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Decatur Township Metropolitan School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Decatur Township Metropolitan, measured against Decatur Township Metropolitan's own big snow morning of 2.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Decatur Township Metropolitan close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Indianapolis.
The Decatur Township Metropolitan playbook

How Decatur Township Metropolitan calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“ParentSquare phone call, text message and email based on student records in Skyward. ... District Website and Social Media postings: Check http://decaturproud.org or our district Facebook Page: MSD Decatur Township or X: @MSDDecatur ... TV Stations:
  • WTHR (13)
  • WISHTV (8)FOX (59)
  • WRTV (6)”
School Cancellation Process

eLearning days

Decatur Township Metropolitan has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“MSD Decatur Township will hold eLearning days when schools are closed due to inclement weather.”
Source

Making up a lost day

Three student make-up days are listed (Feb 12, Apr 23 and May 27, 2027), or eLearning days to be announced, with at least a week between a lost day and its make-up.

“Student Make-up Days February 12, 2027 April 23, 2027 May 27, 2027 Or possible eLearning Days TBA *There will be a minimum of one week between the occurrence of a lost/snow day and the actual make-up day used.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 5, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 18 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 12 to Feb 15
  • Last day May 26, 2027
District calendar

Recent snow days

  • 2025 to 2026. Asynchronous eLearning day for all schools on Monday, Jan 26, 2026.
    “Due to inclement weather, all MSD of Decatur Township Schools will be conducting an eLearning Day on Monday, January 26th, 2026. Students will work from home through Canvas with “asynchronous” assignments.”
    District notice
  • 2025 to 2026. Asynchronous learning day again on Tuesday, Jan 27, 2026.
    “The district will have an asynchronous learning day, according to a Facebook post.”
    News report

Read from Decatur Township Metropolitan’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is decaturproud.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Decatur Township Metropolitan’s snow record

16.9inches of snow a winter
1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0with 4 in or more
2.1 ina big snow morning in Decatur Township Metropolitan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.6Nov
3.7Dec
6.3Jan
2.6Feb
2.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10.2 in on March 24, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 29.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.4 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 Decatur Township Metropolitan

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Wayne Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis17.2 in0.22
Plainfield Community School CorporationPlainfield17.2 in0.4
Mooresville Consolidated School CorporationMooresville17.2 in0.4
Speedway School TownSpeedway17.2 in0.2
Perry Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis15.2 in0.4
Avon Community School CorporationAvon17.2 in0.45
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Decatur Central High School
  • Decatur Twp School for Excellence

Middle

  • Decatur Middle School

Elementary

  • Blue Academy
  • Lynwood Elementary
  • Valley Mills Elementary School
  • West Newton Elementary School, West Newton
  • Gold Academy
  • Stephen Decatur Elementary School
  • Decatur High Ability Academy
Questions

Decatur Township Metropolitan snow day questions

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A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle
The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.