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Kenton County School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Kenton, measured against Kenton's own big snow morning of 3.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Kenton close tomorrow?

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

How Kenton calls a snow day

When the call comes

No later than 5:00 a.m.

“5:00 a.m. - The decision to cancel or delay school must be made no later than 5:00 a.m. in order to provide adequate notice to families and students of the District’s decision”
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How families hear

By phone call.

“Click here to have a phone number added to our district automated calling system”
Inclement Weather/NTI - Kenton County School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“Delay (one-hour or two-hour) is considered when any of the following occur:”

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “make-up days”.

“Make-up days to be used after the 10 NTI days are: May 28, June 1, 2, 3, 4”
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NTI days

Kenton has Non Traditional Instruction days in its winter plan, up to 10 a year.

“10 Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) days will be utilized beginning on the 6th day schools are closed to in-person instruction.”
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Making up a lost day

After the 10 NTI days, added to the end of the year starting May 28.

Make up dates: May 28, Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4.

“Make-up days to be used after the 10 NTI days are: May 28, June 1, 2, 3, 4”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 19, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 27, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The Superintendent is briefed on all collected data, receives a recommendation from the Chief Operation Officer on the status of school for the day, and makes a decision on closure, delay, or maintaining the normal school schedule”
Board policy

Read from Kenton’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is kenton.kyschools.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Kenton’s snow record

19.6inches of snow a winter
2.1school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
3.1 ina big snow morning in Kenton: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 70% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

1.3Nov
3.1Dec
7.4Jan
5.5Feb
1.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9.2 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 32.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.6 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 Kentucky rule

How Kentucky counts a lost day

Kentucky requires at least 1,062 instructional hours on at least 170 student attendance days. After an emergency a board may amend its calendar and lengthen or shorten the remaining days by 30 minutes or more, as long as the year still meets the requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Kenton

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Covington Independent School DistrictCovington19.6 in0.4
Fort Thomas Independent School DistrictFort Thomas19.6 in0.4
Boone County School DistrictFlorence19.6 in0.4
Campbell County School DistrictAlexandria19.6 in0.4
Grant County School DistrictWilliamstown9.8 in0.1
Scott County School DistrictGeorgetown13.2 in0.16
The schools

22 schools

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

High

  • Simon Kenton High School, Independence
  • Dixie Heights High School, Fort Mitchell
  • Scott High School, Taylor Mill
  • Northern Ky Youth Dev Center, Crittenden
  • Northern Ky Health Technology Center, Edgewood

Middle

  • Turkey Foot Middle School, Edgewood
  • Twenhofel Middle School, Independence
  • Woodland Middle School, Taylor Mill

Elementary

  • Summit View Academy, Independence
  • River Ridge Elementary School, Villa Hills
  • White's Tower Elementary School, Independence
  • Beechgrove Elementary School, Independence
  • Kenton Elementary School, Independence
  • James A Caywood Elementary School, Edgewood
  • R C Hinsdale Elementary School, Edgewood
  • Taylor Mill Elementary School, Covington
  • Ft Wright Elementary School, Covington
  • Ryland Heights Elementary School, Covington
  • Piner Elementary School, Morning View

Other schools

  • Northern Kentucky TECH, Covington
  • Northern KY Tech - Edgewood, Edgewood
  • Northern KY Technical College, Covington
Questions

Kenton snow day questions

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