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Millard Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Millard, measured against Millard's own big snow morning of 3.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Millard close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Omaha.
The Millard playbook

How Millard calls a snow day

When the call comes

The day before when possible; otherwise an early morning decision.

“We try to make the call the day before. Sometimes the forecast is uncertain, and it is an early morning decision.”
Source

How families hear

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

“Information will also be posted on the district website, through district social media, and shared with the local news.”
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A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All schools start two hours later than their regular Tuesday through Friday start times. On Mondays, middle schools will also start at 9:55 a.m. and high schools will also start at 10 a.m.”
Delay schedule

Remote learning days

Millard has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“There are no set Google Meet times on remote learning days. Students may do the work on their own time at their own pace.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 12, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 26, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Millard’s snow record

22.8inches of snow a winter
2.2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1with 4 in or more
3.5 ina big snow morning in Millard: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.2Nov
3.1Dec
6.1Jan
7.8Feb
2.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 13.1 in on January 26, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 59.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.2 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.9 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 3.9 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.

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The Nebraska rule

How Nebraska counts a lost day

Nebraska requires at least 1,032 instructional hours for elementary grades and 1,080 for high school. At the State Board's discretion, a district that closed for severe storms or epidemic sickness keeps its accreditation and state aid, after the board secretary files a sworn statement if fewer hours will be offered.

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

Next door

Districts near Millard

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Ralston Public SchoolsRalston22.8 in1
Papillion-La Vista Community SchoolsPapillion22.8 in16
Westside Community SchoolsOmaha22.8 in1
Gretna Public SchoolsGretna26.2 in1.2
Elkhorn Public SchoolsElkhorn19.6 in1
Omaha Public SchoolsOmaha23.1 in0.9
The schools

36 schools

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

High

  • Millard South High School
  • Millard North High School
  • Millard West High School
  • Keith Lutz Horizon High School
  • Young Adult Program

Middle

  • Beadle Middle School
  • Kiewit Middle School
  • Harry Andersen Middle School
  • Millard North Middle School
  • Millard Central Middle School
  • Russell Middle School

Elementary

  • Wheeler Elementary School
  • Montclair Elementary School
  • Black Elk Elementary School
  • Reeder Elementary School, Gretna
  • Reagan Elementary
  • Neihardt Elementary School
  • Ackerman Elementary School
  • Ezra Millard Elementary Sch
  • Willowdale Elementary School
  • Grace Abbott Elem School
  • Rohwer Elementary School
  • Norris Elementary School
  • Aldrich Elementary
  • Upchurch Elementary
  • Walt Disney Elementary School
  • Bryan Elementary School
  • J Sterling Morton Elem School
  • Harvey Oaks Elementary School
  • Holling Heights Elem School
  • Sandoz Elementary School
  • Norman Rockwell Elem School
  • Cottonwood Elementary School
  • Cody Elementary School
  • Willa Cather Elementary School
  • Hitchcock Elementary School
Questions

Millard snow day questions

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