Bell Schedule & School Hours

This year's bell schedule and office hours

In the event of an emergency, such as extreme heat, cold or snow, the Division Superintendent may decide to:

All emergency closings and delayed openings shall be announced in the following ways:

Listed on the Fairfax County Public Schools website: www.fcps.edu.
Posted to the FCPS Twitter and Facebook pages.
Sent by electronic mail (e-mail) using the parent contact information listed in weCare@school).
Posted on FCPS cable Channel 21 (Cox Communications, Reston Comcast, and Verizon (channel 11) cable customers only).
Closings and delayed openings are provided to local radio and television stations no later than 5:30 a.m.
Early closings are provided to local stations no later than 10:30 a.m.

All-Day Closing

All schools shall be closed for the day.
Extracurricular activities, interscholastic contests, team practices, field trips, adult and community education classes, and recreation programs in school and on school grounds are canceled.
All offices are open unless the closing of offices is specified.

Two-Hour Delayed Opening Schedule

Students in grades K-6 shall report two hours later than their regular schedule. (11:15 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
Morning field trips are canceled.
Morning preschool classes (special education) shall be canceled. Afternoon preschool start on their normal schedule. (12:40 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.)
All offices are open unless the closing of offices is specified.

With any delayed opening, the buses will arrive to pick up the students two hours later than the regularly scheduled time.

Two-Hour Early Dismissal All students shall be dismissed two hours early.

Students in grades K-6 will be dismissed two hours early. (9:15 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.)
Morning preschool classes are dismissed at approximately 11:30 a.m.
Afternoon preschool classes are canceled
Field trips are canceled.