The following is the East Providence School Department's School Cancellation and Delayed Opening Procedures:

The decision to cancel or to delay the start of school will be made by the Superintendent of Schools by 6:00 AM.

Announcements to cancel or to delay the start of school will be made on the following stations:

Television Stations 10, 12 and 6
Radio Stations 630AM, 92PRO FM, Lite 105 and 93.3 WSNE. You can also log on to the Channel 12 Eyewitness News Website at www.wpri.com and/or the Channel 10 Website at www.turnto10.com.

Students' homes will also receive a telephone message from the district’s ConnectED System notifying of a school cancellation or delay. Please ensure that your child’s school has accurate and current home telephone numbers on record.

When announcing a delay in the opening of school, the amount of time in the delay will be indicated along with any other information (for example, a one hour delay, no morning Kindergarten or Preschool). Regular bus transportation and special education bus transportation within the city of East Providence will be delayed by the same amount of time. That is, if school is delayed for one hour, busses will be delayed one hour (for example, a student who is picked up at a set time, such as 7:35 AM, will be picked up one hour later at 8:35 AM).

If your child is in special education and attends school outside of East Providence, cancellations and/or delays are determined according to what is decided by the school the child attends. If there is a delay in opening school, morning Kindergarten, morning ESL Kindergarten, and all morning preschool programs will be canceled automatically. There will be no transportation provided by the School Department for afternoon ESL Kindergarten. Therefore, parent/guardians desiring to have their children attend afternoon ESL Kindergarten will have to arrange for their own transportation. Headstart Programs will follow the delay schedule.