News & Information

All Bellingham schools are closed for Friday, Dec. 19 due to the weather. 

When schools are closed, all school and district activities are cancelled. This includes athletics held on district property, mandatory or voluntary practices/rehearsals, activities (including field trips and school/district facility rentals), and all meetings/events previously planned for before, after school and evening.

Snow Make-Up Days on June 15 and 16

The snow days on Dec. 18 and 19 will be made up with school on Monday, June 15 and Tuesday, June 16, 2009 as defined in the 2007-09 teachers' contract. Please mark these changes on your calendars.

State law requires that children attend school 180 days. Children must be present for a certain number of hours each day in order for it to count as a school day. When school is delayed, children are in attendance the hours needed to meet state requirements. When school is closed, missed days must be made up unless they are waived by the state. State law does not currently allow school districts to add minutes onto each school day to make up missed time. Our school district's 180-day calendar is part of the contract with our labor associations. The 2007-09 teachers' contract states that the first two missed school days will be made up at the end of the school year on June 15 and 16, 2009. If additional make-up days are needed, the district and labor associations will work together on a solution.

Winter Break Schedule

There is no school during winter break from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2. Classes resume Monday, Jan. 5 on a regular schedule.

Elementary and middle schools, Squalicum High, Options High and the GRADS program front offices will be closed to the public for winter break from Dec. 22 through Jan. 2.  Bellingham High School's office will be open to the public from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 22, 29 and Jan. 2; Sehome's office will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. on Dec. 22.

District offices will be open to the public from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Dec. 22, 23, 29, 30 and Jan. 2.