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Havertown, Pennsylvania, 6,610 students in 7 schools

Haverford Township School District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Haverford Township, measured against Haverford Township's own big snow morning of 5.4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Haverford Township close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Havertown.
The Haverford Township playbook

How Haverford Township calls a snow day

When the call comes

By 5:00 AM or earlier.

“The decision is made by 5:00 AM or earlier so we can alert our staff and parents, post the information on the website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and local TV stations.”
Source

How families hear

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

“We use our District Notification System (SchoolMessenger) to alert SDHT parents/guardians via email, phone call and text messages to weather-related school closings and delayed openings.”
School Closing Information

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“In the event of a delayed opening , the school schedule is delayed two hours: High School: 9:30 a.m. - 2:22 p.m. Middle School: 9:50 a.m. - 2:35 p.m. Elementary School: 10:35 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.”
Delay schedule

Flexible Instructional Days

Haverford Township has Flexible Instructional Days in its winter plan.

“Flexible Instructional Days allow students to continue their education from home when school buildings are closed.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day September 1, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 16, 2027
District calendar

Read from Haverford Township’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is haverford.k12.pa.us.

Ten winters of school mornings

Haverford Township’s snow record

12.7inches of snow a winter
2school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.8with 4 in or more
5.4 ina big snow morning in Haverford Township: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0.3Nov
1.4Dec
4.1Jan
4.7Feb
2.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 7.7 in on February 23, 2026
  • Snowiest winter 2020 to 2021, 31.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 3.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 5.9 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 Haverford Township

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Lower Merion School DistrictArdmore12.7 in0.8
Upper Darby School DistrictUpper Darby14.9 in0.7
William Penn School DistrictLansdowne14.9 in0.7
Marple Newtown School DistrictNewtown Square12.7 in0.8
Springfield School DistrictSpringfield14.9 in0.7
Radnor Township School DistrictWayne12.7 in0.8
The schools

7 schools

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

High

  • Haverford SHS

Middle

  • Haverford MS

Elementary

  • Manoa El Sch
  • Chestnutwold El Sch, Ardmore
  • Lynnewood El Sch
  • Chatham Park El Sch
  • Coopertown El Sch, Bryn Mawr
Questions

Haverford Township snow day questions

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