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Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, 6,140 students in 12 schools

Spring Lake Park Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Spring Lake Park, measured against Spring Lake Park's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Spring Lake Park close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Spring Lake Park.
The Spring Lake Park playbook

How Spring Lake Park calls a snow day

When the call comes

In most cases the morning of the school day; rarely the night before.

“Due to the often unpredictable winter weather in Minnesota, in most cases we wait until the morning of each school day before notifying families. However, there may be rare instances when we make a decision the night before.”
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How families hear

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

“We will share information via school closing messages on KARE-11, WCCO-4, KMSP Fox 9, KSTP-5, 830 radio, and Star Tribune.”
Weather Closings and Alerts - Spring Lake Park School District 16

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All schools will start exactly two hours later than usual”
Delay schedule

eLearning days

Spring Lake Park has eLearning days in its winter plan, up to 5 a year.

“In the event that we have a school cancellation due to inclement weather, Spring Lake Park can decide to call up to five flexible learning days during a calendar year.”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 4, 2027
District calendar

Read from Spring Lake Park’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is springlakeparkschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Spring Lake Park’s snow record

36.4inches of snow a winter
4.4school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.3with 4 in or more
3 ina big snow morning in Spring Lake Park: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
3.5Nov
8.1Dec
7Jan
8.5Feb
5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 9 in on January 4, 2023
  • Snowiest winter 2022 to 2023, 60.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 6.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6.1 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 Spring Lake Park

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Fridley Public School DistrictFridley36.4 in1.3
Columbia Heights Public School DistrictColumbia Heights36.4 in1.3
Centennial Public School DistrictCircle Pines33.8 in1.7
Brooklyn Center School DistrictBrooklyn Center49.1 in2
Mounds View Public School DistrictShoreview33.8 in1.7
St. Anthony-New Brighton SchoolsSaint Anthony36.4 in1.3
The schools

12 schools

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

High

  • Spring Lake Park Senior High
  • SLP Schools Online Secondary
  • Secondary Lighthouse

Middle

  • Westwood Intermediate & Middle Sch, Blaine

Elementary

  • Centerview Elementary, Blaine
  • Woodcrest El. Spanish Immersion, Fridley
  • Park Terrace Elementary
  • Northpoint Elementary, Blaine
  • Elementary Lighthouse
  • SLP Schools Online Elementary

Other schools

  • Early Education
  • Early Childhood Family Center
Questions

Spring Lake Park snow day questions

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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.