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Grove City, Ohio, 21,873 students in 34 schools

South-Western City School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in South-Western, measured against South-Western's own big snow morning of 2.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will South-Western close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Grove City.
The South-Western playbook

How South-Western calls a snow day

When the call comes

Before 5:30 a.m.

“We make every effort to make our decision to close schools before 5:30 a.m. so we can notify radio and TV stations, staff members, and families as well as post the decision on our Website (www.swcsd.us), Facebook and Twitter.”
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How families hear

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

“Parents will receive a telephone call and/or e-mail and text through our parent notification system when the decision is made to close school.”
Inclement Weather Guidelines

Delayed openings

“Therefore, at this time, the district will not use a two-hour delay as an option.”

6 built in snow days

On the 2026 to 2027 calendar, listed as “Calamity Day Contingency Dates”.

“Calamity Day Contingency Dates”
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Making up a lost day

Contingency days after the last student day, June 1 to June 8.

Make up dates: Jun 1, Jun 2, Jun 3, Jun 4, Jun 7, Jun 8.

“Calamity Day Contingency Dates”
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The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 19, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 28, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

“The superintendent of schools is responsible for the final decision, based on the factors listed below and recommendations from key staff members.”
Board policy

Read from South-Western’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is swcsd.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

South-Western’s snow record

19.6inches of snow a winter
1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.6with 4 in or more
2.4 ina big snow morning in South-Western: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
1.5school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
0.6Nov
4.3Dec
7Jan
5.7Feb
1.5Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 11.4 in on January 25, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 31.8 in
  • 6 in mornings 0 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.6 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.8 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 South-Western

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Hamilton Local School DistrictColumbus19.5 in0.5
Columbus City School DistrictColumbus19.6 in0.6
Grandview Heights City School DistrictColumbus19.6 in0.6
Bexley City School DistrictBexley19.5 in0.5
Groveport Madison Local School DistrictGroveport19.5 in0.5
Hilliard City School DistrictColumbus19.6 in0.6
The schools

34 schools

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

High

  • Westland High School, Galloway
  • Grove City High School
  • Central Crossing High School
  • Franklin Heights High School, Columbus
  • South-Western Career Academy

Middle

  • Holt Crossing Intermediate School
  • Galloway Ridge Intermediate School, Galloway
  • Pleasant View Middle School
  • Park Street Intermediate School
  • Beulah Park Middle School
  • Jackson Middle School
  • Finland Middle School, Columbus
  • Norton Middle School, Columbus
  • Franklin Woods Intermediate School, Columbus
  • Hayes Intermediate School

Elementary

  • Buckeye Woods Elementary School
  • Bolton Crossing Elementary, Grove
  • James A Harmon Elementary School
  • Stiles Elementary School, Columbus
  • JC Sommer Elementary School
  • Darby Woods Elementary School, Galloway
  • Prairie Lincoln Elementary School, Columbus
  • Alton Hall Elementary School, Galloway
  • Prairie Norton Elementary School, Columbus
  • West Franklin Elementary School, Columbus
  • Highland Park Elementary School
  • Monterey Elementary School
  • Richard Avenue Elementary School
  • Darbydale Elementary School
  • Finland Elementary School, Columbus
  • East Franklin Elementary School, Columbus

Other schools

  • South-Western Preschool Center
  • The Bostic Head Start Center
  • Stiles Family Center, Columbus
Questions

South-Western 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.