Pullman Public Schools

It may be necessary to delay school starting times by one to two hours in order to take advantage of daylight hours and/or improving weather and/or road conditions. This will also allow in-town students more time to get to school and avoid heavy traffic periods. The delay will be announced using the same methods as above. Schools will be open and students may come earlier, if necessary. Schools will normally be dismissed at the regular time.

If a delayed start time occurs on a 'Late-Start Monday', the delay time will be based on your student's normal Tuesday-Friday start time.

These schedules will be distributed to all rural bus riders by their bus drivers. When emergency bus routes will be used, you will receive a notification from our rapid notification system (ParentSquare).

Rural students who cannot be transported to their home will be returned to their applicable school where arrangements will be made for staying at their emergency in-town address.

In-town elementary students without parents/guardians at home will not be released until arrangements have been made for a babysitter and/or alternate supervision.

One-Hour Delay

AM preschool programs, zero period classes, and before-school activities, programs, and clubs canceled. Rural bus route students will use emergency routes. Rural bus route students will be notified separately via our rapid notification system (ParentSquare).

• Franklin starts at 9:20 a.m.
• Sunnyside starts at 9:35 a.m.
• Jefferson starts at 9:20 a.m.
• Kamiak starts at 9:35 a.m.
• Lincoln starts at 9:30 a.m. - start in 2nd period class
• Pullman High starts at 9:30 a.m. - check with PHS for delayed start schedule

Two-Hour Delay

AM preschool programs, zero period classes, and before-school activities, programs, and clubs canceled. Rural bus route students will use emergency routes. Rural bus route students will be notified via our rapid notification system (ParentSquare).

• Franklin starts at 10:20 a.m.
• Sunnyside starts at 10:35 a.m.
• Jefferson starts at 10:20 a.m.
• Kamiak starts at 10:35 a.m.
• Lincoln starts at 10:25 a.m. - start in 3rd-period class
• Pullman High starts at 10:30 a.m. - check with PHS for delayed start schedule

If Pullman Transit transitions to snow routes or stops running routes completely, Pullman Public Schools will provide alternative transportation options both before and after school. Families should go to their nearest school in the morning, with the exception of LMS students living near Franklin and PHS students living near Kamiak.

PSD families will be notified via ParentSquare in the event a Pullman Transit route, used by students in grades 6-12, is running a snow route and will include information about alternate pick-up and/or drop-off locations with pick-up times. These times can also be found on our website.

Under extreme or prolonged days of bad weather it may be necessary to operate without any school buses. Under these conditions it will be necessary for parents/guardians and students to provide their own transportation to school. Normally, we will operate both morning and afternoon kindergarten under these circumstances.

On some occasions, weather conditions may deteriorate during the school day and necessitate early dismissal of schools. Rural students will be returned to their homes only if there is adult supervision and/or a vehicle to receive them at the point they leave the bus.

Closure will be announced via the above mentioned radio and television stations, by phone/email/text using our rapid notification system (School Messenger), on social media channels, and on the district website as a popup window. When school is closed, all activities and athletic events will be cancelled at home or away. This decision will be made by district administrative personnel. At the discretion of the high school principal, high school varsity sports or other major activities may hold non-required practices.