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Council Rock School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Council Rock, measured against Council Rock's own big snow morning of 5.3 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Council Rock close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Newtown.
The Council Rock playbook

How Council Rock calls a snow day

When the call comes

Typically by 5:30 AM.

“Notifications of delayed openings/closures typically occur by 5:30 AM from the sources above.”
Source

How families hear

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

“Schedule or weather-related notifications are provided via Council Rock Website, CR Facebook, and email/ phone call/ text to the guardian.”
Emergency & Weather Notifications - Council Rock School District

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“2-hour delays adjust start times as follows: High School: 9:33 AM Middle School: 10:05 AM Elementary School: 11:10 AM”
Delay schedule

Flexible Instructional Days

Council Rock has Flexible Instructional Days in its winter plan.

“Flexible instructional days, as permissable by PDE, may be implemented for emergency closings.”
Source

Making up a lost day

One make-up day is on the 2026-27 calendar: June 11, 2027, the day after the last student day, used only if needed.

“Teacher In-Service; Make-up Day #1 (If needed)”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 31, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 10, 2027
District calendar

Read from Council Rock’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is crsd.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Council Rock’s snow record

21.1inches of snow a winter
2.6school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
1.4with 4 in or more
5.3 ina big snow morning in Council Rock: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

More 4 inch school mornings than 73% of the 490 Pennsylvania districts with a station record.

0Nov
2.7Dec
7Jan
9.8Feb
1.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 20.5 in on February 23, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2025 to 2026, 49.2 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.6 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 2.4 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 Pennsylvania rule

How Pennsylvania counts a lost day

Pennsylvania requires either 180 days, or hours: 900 for kindergarten through grade 6 and 990 for grades 7 to 12, as the district chooses. The state forgives no days; districts are expected to build make-up days into the calendar for closures beyond any Flexible Instructional Days.

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

Next door

Districts near Council Rock

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Neshaminy School DistrictLanghorne21.1 in1.42
Bensalem Township School DistrictBensalem13.7 in0.8
Pennsbury School DistrictFallsington21.1 in1.4
Bristol Township School DistrictLevittown13.7 in0.8
Centennial School DistrictWarminster13.7 in0.8
New Hope-Solebury School DistrictNew Hope20 in0.9
The schools

14 schools

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

High

  • Council Rock HS South, Holland
  • Council Rock HS North

Middle

  • Holland MS, Holland
  • Newtown MS

Elementary

  • Goodnoe El Sch
  • Sol Feinstone El Sch
  • Newtown El Sch
  • Churchville El Sch, Churchville
  • Maureen M Welch El Sch, Churchville
  • Hillcrest El Sch, Holland
  • Holland El Sch, Holland
  • Wrightstown El Sch, Wrightstown
  • Richboro El Sch, Richboro
  • Rolling Hills El Sch, Holland
Questions

Council Rock snow day questions

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