School Administrative District 52 Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in School Administrative District 52, measured against School Administrative District 52's own big snow morning of 5.6 inches.
Will School Administrative District 52 close tomorrow?
How School Administrative District 52 calls a snow day
How families hear
By phone call, text message, email, social media and local TV.
“When the Superintendent of Schools closes schools because of storms or other emergencies, “no school” announcements will be made using the automated calling system and on area social media and television stations.”
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“When appropriate, a two-hour delay of the start of school will be used based on weather and driving conditions. Buses will pick up the students two-hours later than usual. Dismissal will be at the regularly scheduled times.”Delay schedule
Remote learning days
School Administrative District 52 has remote learning days in its winter plan.
“MSAD 52 will try to have remote learning days whenever possible. Due to certain conditions, like distribution of meals and timings of the storms, some storm days could be traditional snow days.”Source
Making up a lost day
Possible snow days June 10 to 16, after the June 9 last day.
Make up dates: Jun 10, Jun 11, Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 16.
“Possible Snow Days”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day August 27, 2026
- Winter break Dec 21 to Dec 31
- February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
- Last day June 9, 2027
Read from School Administrative District 52’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is msad52.org/en-US.
School Administrative District 52’s snow record
More 4 inch school mornings than 70% of the 217 Maine districts with a station record.
- Biggest day 18 in on December 30, 2016
- Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 112 in
- 6 in mornings 2.2 a winter
- 1 in mornings 12 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.9 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.
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
Districts near School Administrative District 52
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings | Built in days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston Public SchoolsLewiston | 62.3 in | 3.7 | |
| Auburn Public SchoolsAuburn | 62.3 in | 3.7 | 3 |
| Regional School Unit 04Wales | 72.9 in | 3.9 | |
| Regional School Unit 73Livermore Falls | 104.2 in | 5.6 | |
| Regional School Unit 38Readfield | 72.9 in | 3.9 | |
| School Administrative District 17South Paris | 69.7 in | 3.9 |
6 schools
Every school in School Administrative District 52 follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Leavitt Area High School
Middle
- Tripp Middle School
Elementary
- Greene Central School, Greene
- Turner Primary School
- Turner Elementary School
- Leeds Central School, Leeds
School Administrative District 52 snow day questions
More for Maine snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.