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Manassas, Virginia, 90,550 students in 99 schools

Prince William County Public Schools Snow Day Predictor

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

The next three school mornings

Will Prince William close tomorrow?

Reading the National Weather Service forecast for the overnight and the bus hours in Manassas.
The Prince William playbook

How Prince William calls a snow day

When the call comes

The night before, or in uncertain conditions, not later than 4:30 a.m.

“In most cases, the decision will be made the night before, or in uncertain conditions, not later than 4:30 a.m. on the morning of closing.”
Source

How families hear

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

“Email and text messages sent to parents/guardians (using the contact information provided in ParentVUE)”
Closings

A 2 hour delay

On a delay morning every school starts 2 hours late.

“All Prince William County Public Schools will open two hours late.”
Delay schedule

Remote learning days

Prince William has remote learning days in its winter plan.

“Code Orange: Remote Learning Day for Students and Remote Work for Employees”
Source

The 2026 to 2027 calendar

  • First day August 24, 2026
  • Winter break Dec 21 to Jan 1
  • Last day June 17, 2027
District calendar

The board policy

Board policy

Read from Prince William’s own pages on October 8, 2026; the district site is pwcs.edu.

Ten winters of school mornings

Prince William’s snow record

10.2inches of snow a winter
1.9school mornings a winter with 2 in of new snow or more
0.4with 4 in or more
4.2 ina big snow morning in Prince William: the top tenth of snowy school mornings
0school mornings a winter at 0 F or colder

More 4 inch school mornings than 50% of the 116 Virginia districts with a station record.

0.1Nov
1Dec
6.7Jan
1.2Feb
1.2Mar
Average snowfall by month, inches
  • Biggest day 8 in on January 14, 2019
  • Snowiest winter 2018 to 2019, 20.6 in
  • 6 in mornings 0.3 a winter
  • 1 in mornings 2.4 a winter

Measured at a NOAA weather station 7.4 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 Virginia rule

How Virginia counts a lost day

Virginia requires at least 180 teaching days or 990 teaching hours, or state aid is reduced. After 5 closures, only one of every two further days must be made up; the Board of Education can also waive make-up when every reasonable effort is exhausted.

The Virginia rules in the agency’s own words, and every Virginia district

Next door

Districts near Prince William

DistrictSnow a winter4 in mornings
Manassas City Public SchoolsManassas10.2 in0.4
Manassas Park City Public SchoolsManassas Park10.2 in0.4
Stafford County Public SchoolsStafford9 in0.5
Fairfax County Public SchoolsFalls Church13.1 in0.8
Fauquier County Public SchoolsWarrenton10 in0.3
Fredericksburg City Public SchoolsFredericksburg9 in0.5
The schools

99 schools, the 40 largest here

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

High

  • Charles J. Colgan Sr. High
  • Woodbridge High, Woodbridge
  • Osbourn Park High
  • Gar-Field High, Woodbridge
  • Gainesville High, Gainesville
  • Freedom High, Woodbridge
  • Forest Park High, Woodbridge
  • Potomac High, Dumfries
  • Unity Reed High
  • Battlefield High, Haymarket
  • Patriot High, Nokesville
  • C.D. Hylton High, Woodbridge
  • Brentsville District High, Nokesville

Middle

  • Lake Ridge Middle, Woodbridge
  • Parkside Middle
  • Gainesville Middle, Gainesville
  • Louise A. Benton Middle
  • Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle, Haymarket
  • Potomac Shores Middle, Dumfries
  • Herbert J. Saunders Middle
  • E.H. Marsteller Middle, Bristow
  • Rippon Middle, Woodbridge
  • Stuart M. Beville Middle, Woodbridge
  • Bull Run Middle, Gainesville
  • Unity Braxton Middle
  • Potomac Middle, Dumfries
  • Fred M. Lynn Middle, Woodbridge
  • Woodbridge Middle, Woodbridge
  • George M. Hampton Middle, Woodbridge

Elementary

  • The Nokesville School, Nokesville
  • Haymarket Elementary, Haymarket
  • Covington-Harper Elementary, Dumfries
  • Springwoods Elementary, Woodbridge
  • John F. Pattie Sr. Elementary, Dumfries
  • Kyle R. Wilson Elementary, Woodbridge
  • Fannie W. Fitzgerald Elementary, Woodbridge
  • Yorkshire Elementary
  • Triangle Elementary, Triangle
  • A. Henderson Elementary, Dumfries
  • Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Elementary, Haymarket
Questions

Prince William snow day questions

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