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How we announce a closing
- The designated administrator makes the decision.
- Laurel Ridge Alert sends the message to your phone and email.
- The website and social media are updated.
If a delayed opening becomes a closing, we’ll say so at least 1.5 hours before the delayed opening time. Whatever we announce, use your own judgment about whether it’s safe to travel.
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More about closings and safety
When the college issues a delayed opening or day class cancelation announcement, please check the website and official social media accounts before leaving home and before you are scheduled to arrive on campus. This may prevent a wasted trip to campus in the event that the college’s closing status changes on the same day.
Please make sure you refresh the website upon each visit to ensure that the most up-to-date information is being viewed.
In the event that a delayed opening changes to a closing announcement on the same day, this change will be communicated at least 1.5 hours before the delayed opening time. The process above will once again be followed. (For example, if a decision is made that the college will open at noon instead of 8 a.m. and then a later decision is made to close the college the entire day, the change will be communicated by 10:30 a.m.)
As previously stated, in the case of inclement weather — regardless of the emergency closing announcement — all students and employees should use good judgment as to whether or not it is safe to travel.
The philosophy is to try to keep the college open and on a regular schedule. Unless classes are officially canceled, faculty members are expected to keep their scheduled classes. However, emergency situations and inclement weather can mandate the need for changes. Decisions regarding closings or delays will be made for each location based upon the respective situation. In the case of inclement weather, regardless of the decision, all students and employees should use good judgment as to whether or not it is safe to travel.
In communicating cancelation information to the news media, distinctions will be made between day and evening classes. Day classes run between 7 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. Evening classes run between 4 p.m. and 11 p.m. Should conditions warrant a delay in opening, classes that were not affected by the delay will be held at their normally scheduled times once the college opens. For those classes that did not meet due to the delay in opening, faculty will follow the college procedures for make-up of classes as directed by the deans of learning and/or vice president of learning.
Unless it is specifically communicated otherwise, if the college is closed, then all three locations – the Fauquier and Middletown campuses and the Luray-Page County Center – are closed. If only one or two of the three locations is closed, the message will communicate this. (For example, Laurel Ridge day classes on the Fauquier Campus are canceled.) If a location closes, then compressed video classes for all locations will be canceled. Please note that in the event that one of Laurel Ridge’s off-site class locations closes (for example, Warren County High School), then the classes that are held there are also canceled.
The college is committed to the health and safety of its students and employees. In the event of a health emergency, we work closely with local and regional authorities to ensure the safety of our students and employees in order to support community needs.
If a health or other emergency were to affect college operations, we will communicate utilizing a variety of methods; the most critical of these is Laurel Ridge Alert. Please sign up today or update your profile with your latest contact information.
Violence in schools may have parents, students and educational employees feeling uneasy about safety and security. Experts caution that two or three incidents, as horrific as they may be, do not constitute a trend that schools are becoming more dangerous. They point to research that indicates that violence in schools has been declining for more than 10 years and schools are still the safest place for a child to be.
Following are links to more information about coping with school violence:
- Parents and students – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Employees – COVA Care Employee Assistance Program