Inclement Weather and Safety Measures
The following procedures should be utilized when the college administration determines it is in the best interest of the students and employees to cancel or delay classes due to hazardous weather. Please note that the decision to do so may be made for each individual center/location and announced on the Vernon College website and Emergency Notification System. However for the most part the decision will apply to all Vernon College centers/locations and will generally follow the lead of area ISD’s.
Clarification:
If classes are delayed until 10:00 a.m., the classes scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. will start at 10:00 a.m. while the classes offered at 8:00 will be automatically canceled without any penalty to the student. VC administrators will inform the media once a decision is made. Students should seek information from either the emergency notification system (AlertMedia) app, designated radio, television stations, and/or the VC website. The President of the College, or his designee, is authorized to close all locations if he feels there is a need to do so. In his absence, this decision will be made by the Vice-President of Instructional Services.
Vernon - Calls to television stations with appropriate information will be made by the President or his designee. Notification of this decision will be immediately sent to each VP/Dean in order that additional action may be taken, if necessary, in his/her area of responsibility on the Vernon campus.
Century City Center and Skills Training Center - Calls to the television stations will be made by either the Vice-President of Instructional Services or his/her designee.
Minor Learning Centers and Other Classes - Minor Learning Center classes may be dismissed after consultation by the Vice-President of Instructional Services and the instructor with notification of media following the decision. (Follow steps listed above.) Other classes - Instructors bear the majority of the responsibility in handling the canceling/delay of these classes. Following consultation with the immediate College supervisor (if possible) the classes may be delayed/canceled. The instructor should provide the students with a telephone number where they may be reached in order to ascertain whether or not classes will be canceled or delayed.
Saturday Classes
Saturday classes at any location will be canceled/delayed by the instructor after he/she has consulted with the immediate College supervisor, if possible. (Note: The instructor must send written notification of this action to the supervisor if the supervisor is unavailable at the time of the decision.) Instructors should provide their students with a telephone number where they may be reached in order to ascertain whether or not classes will be canceled or delayed on a Saturday during inclement weather.