How Will I Be Notified in the Event of An Emergency or Weather-Related Closing?
West Platte School District utilizes a telephone broadcast system that enables District personnel to notify all households and parents by phone within minutes of an emergency or unplanned event that causes early dismissal or school cancellation. This service may also be used from time-to-time to communicate general announcements or reminders. This service is provided by School Messenger, which specializes in school to parent communications.
When used, the service will simultaneously call all listed phone numbers in our parent contact list and will deliver a recorded message. The service will deliver the message both to live answer and answering machines.
If you are not receiving the cancellation calls, please contact the appropriate school office to update your contact information or you may log into SchoolMessenger directly and manage notification type you wish to receive and the numbers and e-mails the school district uses to contact you by visiting:
SchoolMessenger
SMS Text Notifications
In order to send SMS text messages to parents and guardians, the phone numbers must be on file in PowerSchool and you must manually opt-in by sending "Y" or "Yes" to 67587. Community members who do not have children currently enrolled at the West Platte School District that would like to receive these notifications can sign up on the form found at the bottom of this page.
Where Can I Find Information?
West Platte will also report school closings due to inclement weather on local area news television stations.
Early Dismissal
Should school be dismissed early, please make arrangements to have your elementary children picked up.
Each family should have a plan covering what to do when children arrive home due to early school closure. Situations that should be covered with your child include:
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What is the best route to and from home if your child cannot be delivered to the normal bus stop?
- Where should your child go if he/she needs help?
- Who will care for your child until you arrive home?
- Is there someone your child can contact to help ease their fears?
Activities & Events In the Event of School Closing
Generally, if school is not in session, or dismissed early, there will be no practices, activities, or games that evening.
Community Members
If you do NOT have children at West Platte, but would still like to receive community alerts from the school, you can register by going to the community sign-up form found HERE.