WHY?
Snow days and extreme cold weather days are called in the interests of student safety. Our community is quite unique in terms of the wide geographical areas our students are drawn from. Everyone arrives at CDS by some mode of vehicular transport, many by bus and there is often a great distance between school and home. Safety on the roads is therefore the primary concern.
HOW?
Our professional bus drivers are on the roads very early in the morning across a wide swath of our family’s geography. We rely on our transportation contractor to give us a very early indication as to the safety of road conditions across our catchment area.
WHEN?
In most cases we are able to make a determination of road safety by 6:30 a.m.
WHERE? We will post information on the
CDS website (that’s the best place to check) and a
text and e-mail will be sent to the entire CDS community (if you receive
The Backpack, you will receive this message. If not, contact
Community Relations to update your e-mail address to ensure you are receiving all notifications.)
We will also post to our
social media channels (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and there will also be a message available at the CDS phone number (905) 833-1220. If an off-site trip is scheduled for that day, where appropriate, you will also be contacted by the faculty member in charge of that activity.