Sunderland, Vermont, 2,066 students in 6 schools

Bennington Rutland Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

Q: When is the last day of school for Bennington Rutland?

June 9, 2027, on the district’s 2026 to 2027 calendar.

Q: How much snow does Sunderland get?

About 123.4 inches a winter at a NOAA weather station 14.5 miles away, averaged over 9 winters. Between December 1 and March 31 that brings 13 weekday mornings a year with 2 inches of new snow or more, and 5.7 with 4 inches or more.

Q: What was the biggest snow day near Bennington Rutland?

22 inches on December 17, 2022, the largest single day at a NOAA weather station 14.5 miles away in 9 winters. The snowiest winter was 2017 to 2018, with 163.5 inches.

Q: Does Bennington Rutland get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

Bennington Rutland averages 5.7 weekday mornings a winter with 4 inches of new snow or more, more than 90 percent of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

Q: How does the Bennington Rutland snow day predictor work?

It reads the National Weather Service forecast for Sunderland through the night and the 5 to 8 am bus run, adds winter alerts and the Winter Storm Severity Index, and measures the snow against Bennington Rutland’s own big snow morning: 5.2 inches, the top tenth of snowy weekday mornings at a NOAA weather station 14.5 miles away.

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Bennington Rutland, measured against Bennington Rutland's own big snow morning of 5.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Bennington Rutland close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Sunderland.

The Bennington Rutland playbook

How Bennington Rutland calls a snow day

Making up a lost day

Snow days extend the year; the calendar marks June 10, 11, 14, 15 and 16, 2027 as emergency closure make up days after the tentative June 9 last day.

“** TENTATIVE - Emergency closure (snow days) could delay the last day of school.”

Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

First day August 26, 2026
Winter break Dec 23 to Jan 1
February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
Last day June 9, 2027

District calendar

Read from Bennington Rutland’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is brsu.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Bennington Rutland’s snow record

123.4inches of snow a winter

13school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more

5.7with 4 in or more

5.2 ina big snow morning in Bennington Rutland: the top tenth of snowy school mornings

8.1school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 90% of the 52 Vermont districts with a station record.

11.5Nov

23Dec

29.6Jan

24.5Feb

26.2Mar

Average snowfall by month, inches

Biggest day 22 in on December 17, 2022
Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 163.5 in
6 in mornings 2.6 a winter
1 in mornings 19.1 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 14.5 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.

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 Bennington Rutland

District	Snow a winter	4 in mornings	Built in days
Southwest Vermont Supervisory UnionBennington	50.3 in	2.1
Windham Southeast Supervisory UnionBrattleboro	55.1 in	3	4
Windham Northeast Supervisory UnionBellows Falls	42.4 in	3.3
Springfield Supervisory DistrictSpringfield	56 in	4.3
Greater Rutland County Supervisory UnionRutland	75.6 in	3
Slate Valley Unified Union School DistrictFair Haven	57.8 in	2.9

The schools

6 schools

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

Elementary

Manchester Elementary/Middle School, Manchester Center
Flood Brook School, Londonderry
Dorset Elementary School, Dorset
Mettawee Community School, West Pawlet
Currier Memorial Union School, Danby
Sunderland Elementary School, Arlington

Questions

Bennington Rutland snow day questions

When is the last day of school for Bennington Rutland?

How much snow does Sunderland get?

What was the biggest snow day near Bennington Rutland?

Does Bennington Rutland get more snow days than other Vermont districts?

How does the Bennington Rutland snow day predictor work?

How does Vermont handle snow days?

More winter

More for Vermont snow days

Snow day predictorClosing and delay odds for any ZIP, with the snowiest districts in the country.Snow depth mapHow much snow is on the ground right now, measured, across the country.First snow datesWhen the first measurable snow usually lands where you live.Frozen pipesThe nights cold enough to freeze a pipe, and what to do before one.Snow plow trackerWhere the plows are during a storm, city by city.Vermont winter forecastThe season ahead for Vermont: snowfall, cold and the first snow.

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.