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School Administrative District 06 Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School Administrative District 06, measured against School Administrative District 06's own big snow morning of 6.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will School Administrative District 06 close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Buxton.
The School Administrative District 06 playbook

How School Administrative District 06 calls a snow day

When the call comes

At or before 5:30 AM.

“Every effort will be made to make the decision to close school at or before 5:30 AM.”
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How families hear

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

“The decision will be communicated via ParentSquare Alert, Facebook post and local news outlets.”
School Cancellation Procedures

5 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Storm Days”.

“Storm Days 5”
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Remote learning days

School Administrative District 06 has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“in the event of more than 3 snow days, we may mix traditional “snow days” with remote instruction days to limit extending our school year too far into the summer.”
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Making up a lost day

Added at the end of the year; the 2026-27 calendar stars June 11 and June 14 to 17 as storm days as needed.

Make up dates: Jun 11, Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 16, Jun 17.

“* Storm Days as Needed”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 27, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
  • Last day June 10, 2027
District calendar

Read from School Administrative District 06’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is bonnyeagle.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

School Administrative District 06’s snow record

79inches of snow a winter
7.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
4.3with 4 in or more
6.3 ina big snow morning in School Administrative District 06: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
12.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 71% of the 217 Maine districts with a station record.

2.8Nov
17.6Dec
20Jan
18.2Feb
15.1Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 22.7 in on December 30, 2016
  • Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 125.1 in
  • 6 in mornings 2.7 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 11.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 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 Maine rule

How Maine counts a lost day

Maine requires a 180 day school year with at least 175 days of instruction. The Commissioner may waive the minimum days on a school board's written application, but only after the district has tried every reasonable way to make the days up.

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

Next door

Districts near School Administrative District 06

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Gorham Public SchoolsGorham61.3 in3.45
Biddeford Public SchoolsBiddeford48.7 in3.3
Saco Public SchoolsSaco48.7 in3.3
Westbrook Public SchoolsWestbrook61.3 in3.4
Scarborough Public SchoolsScarborough53.4 in3.63
School Administrative District 57Waterboro63.2 in3.7
The schools

8 schools

Every school in School Administrative District 06 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Bonny Eagle High School, Standish

Middle

  • Bonny Eagle Middle School

Elementary

  • Buxton Center Elementary School
  • Edna Libby Elementary School, Standish
  • Hollis School, Hollis
  • H B Emery Jr Memorial School, Limington
  • George E Jack School, Standish
  • Steep Falls Elementary School, Steep Falls
Questions

School Administrative District 06 snow day questions

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