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Buckner, Kentucky, 12,135 students in 22 schools

Oldham County School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Oldham, measured against Oldham's own big snow morning of 2.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Oldham close tomorrow?

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

How Oldham calls a snow day

When the call comes

Before 6:00 a.m. whenever possible.

“Once updated, the superintendent makes the decision on whether to close school, delay opening or open on schedule. We try to make that decision before 6:00 a.m. whenever possible.”
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How families hear

By the district website, social media, phone call, text message and email.

“An alert will be sent to parents via Infinite Campus Messenger but can take 45-60 minutes for all the calls to be delivered by the system.”
School Closings & Delays - Oldham County Schools

5 built in snow days

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

“POSSIBLE MAKE UP DAYS (5)”
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Making up a lost day

Added after the last day, May 26 to June 2.

Make up dates: May 26, May 27, May 28, Jun 1, Jun 2.

“POSSIBLE MAKE UP DAYS (5)”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 12, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 25, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Oldham’s snow record

11.7inches of snow a winter
1.3school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.3with 4 in or more
2.8 ina big snow morning in Oldham: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.2school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 51% of the 127 Kentucky districts with a station record.

0.4Nov
1.5Dec
5.4Jan
2.5Feb
1.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9 in on January 5, 2025
  • Snowiest winter 2024 to 2025, 22.7 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 18.3 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 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 Oldham

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Jefferson County School DistrictLouisville11.7 in0.3
Shelby County School DistrictShelbyville8.4 in0.1
Spencer County School DistrictTaylorsville12.3 in0.3
Bullitt County School DistrictShepherdsville8.7 in0.6All made up
Franklin County School DistrictFrankfort12.2 in0.3
Nelson County School DistrictBardstown8.7 in0.6
The schools

22 schools

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

High

  • Oldham County High School, La Grange
  • South Oldham High School, Crestwood
  • North Oldham High School, Goshen
  • Creative and Performing Arts, Crestwood
  • The Robert L. Arvin Education Center

Middle

  • South Oldham Middle School, Crestwood
  • North Oldham Middle School, Goshen
  • Oldham County Middle School
  • East Oldham Middle School, Crestwood

Elementary

  • Buckner Elementary School
  • Kenwood Station Elementary School, Crestwood
  • Goshen At Hillcrest Elementary School, Prospect
  • Harmony Elementary School, Goshen
  • Locust Grove Elementary School, Crestwood
  • Crestwood Elementary School, Crestwood
  • Centerfield Elementary School, Crestwood
  • Camden Station Elementary School, Crestwood
  • LaGrange Elementary School, La Grange

Other schools

  • Oldham County Preschool
  • Buckner Alternative High School
  • La Grange Education Center, La Grange
  • Luther Luckett Education Center, La Grange
Questions

Oldham snow day questions

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