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Sylvania, Ohio, 7,787 students in 13 schools

Sylvania City School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Sylvania, measured against Sylvania's own big snow morning of 3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Sylvania close tomorrow?

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

How Sylvania calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:45 a.m. or earlier when possible.

“We strive to make the decision to delay or close by 5:45 a.m. or earlier when possible. Keep in mind that unusual weather conditions may force us to make the decision after this time.”
Source

How families hear

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

“District email & text notification through Instant Connect.”
Snow Day/Inclement Weather - How is the decision made?

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“When a 2-hour delay is announced - If there is a decision to close for the day, a communication will be sent by 7:45 a.m. If there is no further communication by 7:45 a.m, the District will operate on a 2-hour delay.”

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 17, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day May 27, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Sylvania’s snow record

22.2inches of snow a winter
2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.7with 4 in or more
3 ina big snow morning in Sylvania: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 582 Ohio districts with a station record.

2.7Nov
2.8Dec
6.4Jan
7.5Feb
1.9Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8 in on February 16, 2021
  • Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 34.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.1 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 4.8 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 6 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 Sylvania

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Ottawa Hills Local School DistrictToledo22.2 in0.7
Washington Local School DistrictToledo22.2 in0.7
Springfield Local School DistrictHolland24.5 in0.5
Maumee City School DistrictMaumee24.5 in0.5
Rossford Exempted Village School DistrictRossford18.8 in0.3
Toledo City School DistrictToledo18.8 in0.3
The schools

13 schools

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

High

  • Sylvania Northview High School
  • Sylvania Southview High School

Middle

  • Sylvania Timberstone Junior High School
  • Sylvania Mccord Junior High School
  • Sylvania Arbor Hills Junior High School

Elementary

  • Central Trail Elementary School
  • Highland Elementary School
  • Maplewood Elementary School
  • Stranahan Elementary School, Toledo
  • Whiteford Elementary School, Toledo
  • Sylvan Elementary School
  • Hill View Elementary School

Other schools

  • Preschool at Sylvania Northview High School
Questions

Sylvania 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.