How eLearning Days Will Be Used in 2026-2027

Because we lost three instructional days to the August storm, our priority this year is keeping students in classrooms with their teachers. For that reason, eLearning is a later step in our weather plan, not the first one. Here is how it works:

  1. Cancellations 1 through 5: These are traditional snow days. They are made up on February 12 and February 15, 2027, and by extending the school year to June 1, 2, and 3, 2027. There is no eLearning for these days.
  2. Cancellations 6 through 8: These are Posted Lessons days. Teachers post assignments online, and students complete them on their own schedule. Teachers hold office hours to help.
  3. Cancellation 9 and beyond: These are Live eLearning days, with at least 50 percent of instruction delivered live. We would use this option only if winter is exceptionally severe, and we may request a waiver from the state at this point.

Historically, we average about four cancellations a year, so we may not need eLearning at all. In an extended closure, such as a full week, we may use an eLearning day earlier so teachers can connect with students, especially as state testing approaches.

We will announce an eLearning day through the same channels we use for closings, including ParentSquare, the district website, and our Facebook page. See the Delays and Cancellations page for the full weather plan.

eLearning Days Used This Year

  • Posted Lessons days used: 0 of 3
  • Live eLearning days used: 0
Early Release Days for Professional Learning

The Indiana State Board of Education has approved a 1003 Flexibility Waiver for La Porte Community School Corporation, allowing the district to build eight two-hour early release days into the 2026-27 school calendar. The days run from September through April and are set aside for Professional Learning Community (PLC) collaboration.

PLC time gives teachers at each building structured time to review student work, study data, and plan instruction together. LPCSC is in the first year of a districtwide transition to the PLC model.

What this means for families

On each scheduled early release day, students are dismissed two hours early. Arrival and start times do not change, lunch is still served, and the school day runs as normal until dismissal. Buses will also run two hours earlier than their regular afternoon routes. After-school athletics and clubs vary by building and program, and coaches and sponsors will share details about practices, activities, and events scheduled that day.

After School Care

Students enrolled in before- and after-school childcare will follow their usual routine on early release days, except as noted below. Care begins when students are dismissed, and pickup times do not change.

Kesling Intermediate: The Boys & Girls Club will not offer after-school care at Kesling Intermediate on early release days. Families who rely on Club care at Kesling should make other plans for those days. Before-school care and regular-day after-school care are not affected. Please contact the Boys & Girls Club with any questions.

Other sites:

  • Students in YMCA childcare at Boston will ride their regular bus to Boston.
  • Students in YMCA childcare at Crichfield Elementary will remain at Crichfield.
  • Students in Boys & Girls Club programs at Hailmann Elementary and Kingsford Heights Elementary will follow their normal procedures at those sites.
  • Handley Elementary students who ride to Hailmann will continue to ride to Hailmann for Club.

Club times at these sites remain the same.

If your child’s dismissal plans change on an early release day, please notify both your child’s school and your childcare provider. The school and the provider keep separate attendance records, and telling only one leaves the other expecting your child. Contact your school office to report a change, and contact the YMCA or the Boys & Girls Clubs directly to report a change in childcare attendance.

Early release dates for 2026-27

Early release days fall on the second Wednesday of each month from September through April:

  • Wednesday, Sept. 9
  • Wednesday, Oct. 14
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11
  • Wednesday, Dec. 9
  • Wednesday, Jan. 13
  • Wednesday, Feb. 10
  • Wednesday, March 10
  • Wednesday, April 14

All eight dates are also listed on the district calendar. Families will receive a ParentSquare reminder the week before each early release day.

Building schedules

Dismissal times differ by building. Elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school schedules are posted on each school's website.

If weather affects an early release day

If the district calls a two-hour delay on a day already scheduled for early release, the early release is canceled, and school dismisses at its regular time. The cancellation will be included in the same ParentSquare message announcing the delay. If school is canceled or shifts to eLearning that day, the early release does not apply.

Questions

Contact your child's school office.