Albuquerque Public Schools
What to Expect on Snow Days
APS is once again using asynchronous learning on days schools are closed due to inclement weather. Delayed starts will remain in play.
For the second year in a row, Albuquerque Public Schools will be replacing snow days with asynchronous learning days.
What that means is that rather than getting a day off from school to play in the snow or watch television, APS students will be expected to complete lessons at home on days schools are closed due to inclement weather.
APS employees, except for teachers and education paraprofessionals, will be expected to report to work as soon as safely possible. Teachers and educational assistants may work from home or at their school on those days.
Teachers may:
- Create and post assignments for students to complete on their own via Google Classroom or another platform;
- Maintain office hours online to support students with assignments, or offer tutoring;
- Use other instructional practices to ensure that students are learning.
Students who don’t have access to a digital device or the internet will be given additional time to complete assignments in class when they return.
So what happens to the two-hour weather delays under this approach?
Delayed starts are still a possibility, and there’s no expectation that students hit the books while they wait for the snow to melt so their buses can pick them up.
For more information on weather delays, go to our School Delays and Asynchronous Learning Days page.
Other Asynchronous Learning Days
Asynchronous learning days will also be used for high school testing days, Spring parent/teacher conferences, and graduation days:
- March 25: Asynchronous Learning Day for high school students who are not taking the SAT;
- April 16-17: Asynchronous Learning Day for K-12 students for Parent/Teacher Conferences.
- And during graduation week, freshmen, sophomores, and juniors will be studying at home on the day the seniors at their school graduate.
The asynchronous learning days were built into the 2024-2025 calendar approved by the Board of Education in February.