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Burlington, Vermont, 3,501 students in 10 schools

Burlington Supervisory District Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Burlington, measured against Burlington's own big snow morning of 3.8 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Burlington close tomorrow?

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

How Burlington calls a snow day

How families hear

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

“Local TV and radio stations, our website, and BSD's social media channels will also list closings. Automated announcements will be sent via some combination of telephone calls, emails, and text messages.”
2026-2027 Calendar & Handbook (School Closing)

Making up a lost day

June 16, 2027 is the earliest last day for K-12, so closures push it later.

“BSD’s first day of school will be August 26th, with the earliest last day planned for June 16th.”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 22 to Feb 26
  • Last day June 16, 2027
District calendar

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

Ten winters of school mornings

Burlington’s snow record

78.8inches of snow a winter
7.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.2with 4 in or more
3.8 ina big snow morning in Burlington: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
6school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
6.2Nov
13.4Dec
20.3Jan
20.2Feb
15.6Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 17.8 in on March 14, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 103.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.5 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 13.5 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 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 Burlington

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
South Burlington Supervisory DistrictSouth Burlington78.8 in3.2
Essex-Westford Supervisory DistrictEssex Junction78.8 in3.2
Colchester Supervisory DistrictColchester78.8 in3.2
Champlain Valley Supervisory DistrictShelburne63.3 in1.9
Milton Supervisory DistrictMilton75.3 in1.9
Mount Mansfield Unified Union School DistrictJericho121.2 in4.8
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Burlington High School
  • Burlington Technical Center

Middle

  • Edmunds Middle School
  • Lyman C. Hunt Middle School

Elementary

  • Champlain School
  • J. J. Flynn School
  • C. P. Smith School
  • Integrated Arts Academy at H. O. Wheeler
  • Edmunds Elementary School
  • Sustainability Academy at Lawrence Barnes
Questions

Burlington 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.