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Groveport, Ohio, 6,239 students in 11 schools

Groveport Madison Local School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Groveport Madison, measured against Groveport Madison's own big snow morning of 2.5 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Groveport Madison close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Groveport.
The Groveport Madison playbook

How Groveport Madison calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:15 a.m.

“We make every effort to make our decision by 5:15 a.m. to notify staff, parents, and students, inform local radio and TV stations, and post the decision on our website.”
Source

How families hear

By phone call, the district website, social media, local TV and radio.

“We send an auto-dialer message to all parents and District staff. Information is also provided on the District’s website (gocruisers.org), social media, and area news and stations.”
School Closings - Groveport Madison Local District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All schools will start two hours later than their regular schedule (HS – 9:15, MS – 10:15, and ES – 11:15). Transportation will still run, but routes will begin approximately two hours later than usual.”
Delay schedule

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 11, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 4
  • Last day May 21, 2027
District calendar

Read from Groveport Madison’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is gocruisers.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Groveport Madison’s snow record

19.5inches of snow a winter
1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.5with 4 in or more
2.5 ina big snow morning in Groveport Madison: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
1Nov
4.4Dec
6.9Jan
5.3Feb
1.4Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.9 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 33.9 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.5 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 Ohio rule

How Ohio counts a lost day

Ohio requires hours, not days: 910 hours for full day kindergarten through grade 6, 1,001 hours for grades 7 to 12, 455 for half day kindergarten. Only hours that drop a school below the state minimum must be made up, by extending the school year.

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

Next door

Districts near Groveport Madison

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Canal Winchester Local School DistrictCanal Winchester19.5 in0.5
Hamilton Local School DistrictColumbus19.5 in0.5
Whitehall City School DistrictWhitehall19.5 in0.5
Bexley City School DistrictBexley19.5 in0.5
Reynoldsburg City School DistrictReynoldsburg19.5 in0.5
Pickerington Local School DistrictPickerington19.5 in0.5
The schools

11 schools

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

High

  • Groveport Madison High School

Middle

  • Groveport Madison Middle School North, Columbus
  • Groveport Madison Middle School Central
  • Groveport Madison Middle School South

Elementary

  • Sedalia Elementary, Columbus
  • Dunloe Elementary School, Columbus
  • Glendening Elementary School
  • Groveport Elementary School
  • Asbury Elementary School, Columbus
  • Madison Elementary School, Columbus

Other schools

  • Lil Cruiser Campus
Questions

Groveport Madison snow day questions

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More winter

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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.