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Tippecanoe School Corporation Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Tippecanoe, measured against Tippecanoe's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Tippecanoe close tomorrow?

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

How Tippecanoe calls a snow day

When the call comes

On or before 6 am.

“A decision to delay or cancel must be made on or before 6 am in order to avoid having students in transit.”
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How families hear

By the district app, local TV, radio, the district website, text message and email.

“These media outlets include, but are not limited to, 105.3 FM-WKOA, 98.7 FM-WASK, WLFI-TV 18, 96.5 FM-WAZY, Journal & Courier and Indianapolis TV stations. The information will be posted to the TSC website”
Safety and Weather Alerts - Tippecanoe School Corporation

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Two-hour delays or early dismissals continue to be waived by the Indiana Department of Education and these days will count as a full instructional day and do not have to be made up.”

1 built in snow day

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Make-up day”.

“23 Mid-Spring Break - No School - Make-up day”
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A snow day is a day off

Tippecanoe closes rather than going remote.

“eLearning is not utilized by the TSC in the context described by the Indiana Department of Education for school closings.”
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Making up a lost day

Built in make-up day April 23, then extending the end of the year.

“When school is canceled, days are made up according to the corporation calendar through built-in makeup days and/or by extending the end of the scheduled school year.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 6, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 5
  • February break Feb 15
  • Last day May 25, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The Tippecanoe School Corporation superintendent has the final decision authority to delay or cancel classes. The superintendent will delay or cancel classes if the TSC Director of Transportation determines that it is unsafe for TSC busses to be on the roads.”
Board policy

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Tippecanoe’s snow record

15.3inches of snow a winter
1.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.5 ina big snow morning in Tippecanoe: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.7Nov
3.5Dec
5.5Jan
4.2Feb
0.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 10 in on February 16, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 29.4 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.7 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 Tippecanoe

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Lafayette School CorporationLafayette15.3 in0.31
Delphi Community School CorporationDelphi21.1 in0.5
North Montgomery Community School CorporationCrawfordsville18.6 in0.5
Warren County Metropolitan School DistrictWilliamsport12.6 in0.2
Carroll Consolidated School CorporationFlora21.1 in0.5
Frankfort Community SchoolsFrankfort17.9 in0.4
The schools

20 schools

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

High

  • William Henry Harrison High School, West Lafayette
  • McCutcheon High School
  • Greater Lafayette Career Academy

Middle

  • Battle Ground Middle School, West Lafeyette
  • Wea Ridge Middle School
  • East Tipp Middle School
  • Southwestern Middle School
  • Klondike Middle School, West Lafayette
  • Wainwright Middle School

Elementary

  • Klondike Elementary School, West Lafayette
  • Burnett Creek Elementary School, West Lafayette
  • Battle Ground Elementary School, Battle Ground
  • Wea Ridge Elementary School
  • Woodland Elementary School
  • Mayflower Mill Elementary School
  • Hershey Elementary School
  • Wyandotte Elementary
  • Mintonye Elementary School
  • Dayton Elementary School, Dayton
  • James Cole Elementary School
Questions

Tippecanoe snow day questions

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