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Circle Pines, Minnesota, 6,772 students in 18 schools

Centennial Public School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Centennial, measured against Centennial's own big snow morning of 6 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Centennial close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Circle Pines.
The Centennial playbook

How Centennial calls a snow day

When the call comes

Usually posted by 6:00 a.m.

“An announcement of a school closing, or a delayed start is usually posted by 6:00 a.m.”
Source

How families hear

By the district website, phone call, text message and local TV.

“An "alert notification" will be sent to families by telephone and/or text through the District's SchoolMessenger communication system.”
School Closing Information - Centennial School District 12

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“What is delayed or canceled when the start of school is delayed for two hours?”
Delay schedule

eLearning days

Centennial has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“Centennial will have a Flexible Learning Day when schools are closed due to inclement weather.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 3, 2027
District calendar

Read from Centennial’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is isd12.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Centennial’s snow record

33.8inches of snow a winter
4.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.7with 4 in or more
6 ina big snow morning in Centennial: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.5Nov
6.4Dec
6.4Jan
11.2Feb
4.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9 in on February 25, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 62 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 6.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.8 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 Minnesota rule

How Minnesota counts a lost day

Minnesota requires at least 165 days for grades 1 to 11, plus 935 hours for grades 1 to 6 and 1,020 hours for grades 7 to 12.

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

Next door

Districts near Centennial

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park36.4 in1.3
Mounds View Public School DistrictShoreview33.8 in1.7
Fridley Public School DistrictFridley36.4 in1.3
Columbia Heights Public School DistrictColumbia Heights36.4 in1.3
White Bear Lake School DistrictWhite Bear Lake50 in1.9
St. Anthony-New Brighton SchoolsSaint Anthony36.4 in1.3
The schools

18 schools

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

High

  • Centennial High School
  • Centennial Area Learning Center
  • Pines School - ACS, Lino Lakes
  • Pines School - RJC, Lino Lakes
  • Pines School - NSP, Lino Lakes
  • Journey
  • Pines School Day Program, Lino Lakes
  • Project Search
  • Centennial High School Online

Middle

  • Centennial Middle, Lino Lakes
  • Centennial Middle School Online, Lino Lakes

Elementary

  • Blue Heron Elementary, Lino Lakes
  • Rice Lake Elementary, Lino Lakes
  • Centerville Elementary, Centerville
  • Centennial Elementary
  • Golden Lake Elementary
  • Centennial Online Elementary

Other schools

  • Early Childhood Center, Lino Lakes
Questions

Centennial snow day questions

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