SCHOOL DELAYS AND CLOSURES INFORMATION Benton Community School Corporation is ready to start the new school year Wednesday, August 15, 2018. With school delays and closures hard to predict, BCSC Superintendent Gregg Hoover suggests that you tune in to TV and radio regularly - not just during poor weather – to listen for possible announcements of school delays or closures. BCSC will continue to use an automated calling system to telephone messages to notify school families of delays and closures as quickly as possible. In addition, BCSC will continue to ask the following television and radio stations to help with notifications. WKHY FM 93.5/WXXB FM 102.9/WKOA FM 105.3/WASK AM 1450/WASKFM 98.7 Lafayette WGFA FM 94.1/AM 1360 Watseka WMRS FM 107.7 Monticello WIBN FM 98.1 WLFI Channel 18 Lafayette WTHR Channel 13 Indianapolis WRTV Channel 6 Indianapolis WXIN Channel 59 Indianapolis WISH Channel 8 Indianapolis BCSC will contact the media before the evening newscasts if conditions warrant it; otherwise, it will contact the media early in the morning. If an early release becomes necessary, BCSC will contact the media as soon as possible. On a related note, poor weather is also a concern for student drivers. When conditions are not favorable, or when poor weather is predicated, BCSC encourages student drivers to ride school buses instead of driving to school. Similarly, BCSC will not allow students to drive home if conditions deteriorate by the end of the school day. Students will be required to leave their vehicles at school and ride school buses home. They will be allowed to drive their vehicles home when conditions are favorable. The school corporation encourages everyone to make suitable arrangements ahead of time for school delays or closures, and to rehearse their plans. Please make sure your children will have proper supervision and a safe place to stay in case of delays, early releases or closures. Equal Opportunity Policy: The Benton Community School Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Educational Institution and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin (Title VI and VII, Title IX), disability (ADA and Section 504), age (ADEA and IADA), sexual orientation and/or any other protected status as defined by law, in employment and its educational programs. Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI and VII); Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments (Title IX); the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA); Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504); the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA); the Indiana Age Discrimination Act (IADA). For more information on this Equal Educational and Employment Opportunity Policy, or to report violations of this policy, contact the Superintendent, Benton Community School Corporation, P.O. Box 512, 405 S. Grant Ave., Fowler, Indiana 47944. Telephone (765) 884- 0850. So resolved this _26_ day of _November_, 2012. .