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Maple Grove, Minnesota, 20,776 students in 34 schools

Osseo Public School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Osseo, measured against Osseo's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Osseo close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Maple Grove.
The Osseo playbook

How Osseo calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:30 a.m.

“We attempt to make the decision by 5:30 a.m. after surveying conditions, monitoring weather reports, and consulting with transportation vendors.”
Source

How families hear

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

“Phone, text and email messages from district notification system”
Osseo Area Schools - District 279: Winter Weather Impacts

Delayed openings

“Note: two-hour late starts are not possible with the complex transportation system.”

eLearning days

Osseo has eLearning days in its winter plan.

“eLearning Days are intended to counter the loss of instructional time resulting from school cancellations due to weather.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 8, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 10, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Osseo’s snow record

43.9inches of snow a winter
4.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.6with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in Osseo: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
4.5Nov
9.8Dec
6.9Jan
9.9Feb
6.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11 in on April 15, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 81.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 1 mile 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 Osseo

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Anoka-Hennepin Public School DistrictAnoka43.9 in1.6
Robbinsdale Public School DistrictNew Hope56 in2
Brooklyn Center School DistrictBrooklyn Center49.1 in2
Fridley Public School DistrictFridley36.4 in1.3
Spring Lake Park Public SchoolsSpring Lake Park36.4 in1.3
Wayzata Public School DistrictPlymouth56 in2
The schools

34 schools

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

High

  • Maple Grove Senior High
  • Osseo Senior High, Osseo
  • Park Center Ib World School, Brooklyn Park
  • 279Online Learning Program 9-12, Brooklyn Park
  • Alc Senior High, Brooklyn Park
  • Osseo Education Center, Osseo
  • 279 Excel
  • Alc Credit Recovery, Brooklyn Park
  • Alc Independent Study, Brooklyn Park
  • Osseo ALC Alternative Programs, Brooklyn Park

Middle

  • Maple Grove Middle School
  • Osseo Middle School, Osseo
  • Brooklyn Middle STEAM School, Brooklyn Park
  • North View Middle School, Brooklyn Park
  • 279Online Learning Program 6-8, Brooklyn Park

Elementary

  • Fernbrook Elementary
  • Basswood Elementary
  • Rush Creek Elementary
  • Edinbrook Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • Weaver Lake Science Math & Tech Sch
  • Woodland Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • Rice Lake Elementary
  • Elm Creek Elementary
  • Oak View Elementary
  • Cedar Island Elementary
  • Palmer Lake Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • Birch Grove School for the Arts, Brooklyn Park
  • Fair Oaks Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • Garden City Elementary, Brooklyn Center
  • Park Brook Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • Zanewood Community School STEAM, Brooklyn Park
  • Crest View Elementary, Brooklyn Park
  • 279Online Learning Program K-5, Brooklyn Park

Other schools

  • Early Childhood Special Education, Brooklyn Center
Questions

Osseo snow day questions

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