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Charlottesville City Schools

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  • DAILY ROUTINES
    From school hours to school lunches, find links on this page to practical information for families in our schools.

School Hours

Regular Hours

Early Dismissal Hours

  • Elementary (includes PreK): 12 noon
  • Walker and CMS:  12:45 pm
  • CHS: 1:40 pm
  • Lugo-McGinness Academy: 11:30 am

❄️ Snow Day/Inclement Weather Plans ❄️

Decisions on schedule changes due to weather are made after careful study of the best information available from weather services and Charlottesville Public Works. Safety is our first concern.

    • Morning announcements will be made by 5:30 a.m. at the latest.  Sometimes we can announce a decision the evening before.
    • Early-release decisions will be made by 10:30 a.m. whenever possible.
  • All school activities are canceled unless otherwise indicated.

    • School buses run on the same delay as school. (If schools are opening on a 2-hour delay, then buses will run their usual routes 2 hours later.)
    • Morning field trips are canceled.
    • At CMS, CHS and CATEC, early-morning (zero period) classes are canceled.
    • At CATEC, the morning session is canceled and the afternoon session will begin at its usual time, 1:25 pm.
    • Students will be fed lunch before dismissal, if possible.
    • At CATEC, the afternoon session is canceled. After-school programs are canceled unless otherwise announced.
    • All school activities are canceled unless otherwise indicated.

    Unless otherwise announced, the dismissal schedule is:

    • Preschool through 4th grade will dismiss at noon.
    • Grades 5-8 will dismiss at 12:45 pm.
    • Grades 9-12 will dismiss at 1:40 pm (since afternoon CATEC will be canceled, this includes CATEC students).
    • LMA dismisses at 11:30.
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