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Bennington, Vermont, 3,312 students in 10 schools

Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union Snow Day Predictor

The odds of a closing or a delay on the next three school mornings in Southwest Vermont, measured against Southwest Vermont's own big snow morning of 4.2 inches.

The next three school mornings

Will Southwest Vermont close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Bennington.
The Southwest Vermont playbook

How Southwest Vermont calls a snow day

How families hear

By local TV, the district website and social media.

“In case of bad weather, local television stations, the SVSU website, and social media will also be used.”
SVUESD Handbook 2026-27 (School Closings, Delayed School Openings, and Early School Closings)

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All SVSU schools and offices will operate on a 2 hour delay today, 3/6/26.”
Delay schedule

Making up a lost day

Snow or emergency days are added after June 10, 2027.

“The last day of school will be June 10, 2027 if there are no snow days. Snow/Emergency days will be added to June 10, 2027 as needed.”
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 10, 2027
District calendar

Recent snow days

  • 2025 to 2026. All schools released on the half day schedule on Feb 20, 2026 ahead of a storm.
    “All SVSU schools will release on the half day schedule today, February 20, due to the incoming storm. All after school activities are canceled.”
    District notice

Read from Southwest Vermont’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is svsu.org.

Ten winters of school mornings

Southwest Vermont’s snow record

50.3inches of snow a winter
4.7school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
2.1with 4 in or more
4.2 ina big snow morning in Southwest Vermont: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
7.4school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder
3.7Nov
12Dec
10.4Jan
12.2Feb
10.7Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 19.5 in on December 17, 2020
  • Snowiest winter 2017 to 2018, 69.4 in
  • 6 in mornings 1.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 8.3 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 12.5 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.

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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 Southwest Vermont

DistrictSnow a winter4 in morningsBuilt in days
Bennington Rutland Supervisory UnionSunderland123.4 in5.7
Windham Southeast Supervisory UnionBrattleboro55.1 in34
Windham Northeast Supervisory UnionBellows Falls42.4 in3.3
Springfield Supervisory DistrictSpringfield56 in4.3
Slate Valley Unified Union School DistrictFair Haven57.8 in2.9
Greater Rutland County Supervisory UnionRutland75.6 in3
The schools

10 schools

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

High

  • Mt. Anthony Senior Union High School
  • Arlington Memorial, Arlington

Middle

  • Mt. Anthony Union Middle School

Elementary

  • Molly Stark School
  • Bennington Elementary School
  • Pownal Elementary School, Pownal
  • Shaftsbury Elementary School, Shaftsbury
  • Fisher School, Arlington
  • Monument Elementary School
  • Woodford Hollow School
Questions

Southwest Vermont 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.