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Olathe, Kansas, 28,590 students in 52 schools

Olathe Unified School District 233 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Olathe, measured against Olathe's own big snow morning of 3.9 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Olathe close tomorrow?

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

How Olathe calls a snow day

When the call comes

No standard time; sometimes the night before, sometimes early morning.

“When dealing with weather, every situation is different and unfortunately there is no standard time in announcing cancellations.”
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How families hear

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

“If school is canceled due to snow or bad weather, the information will be available in these ways: Notification to parents and staff via text and email information on file Local television and radio stations”
Inclement Weather - Olathe Public Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Students report to school two hours later than their original start time. Staff report two hours later than their original report time (unless otherwise noted by supervisor).”
Delay schedule

2 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Possible inclement weather dates”.

“Possible inclement weather dates March 22 and April 23”
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Making up a lost day

Possible inclement weather dates on Mar 22 and Apr 23.

“Possible inclement weather dates March 22 and April 23”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 13, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 25, 2027
District calendar

Read from Olathe’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is olatheschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Olathe’s snow record

16.4inches of snow a winter
1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3.9 ina big snow morning in Olathe: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 83% of the 284 Kansas districts with a station record.

2Nov
2Dec
6.9Jan
4.2Feb
1.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 6 in on November 26, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 30.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 Kansas rule

How Kansas counts a lost day

Kansas requires 186 school days (181 for seniors), or by board policy 1,116 school hours for grades 1 to 11 (1,086 for seniors, 465 for kindergarten). Once the board's scheduled snow make-up days are used up, extra weather closures count as school days, up to the number of make-up days scheduled or five days, whichever is smaller.

The Kansas rules in the agency’s own words, and every Kansas district

Next door

Districts near Olathe

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Blue Valley Unified School District 229Overland Park13.1 in0.4
Spring Hill Unified School District 230Spring Hill13.1 in0.4
Gardner Edgerton Unified School District 231Gardner16.4 in0.7
Shawnee Mission Public Schools Unified School DistrictShawnee Mission16.4 in0.74
De Soto Unified School District 232De Soto15.1 in0.82
Turner Unified School District 202Kansas City16.4 in0.7
The schools

52 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Olathe North Sr High
  • Olathe Northwest High School
  • Olathe South Sr High
  • Olathe East Sr High
  • Olathe West High School

Middle

  • Prairie Trail Middle School
  • Mission Trail Middle School
  • Frontier Trail Middle School
  • Oregon Trail Middle School
  • Santa Fe Trail Middle School
  • California Trail Middle School
  • Pioneer Trail Middle School
  • Chisholm Trail Middle School
  • Indian Trail Middle School
  • Summit Trail Middle School

Elementary

  • Manchester Park Elementary, Lenexa
  • Clearwater Creek Elementary
  • Arbor Creek Elementary
  • Canyon Creek Elementary, Lenexa
  • Regency Place Elementary
  • Forest View Elem
  • Mahaffie Elem
  • Ravenwood Elementary
  • Millbrooke Elementary
  • Heatherstone Elem
  • Cedar Creek Elem
  • Walnut Grove Elem
  • Madison Place Elementary
  • Rolling Ridge Elem
  • Prairie Center Elem
  • Meadow Lane Elem
  • Washington Elem
  • Black Bob Elem
  • Indian Creek Elem
  • Tomahawk Elem
  • Bentwood Elem, Overland Park
  • Heritage Elementary
  • Briarwood Elem
  • Countryside Elementary
  • Sunnyside Elementary School
Questions

Olathe 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.