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Papillion, Nebraska, 12,039 students in 22 schools

Papillion-La Vista Community Schools Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Papillion-La Vista close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Papillion.
The Papillion-La Vista playbook

How Papillion-La Vista calls a snow day

How families hear

“The superintendent makes the final decision after careful consideration of all safety factors, and families are notified promptly through multiple communication channels.”
Student Safety (Inclement Weather Information) - Papillion La Vista Community Schools

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If used, a late start will move the school start time to 10:05 a.m. for elementary students and 10:00 a.m. for middle school and high school students.”
Delay schedule

6 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Possible Make Up Days”.

“15 Feb - No School Staff Development & Paraprofessional Conference Possible Makeup Day”
Source

Making up a lost day

Possible make-up days on Feb 15, Mar 29, Apr 26 and May 24 to 26.

Make up dates: Feb 15, Mar 29, Apr 26, May 24, May 25, May 26.

“24-26 May - Possible Makeup Days”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 12, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 21, 2027
District calendar

Read from Papillion-La Vista’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is plcschools.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Papillion-La Vista’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 Papillion-La Vista: 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 2.3 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 Papillion-La Vista

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Ralston Public SchoolsRalston22.8 in1
Bellevue Public SchoolsBellevue17.1 in0.8
Millard Public SchoolsOmaha22.8 in1
Westside Community SchoolsOmaha22.8 in1
Omaha Public SchoolsOmaha23.1 in0.9
Gretna Public SchoolsGretna26.2 in1.2
The schools

22 schools

Every school in Papillion-La Vista follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.

High

  • Papillion la Vista South HS
  • Papillion la Vista Senior High

Middle

  • La Vista Middle School, La Vista
  • Papillion Middle School
  • Liberty Middle School

Elementary

  • Prairie Queen Elementary
  • Bell Elementary
  • Portal Elementary School, La Vista
  • Parkview Heights Elem School, La Vista
  • Walnut Creek Elementary
  • G Stanley Hall Elementary Sch, La Vista
  • Tara Heights Elementary School
  • Trumble Park Elementary School
  • Patriot Elementary
  • Rumsey Station Elementary Sch
  • Carriage Hill Elementary Sch
  • Hickory Hill Elementary Sch
  • Ashbury Elementary School
  • Anderson Grove Elementary Sch, Bellevue
  • La Vista West Elementary Sch, La Vista
  • Golden Hills Elementary School, Bellevue

Other schools

  • Papillion la Vista Early Childhood Center (plecc)
Questions

Papillion-La Vista 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.