Update: Early Dismissal Planned for Thursday, Final Exam Schedule Changed

In anticipation of extreme heat on Thursday, Superintendent Diane Ullman has announced that schools will have an early dismissal.

Ullman sent out a statement to parents saying that temperatures in classrooms on Wednesday reached more than 90 degrees in some locations. With the heat expected to continue, all schools will release students on an emergency schedule on Thursday.

"Lunch will be served to elementary school students. Morning Kindergarten students will ride the bus home with Grade 1-6 students. There will be no afternoon Kindergarten," Ullman's letter said.

Magnet school students will follow the normal emergency early release schedule. The SEED program will run Thursday beginning at the time school closes. The 8th grade trip to Boulder Ridge will occur as scheduled.

Below is the new schedule for high school exams:

Period 1 Exam             7:32 a.m. to 9:17 a.m.
Period 2 Exam             9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.

On all other days, the first exam block of the day begins at 8:00 a.m.

Seniors who were scheduled to take period 7 exams tomorrow afternoon will now have those exams on Monday afternoon at 12:30 p.m.

The revised schedule for final exams can be found at the link below.

http://www.simsbury.k12.ct.us/uploaded/SHS_Content/Final_Exam_Schedule_2011.pdf