In cases of bad weather or dangerous road conditions, school closings or early dismissals will be announced in the local media and as a news item on the homepage of this website (and each of our school's websites).
If we are closing, information will be available by 6:00 AM. Otherwise, schools will be open for the day. We will post early dismissals as they occur.
A recorded message advising of school closings or early dismissal can be heard by dialing the District 204 Information Line at 630-375-3015. Do not call your individual school.
To guarantee that you're always among the first to hear about school closings, sign up for 204 E-News, and we'll email you whenever the district has decided to close facilities for the day.
Indian Prairie School District 204 uses the following radio and television stations to inform parents of such closings as quickly and in as wide an area as possible:
| Radio |
Television |
| WGN 720 AM |
CBS channel 2 |
| WBBM 780 AM |
WMAQ Channel 5 |
| |
WLS Channel 7 |
| WGN Channel 9 |
| FOX Channel 32 |
| CLTV -- Cable |
Other stations also regularly broadcast school closings, and several of these stations are covered by computerized notification systems. Please be aware that while closing information is given to the stations as quickly as possible, it is at the discretion of each station to decide when and whether it airs the notifications.
Parents can find out about their child's specific school by calling the Emergency Closing Center Hotline at 1-847-238-1234. Begin by dialing the Hotline number, then enter the school's main phone number, beginning with the area code. Information for additional schools can be obtained by staying on the line and entering the area code and the main number of the school.
Parents can also check the Emergency Closing Center's web site at http://www.emergencyclosings.com/ecc/home.jsp.
If schools are not closed, it is ultimately the responsibility of the parent or guardian to decide whether conditions are safe for their individual children, in allowing them to attend school. If a parent or guardian decides to keep their children at home due to weather conditions, it will count as an excused absence.