Emergency School Radio and Television Stations

Closing Procedures When a decision is made about school closing, that information will 2015-2016 School Year immediately be phoned to these Radio and TV Stations:

Most weather changes occur at night or in the early morning  WAYC-FM 100.9 Star Bedford and almost all decisions regarding the possible closing of  WBVE-FM 107.5 B-Rock Bedford school must be made in the early morning. The Bedford Area  WBFD-AM 1310 School District covers over 300 square miles. The weather Bedford can be terrible in one part of the District, but acceptable in  WHJB-AM 1600 Bedford another. Road conditions can vary considerably. PennDot  Fox Channel 8 has established a priority system for clearing roads, which Johnstown means that main roads will be cleared before secondary roads.  WTAJ-TV 10 Altoona

 WJAC NEWSCENTER 6 Johnstown Please get in the habit of turning on  WPSU Penn State your local radio and television stations  FROGGY 98 and 95.5 Altoona every morning as soon as possible!  WFRB 105.3 Frostburg

In addition to local media outlets, the Bedford Area  WCBC 1270 Cumberland

School District will still utilize the One Call Automated  WSKE-FM 104.3 Everett System to notify parents and staff of any Closing, Delay,  WCCL-COOL 101 FM or Early Dismissal. Johnstown  WKGO-GO 106 An Announcement will also be posted on our Cumberland

website:  WALY 103.9 FM Altoona www.bedfordasd.org  Internet: www.bedfordasd.org

To avoid missing school for the full day, we may use a two- hour delay. To do this, we announce that all buses will run If we have school when the roads in our area are bad, the bus driver may use his/her their route two-hours later than normal. Also, if the weather discretion regarding the running of the bus turns bad dur- ing the school day we may decide that a two– route. When this occurs, the student or students hour early dismis- sal may be necessary. Remember to stay who were missed will be considered legally absent for the when she/he presents a note from tuned to your radio or TV. a parent.

When school is closed fo r bad weather ALL school events held in the Be dford Area School Bedford Area School District Dr. Allen M. Sell, Superintendent District are automatically CANCELLED.