How Los Alamos schools will announce weather delays and closures
Announcements usually go out by 5:30 a.m., and schools generally follow the lab's delays and closures.
LOS ALAMOS - Los Alamos Public Schools families can expect word of any weather delay or closure typically by 5:30 a.m., according to the district's inclement weather page and the superintendent's message in this week's newsletter.
The superintendent wrote that she will work with the district team, Los Alamos National Laboratory and Los Alamos County to watch the weather and decide on delays or closures.
In general, if the lab is on a delay, school opening will be delayed, and if the lab is closed because of weather, schools will close, the district's page says. When school lets out early or is canceled, all after-school programs and activities, including home and away athletic contests, are canceled.
On a two-hour delayed start, buses arrive two hours later than usual, and elementary schools start at 10:10 a.m., the high school at 10:30 a.m. and the middle school at 10:40 a.m.
Announcements go out on laschools.net, by text, email, LAPS School Messenger and local and social media, and on school information lines, including the District Office at (505) 663-2223, Los Alamos High School and Topper Virtual Academy at (505) 663-2512 and Los Alamos Middle School at (505) 663-2375.