School Closings

Moline School District No. 40 endeavors to keep schools open for all students. If you feel the weather is such that it is best for your child to stay home from school, please call the school office (phone numbers may be found on your school calendar or on the Contact Us page)and inform the staff.

Although my staff and I do our absolute best in this process, we know that often no perfect decision exists. If you do not feel as though it is safe for your child to attend school, use your best judgment on whether he or she should attend. Also, discourage teenagers from driving in bad conditions and offer them alternatives if weather conditions worsen.

Absences will be excused for the purposes of making up work, however, they will not be considered excused absences for the purposes of the Attendance Incentive Policy at Moline High School.

Many questions are asked about when our schools close due to inclement weather. The school district uses the following guidelines:

1. If possible, school closings will be announced the night prior to the day school will be closed. If this is not possible, the announcement will be made the following morning.

2. At 4 a.m. the superintendents of Moline, Rock Island and United Township check the weather and road conditions in their school districts; and, for United Township, road conditions are checked in the elementary school districts that feed into United Township.

3. Before 6 a.m., a decision is reached on whether or not schools should be closed. If the decision is to close schools, it will be announced on area radio and television stations.

4. In addition to Rock Island, Moline, United Township and its feeder districts, all catholic schools in Rock Island, Moline and East Moline will be closed, as well as Immanuel Lutheran School in Rock Island.

As you may know, once children arrive at school, it has been the practice in the Moline district not to send children home prior to the regular dismissal time because of the possibility of sending a child to an unoccupied house. However, rare exceptions may necessitate sending students home before the regular dismissal time. This also would be announced on area radio and television stations. Please make certain students have a safe and supervised place to go if an early dismissal occurs.

We hope this explanation helps everyone understand how we make decisions regarding weather-related school closings. If you have any questions please contact me at 743-8102.

Thank you,

Dr. Cal Lee
Superintendent of Moline School District No. 40

For school closings due to adverse weather conditions, listen to or watch the following television and radio stations after 6 a.m.

Television Stations:
WHBF-TV 4
KWQC-TV 6
WQAD-TV8
KLJB-TV 24

Radio Stations - AM:
KWPC-AM 860
KJOC-AM 1170
WOC-AM 1240
WKBF-AM 1270

Radio Stations - FM:
WVIK-FM 90.3
KMXG-FM 96.1
WXLP-FM 96.9
WHTS-FM 98.9
KBOB-FM 99.7
KUUL-FM 101.3
WLLR-FM 103.7
KCQQ-FM 106.5