Eastern Carver County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

Q: Does Eastern Carver switch to remote learning on a snow day?

It can. Eastern Carver has eLearning days in its winter plan. When a closing gets likely, the morning here reads "Snow day or remote day".

Q: When is the last day of school for Eastern Carver?

June 3, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Chaska get?

About 55.5 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away, averaged over 10 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 4.9 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 2.5 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Eastern Carver?

11 inches on January 22, 2018, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away in 10 winters. The snowiest winter was 2022 to 2023, with 102.3 inches.

Q: Does Eastern Carver get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

Eastern Carver averages 2.5 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 80 percent of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Eastern Carver snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Chaska through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Eastern Carver’s own big snow morning: 4.4 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 1.7 miles away.

The next three school mornings

Will Eastern Carver close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Chaska.

The Eastern Carver playbook

How Eastern Carver calls a snow day

eLearning days

Eastern Carver has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“In the event that more days are needed due to weather or an unexpected closure, a building or the entire district will shift to E-Learning to minimize impacts on the school calendar and student learning.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 31, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
Last day June 3, 2027

District calendar

Read from Eastern Carver’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is district112.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Eastern Carver’s snow record

55.5inches of snow a winter

4.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

2.5with 4 in or more

4.4 ina big snow morning in Eastern Carver: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

19.3school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 80% of the 322 Minnesota districts with a station record.

5.4Nov

12.5Dec

9.7Jan

11Feb

9.7Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 11 in on January 22, 2018
Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 102.3 in
6 in mornings 1 a winter
1 in mornings 7.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1.7 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.

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 Eastern Carver

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings
Shakopee Public School DistrictShakopee	55.5 in	2.5
Eden Prairie Public School DistrictEden Prairie	55.5 in	2.5
Minnetonka Public School DistrictMinnetonka	55.5 in	2.5
Westonka Public School DistrictMinnetrista	47.4 in	2.1
Waconia Public School DistrictWaconia	58.7 in	2.3
Orono Public School DistrictLong Lake	42.1 in	2

The schools

23 schools

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

High

Chaska High School
Chanhassen High School, Chanhassen
Integrated Arts Academy
Steps Toward Adult Responsibility
112 ALC Independent Study
112 ALC Seat-Based
ECCS High School

Middle

Chaska Middle School East
Chaska Middle School West
Pioneer Ridge Middle School
112 Alc Middle School
ECCS Middle School

Elementary

Carver Elementary School, Carver
Victoria Elementary, Victoria
Clover Ridge Elementary
Jonathan Elementary
Bluff Creek Elementary, Chanhassen
La Academia
Chanhassen Elementary, Chanhassen
Kinder Academy
ECCS Elementary

Other schools

Early Childhood Special Education
The Anicca Program, Chanhassen

Questions

Eastern Carver snow day questions

Does Eastern Carver switch to remote learning on a snow day?

When is the last day of school for Eastern Carver?

How much snow does Chaska get?

What was the biggest snow day near Eastern Carver?

Does Eastern Carver get more snow days than other Minnesota districts?

How does the Eastern Carver snow day predictor work?

How does Minnesota handle snow days?

More winter

More for Minnesota snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Minnesota winter forecastThe season ahead for Minnesota: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

A residential street under deep snow on a bright blue morning, cars parked along the curb buried into smooth white mounds, one set of tire tracks down the middle — The morning after a big one: cars buried to the mirrors and one set of tracks down the middle. A street like this is a closing, no debate. Photo, Fairfax, Virginia, January 2016: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0

The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.