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Crown Point High School

Middle

  • Robert Taft Middle School
  • Colonel John Wheeler Middle School

Elementary

  • Jerry Ross Elementary School
  • Timothy Ball Elementary School
  • Winfield Elementary School
  • Lake Street Elementary School
  • Dwight D Eisenhower Elem School
  • Solon Robinson Elementary School
  • Douglas MacArthur Elem School, Cedar Lake
Questions

Crown Point snow day questions

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