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Barre, Vermont, 2,236 students in 3 schools

Barre Supervisory District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Barre, measured against Barre's own big snow morning of 4 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Barre close tomorrow?

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

How Barre calls a snow day

When the call comes

Goal of a decision by 5:30 a.m.

“2. Our goal is to have a decision made by 5:30 AM.”
Source

How families hear

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

“We’ll send out a notification through our mass communication system, Remind. Messages from Remind will be sent either as an email, a text message, or an app notification. Whatever you prefer. We post on Facebook, Twitter, web pages, and phone greetings.”
Winter Weather Procedures

Making up a lost day

June 21 and 22, 2027 are make-up days after the June 17 last day.

“Make Up Days: June 21-22”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 22 to Mar 2
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Barre’s snow record

79.4inches of snow a winter
7.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.2with 4 in or more
4 ina big snow morning in Barre: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
18.6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
7.9Nov
15.8Dec
18.6Jan
17.3Feb
15Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 16 in on March 14, 2018
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 102.3 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 14.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.1 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 Vermont rule

How Vermont counts a lost day

Vermont requires at least 175 student attendance days a year, with the school board setting the length of the day. A school closed for a cause beyond the board's control may petition the State Board for a waiver, filed within 10 days of each closing and by June 15; if granted the district is treated as having met the requirement.

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

Next door

Districts near Barre

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Washington Central Supervisory DistrictMontpelier79.4 in3.2
Central Vermont Supervisory UnionWilliamstown87.1 in3.6
Montpelier Roxbury Supervisory DistrictMontpelier95.4 in3.7
Harwood Unified Union Supervisory DistrictWaitsfield95.4 in3.7
Caledonia Central Supervisory UnionDanville85.5 in3.4
Orange East Supervisory UnionBradford104 in4
The schools

3 schools

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

High

  • Spaulding Union High School

Elementary

  • Barre Town Elementary & Middle School
  • Barre City Elementary/Middle School
Questions

Barre 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.