Winter Weather Information
During the 2022-2023 school year, when Little Miami Local Schools announces a school closure, the day will be a traditional calamity day - indicating NO WORK for students. If the district needs to make up instructional hours, additional hours of instruction will be scheduled using previously scheduled days off or by adding days to the end of the school year. This is a change from previous years as the result of new guidance from the Ohio Department of Education.
Closing for Cold Weather
Little Miami Schools will close on days when the temperature and/or wind chill are below -20ºF to -25ºF. Temperatures with wind chills in this range are considered dangerously cold if exposure is over 10-15 minutes. With students walking to school and waiting at bus stops, extreme cold of this nature is a safety issue.
- The National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Warning when wind chills are -25 or colder
- The National Weather Service issues a Wind Chill Advisory when wind chills are -15 or colder.
90-Minute Delay Building Start Times
- LMHS Student Day Begins: 8:45 AM (1st period starts - No ETEH)
- LMMS Student Day Begins: 8:50 AM
- LMES Student Day Begins: 9:50 AM
- LMPR Student Day Begins: 10:35 AM
- LMECC Student Day Begins: 10:55 AM
- AM Kindergarten/Preschool: 10:55 AM
- PM Kindergarten/Preschool: 1:55 PM
Bus Information
On a 90-minute delay, Little Miami will bus all LM students as well as all students attending private schools. Your child’s bus will run the same route, just 90 minutes later than a typical day. Please be waiting at your bus stop 90-minutes later than your typical pick-up time, unless you have a student in Preschool or PM Kindergarten (see below for more).
Preschool & Kindergarten Information
Preschool & Kindergarten will be in session on weather-delayed starts. AM students come in 90 minutes later than the normal schedule and will return home 45 minutes later than normal. PM students will be picked up 45 minutes later and return home at their regular time. Please see the below modified schedule in the event of a 90-minute delay.
- AM Preschool and Kindergarten Students: Students will start the day 90 minutes later and will return home on the bus 45 minutes later than usual. Tardy bell rings at 10:55 AM.
- PM Preschool and Kindergarten Students: Students will be delayed 45 minutes later than usual and at the end of the day will return home at their regular time. Tardy bell rings at 1:55 PM.
Communicating Closures and Delays
Little Miami strives to make announcements regarding school schedules by 5:30 a.m. No announcement means "school as usual."
Announcements regarding delays or closings will be made in multiple locations:
- Local news media
- The district’s website
- Automated phone and text messages to families and staff.
- District’s Facebook page
- District’s Twitter feed
- District’s Instagram account
