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.