BUFFALO, N.Y. — With high temperatures potentially reaching into the 90s being forecast for this week, some schools are opting for half days for their students.
BUFFALO PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
All Buffalo Public Schools will switch to half days this week. The decision impacts BPS students in all early childhood, elementary, and middle school grade levels on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. The district said lunch will be served to all students before they are dismissed at 10:55 a.m., 11:45 a.m. or 12:35 p.m.
There are no BPS classes on Wednesday, which is the Juneteenth holiday.
Buffalo High School students will have half days on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. They will not be in school on Monday due to the New York State Regents exams.
"High school students will be expected to report for their regularly scheduled NYS regents exams throughout the rest of the week. Water stations will be available for students taking the regents exams," BPS said in a statement Saturday.
Staff will have full workdays at their assigned locations.
LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOLS
The Lockport City Schools will have an early dismissal on Tuesday, June 18, and Thursday, June 20 for the K-8 grades only.
WILLIAMSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOLS:
The Williamsville Central School District will have early dismissal for elementary school students on Tuesday, June 18, and Thursday, June 20. Middle school students already have a half day and exams High school students only report if they have an exam that day.