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Fort Wayne, Indiana, 28,506 students in 50 schools

Fort Wayne Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Fort Wayne, measured against Fort Wayne's own big snow morning of 2.6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Fort Wayne close tomorrow?

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

How Fort Wayne calls a snow day

When the call comes

Transportation staff check roads at 4 a.m.; news media are contacted usually by 5:30 a.m.

“News media are contacted as early as possible, usually by 5:30 a.m.”
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How families hear

By social media, radio, local TV, the district website and the district app.

“For updates, follow FWCS on Facebook, X and Instagram; tune in to radio or television newscasts; check the FWCS website. Staff, parents and students in grades 6-12 can sign up to receive immediate notification through ParentSquare.”
Weather Emergency - Fort Wayne Community School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All elementary, middle and high schools start two hours later than their normal start time.”
Delay schedule

eLearning days

Fort Wayne has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“On eLEARNING days assignments will be posted to your teacher's SeeSaw (K-2) or Schoology (3-12) page daily.”
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Making up a lost day

May 26, 2027 is a teacher work and make-up day; May 27 and 28 are reserve make-up days.

“Teacher Work/Make-up May 26, 2027 ... Reserve Make Up Day May 27 & 28, 2027”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 12, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 25, 2027
District calendar

Read from Fort Wayne’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is fortwayneschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Fort Wayne’s snow record

26.3inches of snow a winter
2.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.6with 4 in or more
2.6 ina big snow morning in Fort Wayne: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 63% of the 283 Indiana districts with a station record.

2.7Nov
4.4Dec
8.6Jan
7.7Feb
2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8.1 in on February 16, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 39.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 4.1 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 Fort Wayne

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
East Allen County SchoolsNew Haven26.3 in0.6
Southwest Allen County Metropolitan School DistrictFort Wayne24.5 in0.42
Northwest Allen County SchoolsFort Wayne26.3 in0.6
Northern Wells Community SchoolsOssian11.6 in0.1
Smith-Green Community SchoolsChurubusco26 in0.7
Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community SchoolsGarrett22.5 in0.8
The schools

50 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Northrop High School
  • R Nelson Snider High School
  • North Side High School
  • South Side High School
  • Wayne High School

Middle

  • Blackhawk Middle School
  • Lane Middle School
  • Jefferson Middle School
  • Shawnee Middle School
  • Memorial Park Middle School
  • Northwood Middle School
  • Kekionga Middle School
  • Lakeside Middle School
  • Miami Middle School
  • Portage Middle School

Elementary

  • Harrison Hill Elementary School
  • Lincoln Elementary School
  • Weisser Park Elementary School
  • Fred H Croninger Elementary School
  • Forest Park Elementary School
  • J Wilbur Haley Elementary School
  • Jeff H Towles Intermediate School
  • Glenwood Park Elementary School
  • Mabel K Holland Elementary School
  • Northcrest Elementary School
  • Washington Center Elementary Sch
  • Francis M Price Elementary School
  • Maplewood Elementary School
  • Fairfield Elementary School
  • Merle J Abbett Elementary School
  • Saint Joseph Central School
  • Franke Park Elementary School
  • Arlington Elementary School
  • Brentwood Elementary School
  • Waynedale Elementary School
  • South Wayne Elementary School
  • Indian Village Elementary School
  • Levan R Scott Academy
  • Robert C Harris Elementary School
  • Bloomingdale Elementary School
Questions

Fort Wayne 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.