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Essex Junction, Vermont, 3,704 students in 10 schools

Essex-Westford Supervisory District Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Essex-Westford close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Essex Junction.
The Essex-Westford playbook

How Essex-Westford calls a snow day

When the call comes

Posted as close to 6:00 a.m. as possible.

“School closing notification is listed by schools and posted as close to 6:00 a.m. as possible.”
Source

How families hear

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

“parents/guardians, students, and employees shall be informed through an automated emergency notification system which will reach out via email, and primary and secondary phone numbers listed with each school. The message will also be shared via the district’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, mobile app, school websites, and will be shared with local TV and radio.”
Emergency Preparedness | Essex Westford School District

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 26, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 24 to Jan 1
  • February break Feb 22 to Mar 2
  • Last day June 15, 2027
District calendar

Read from Essex-Westford’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is ewsd.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Essex-Westford’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 Essex-Westford: 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 2.3 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 Essex-Westford

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Burlington Supervisory DistrictBurlington78.8 in3.2
South Burlington Supervisory DistrictSouth Burlington78.8 in3.2
Colchester Supervisory DistrictColchester78.8 in3.2
Mount Mansfield Unified Union School DistrictJericho121.2 in4.8
Milton Supervisory DistrictMilton75.3 in1.9
Champlain Valley Supervisory DistrictShelburne63.3 in1.9
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Essex High School
  • The Center for Technology - Essex

Middle

  • Essex Middle School
  • Albert D. Lawton School

Elementary

  • Essex Elementary School
  • Founders Memorial School
  • Summit Street School
  • Hiawatha Elementary School
  • Westford Elementary School, Westford
  • Thomas Fleming School
Questions

Essex-Westford 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.