Winter Weather

Madison County Schools is eligible for Non-Traditional Instruction Days through the Kentucky Department of Education. This means the district is eligible to designate up to 10 days as NTI Days during the 2023-2024  school year. NTI Days can be used at the superintendent's discretion to accommodate for any unforeseen circumstance, such as inclement weather, excessive illness, or some other emergency that causes a cancellation of a regularly scheduled school day.

 

Schools across the district will use digital and hard-copy formats to make content and assignments available to students on NTI Days. Each school will determine what platform is best for delivery of content and assignments. Your child(ren)'s school will communicate with you regarding what NTI Days will look like at your school. Below is some general information and expectations for students on NTI Days.

 

How will student work and participation on NTI Days be monitored?

Teachers will be required to enter NTI Day assignments in Infinite Campus and assign a grade for the work completed.

What will happen if I don't understand the assignment or if I need help?

Teachers will be available for student/parent questions during NTI Days. Being available could be via the Internet or telephone. Teachers will communicate that information prior to NTI Days.

When will NTI work need to be completed?

Students will be asked to complete and submit their work to their teacher within 7 calendar days from the date of return to school following an NTI Day.

How much time will students spend doing assignments on NTI Days?

Students will be expected to spend 3 to 4 hours doing school work on NTI Days.

A traditional snow day will occur when it is safest to cancel the school day. Students and staff will have the day off and may be required to make the time up at a later date. Decisions about afternoon and evening activities will be communicated by the schools as soon as those decisions are made. 

Make-Up Days

State law requires school districts to provide 1,062 hours in no less than 170 instructional days. The school year calendar must be adjusted to meet this state requirement if a cancellation is necessary. NTI Days do not count as lost instructional time and do not require make-up days.

 

Madison County Schools utilizes a two-hour delay option when delaying the start of the school day will help to avoid a cancellation. A delay will be communicated in the same way an NTI Day or snow day would be communicated.

 

What you need to know:

• During a delay, the start of school will be two hours after the regular start time. Buses will run two hours after their regular morning schedule and car riders will need to be dropped off two hours after the regular drop off time.
• Breakfast WILL be provided in the event of a delay.
• Lunch will be provided on the normal schedule.
• Afternoon release times will be as normal.
• During a two-hour delay, MORNING preschool will be cancelled. AFTERNOON preschool will operate at regular times. Buses for midday pick up will run on their regular schedules.
• Middle school students who normally meet 1st period at the high school will report to their middle school and will not go to the high school for that day during a two-hour delay.

In the event that weather begins to move into Madison County before a school days ends, the district may need to dismiss students from school early. Early dismissal will be communicated in the same way as an NTI Day or snow day. In the event of an early delay, afternoon and evening activities will be cancelled.