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Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Franklin Northeast, measured against Franklin Northeast's own big snow morning of 4.1 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Franklin Northeast close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Richford.
The Franklin Northeast playbook

How Franklin Northeast calls a snow day

How families hear

By phone call, radio and local TV.

“On scheduled school days when it is necessary to close school or delay the start of school, an "Alert Now" message will be sent to individual phones announcing the closing. School closings will be broadcast over local radio and television stations, as well.”
EFMHS Student and Caregiver Handbook 2026-2027 (School Closing or Delay (Snow Days))

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“If it looks likely that conditions will become safe during morning hours, school may be delayed by two hours. In that case, we will assume the normal daily schedule two hours into the school day without adjustments, unless otherwise directed.”

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 14, 2027
District calendar

Read from Franklin Northeast’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is fnesu.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Franklin Northeast’s snow record

78.4inches of snow a winter
9.5school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
3.2with 4 in or more
4.1 ina big snow morning in Franklin Northeast: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
20.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
9.2Nov
13.7Dec
20.8Jan
18.3Feb
12.8Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 23 in on March 15, 2017
  • Snowiest winter 2016 to 2017, 107.5 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.4 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 15.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 9.1 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 Franklin Northeast

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Missisquoi Valley School DistrictSwanton60.7 in2
North Country Supervisory UnionNewport150.5 in7.4
Maple Run Supervisory DistrictSaint Albans60.7 in2
Lamoille North Supervisory UnionHyde Park137.7 in6.9
Orleans Central Supervisory UnionOrleans137.9 in5.4
Franklin West Supervisory UnionFairfax75.3 in1.9
The schools

9 schools

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

High

  • Enosburg Falls Middle/High School, Enosburg Falls
  • Richford Junior/Senior High School
  • Cold Hollow Career Center, Enosburg Falls

Elementary

  • Sheldon Elementary School, Sheldon
  • Enosburg Falls Elementary School, Enosburg Falls
  • Berkshire Elementary School
  • Richford Elementary School
  • Bakersfield School, Bakersfield
  • Montgomery Elementary School, Montgomery Center
Questions

Franklin Northeast snow day questions

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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.