Great Neck Union Free School District Snow Day Predictor
The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Great Neck, measured against Great Neck's own big snow morning of 4.6 inches.
Will Great Neck close tomorrow?
How Great Neck calls a snow day
How families hear
By the district app, phone call, email, text message, the district website, local TV and radio.
“ParentSquare is an emergency notification system that allows the district to contact all parents, faculty, and staff by phone, e-mail, and/or text message in a short period of time.”Emergency Contacts and Procedures
A 2 hour delay
On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.
“Delayed Openings delay the opening of school by two hours. The delayed opening schedule is as follows: Elementary Schools: 11:00 a.m. Middle Schools: 10:20 a.m. North High School: 10:00 a.m. South High School: 9:59 a.m. Village School: 10:40 a.m.”Delay schedule
2 built in snow days
On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “emergency closing days”.
“In the event of an emergency closing, 2 days are built into the calendar.”Source
Virtual learning days
Great Neck has virtual learning days in its winter plan.
“If more than 4 emergency closing days are necessary, days of virtual/asynchronous instruction will be scheduled appropriately.”Source
Making up a lost day
Spring recess days April 30 then April 29 become school days after the two built in days.
“If more than two days are used, school would be in session on 4/30 and 4/29 in that order.”Source
The 2026 to 2027 calendar
- First day September 1, 2026
- Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
- February break Feb 15 to Feb 19
- Last day June 25, 2027
The board policy
“Emergency School Closings are made by the Superintendent based on police reports on road conditions from local villages and Nassau County, area weather reports and local weather conditions, checks of road conditions by school personnel, and recommendations of the bus company serving the district.”Board policy
Read from Great Neck’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is greatneck.k12.ny.us.
Great Neck’s snow record
- Biggest day 13.6 in on February 23, 2026
- Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 45.4 in
- 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
- 1 in mornings 2.8 a winter
Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.3 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.
How New York counts a lost day
New York requires 180 days of session plus 900 hours a year for kindergarten to grade 6 and 990 hours for grades 7 to 12. The Commissioner can excuse up to 5 days closed for extraordinary weather, but only if the district cannot make them up by using all its scheduled vacation days before the June Regents exams.
The New York rules in the agency’s own words, and every New York district
Districts near Great Neck
| District | Snow a winter | 4 in mornings |
|---|---|---|
| New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School DistrictNew Hyde Park | 21.3 in | 0.9 |
| Manhasset Union Free School DistrictManhasset | 23 in | 0.9 |
| Herricks Union Free School DistrictNew Hyde Park | 12 in | 0.7 |
| Mineola Union Free School DistrictMineola | 21.3 in | 0.9 |
| Floral Park-Bellerose Union Free School DistrictFloral Park | 21.3 in | 0.9 |
| Sewanhaka Central High School DistrictFloral Park | 21.3 in | 0.9 |
10 schools
Every school in Great Neck follows the district’s call: one closing covers them all.
High
- Great Neck South High School
- Great Neck North High School
- Village School
Middle
- Great Neck South Middle School
- Great Neck North Middle School
Elementary
- Lakeville Elementary School
- E M Baker School
- Saddle Rock School
- John F Kennedy School
Other schools
- Early Childhood Center, New Hyde Park
Great Neck snow day questions
More for New York snow days
The odds are a forecast read, and the superintendent makes the call: the district’s own announcement is the one to follow.