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Wayne Township Metropolitan School District Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Wayne Township Metropolitan close tomorrow?

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

How Wayne Township Metropolitan calls a snow day

When the call comes

As early as possible and always before 6:00 a.m.

“During inclement weather, decisions (delays, cancellations, eLearning days) are made as early as possible and always before 6:00 a.m.”
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How families hear

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

“X: @WayneTwpSchools Facebook: MSD of Wayne Township Website ParentSquare Local media outlets”
MSD Wayne Township Inclement Weather Procedures | School Delays & Closings

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“In the event we are on a two-hour weather delay, please see our start and dismissal times for each school.”
Delay schedule

2 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “No Make-up Days”.

“Possible make-up days will occur in the following order if cancellation of school occurs: 2 Maximum No Make-up Days 5 Maximum eLearning Days”
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eLearning days

Wayne Township Metropolitan has eLearning days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“the Board of Education approved five (5) eLearning days to be used after the two days of school closure due to inclement weather. When an eLearning day is called, teachers will provide their academic materials electronically to students asynchronously”
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Making up a lost day

After 2 closed days and 5 eLearning days, made up on MLK Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day and June 3.

Make up dates: Jan 18, Feb 15, May 31, Jun 3.

“8 or More 5 or more days prior to the possible make-up day: January 18 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday February 15 – Presidents’ Day May 31 – Memorial Day June 3 – Last Day of School”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day July 29, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 2, 2027
District calendar

Read from Wayne Township Metropolitan’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is wayne.k12.in.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Wayne Township Metropolitan’s snow record

17.2inches of snow a winter
1.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.2with 4 in or more
2.1 ina big snow morning in Wayne Township Metropolitan: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
2.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1.3Nov
3.4Dec
5.9Jan
4.1Feb
2Mar
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 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.5 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 Wayne Township Metropolitan

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Speedway School TownSpeedway17.2 in0.2
Decatur Township Metropolitan School DistrictIndianapolis16.9 in0
Indianapolis Public SchoolsIndianapolis15.2 in0.4
Avon Community School CorporationAvon17.2 in0.45
Plainfield Community School CorporationPlainfield17.2 in0.4
Brownsburg Community School CorporationBrownsburg18.9 in0.4
The schools

18 schools

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

High

  • Ben Davis High School
  • Achieve Virtual Education Academy
  • Ben Davis University High School
  • Area 31 Career & Tech Center

Middle

  • Chapel Hill 7th & 8th Grade Center
  • Lynhurst 7th & 8th Grade Center

Elementary

  • Chapel Glen Elementary School
  • Garden City Elementary School
  • Chapelwood Elementary School
  • North Wayne Elementary School
  • Robey Elementary School
  • McClelland Elementary School
  • Bridgeport Elementary School
  • Westlake Elementary School
  • Maplewood Elementary School
  • Stout Field Elementary School
  • Rhoades Elementary School

Other schools

  • Ben Davis Ninth Grade Center
Questions

Wayne 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.