Careers

School Schedules and Delayed Openings

Morning Bell: 8:44 am

Grades 1 through 5

  • Full Day 8:45-3:15
  • Half Day 8:45-12:45

 

Kindergarten Schedule

  • Full Day
  • AM 8:45-11:30
  • PM 12:30-3:15

 

Half-Day Kindergarten Schedule

  • AM 8:45-11:15
  • PM 10:15-12:45

 

Kindergarteners will be sent to the office if their caregiver has not arrived on time. Please call the school at 378-5209 if your child will be absent.

IMPORTANT!

SCHOOL CLOSINGS CLARIFICATION From the Seth Boyden PTA

EARLY MORNING SCHOOL CLOSINGS

  • Occurs before the start of school
  • Determined by inclement weather conditions (snow, ice)
  • Calls to homes will not be made by the PTA or school staff
  • See reverse side for ways to determine if school is closed

 

DELAYED OPENINGS

  • Grades 1-5 report to school at 10:45am
  • AM Kindergarten does not meet
  • PM Kindergarten reports at regular time
  • Determined by inclement weather conditions that are expected to clear (snowy roads)
  • No morning drop off program at Seth Boyden
  • Buses pick up 2 hrs later than regularly scheduled
  • Calls to homes will not be made by the PTA or school staff
  • See reverse side for ways to determine if school is delayed

 

EMERGENCY DISMISSAL

  • Occurs during school day
  • Due to unexpected weather conditions, building-wide maintenance hazard, national/natural disasters, bomb threats
  • The school administration is required to notify parents as part of its emergency procedures protocol
  • Calls will be made to parents by staff and/or volunteer parents
  • Buses operate, but parents can opt to pick children up. Need to communicate intention to school staff
  • During building emergencies that require evacuations, bus operation will be directed as a coordinated effort between the building administration and the central office.

 

How to Find Out if School is Closed or Delayed

  1. You will no longer be phoned by class parents in the morning
  2. Seth Boyden PTA website (www.sethboydenpta.org)
  3. Seth Boyden PTA Message Phone (973-447-0529)
  4. Seth Boyden PTA elist. Sign up to get a message via email early in the morning at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SBstrawberryfields.
  5. District wide methods listed below

SIRENS

  • School Closing: 1 minute long blast at 7:00 am
  • Delayed Opening: 15-second blasts for one minute at 7 am, 8 am and 9 am
    RADIO/TELEVISION
  • WINS Radio (AM 1010)
  • WNBC Television (Channel 4)
  • WNYW FOX television (Channel 5)
  • WABC Television (Channel 7)
  • NJ Network News (Channel 12)
  • Cablevision (Channel 19 in South Orange)
  • COMCAST (Channel 35 in Maplewood)

 

DISTRICT WEBSITE: www.somsd.k12.nj.us