INCLEMENT WEATHER PROCEDURES

In the event of inclement weather, LNC will announce any decision to cancel or delay school through a number of channels including:  

• Local TV affiliates WSOC (ABC), WBTV (CBS), WCNC (NBC) and they will broadcast our information.
• Email and text using the contact information that we have on file for each student. Please use this form to notify the school if any of your family’s contact information has changed.
• Schoology through LNC2HSP, LNC2MSP, LNC2ESP and the “class of” groups. Be sure you are joined to your school’s LNC2 parent group! (Click here for a list of joining codes.)
• Twitter using our handle @LNCharter 
• Website www.lncharter.org

Decisions regarding the closing of school or implementing a delayed start time will be made by 5:30am and are based on weather conditions in our immediate school area and are not necessarily connected to the decisions that other schools make regarding delays and cancellations. This point is worth mentioning as some incorrectly assume that LNC is closed whenever the local public school makes the decision to cancel school. Please note that we do not contact the local news stations in the event that school remains open.

As we say often, the safety of our students and families is our highest priority so we will not hesitate to cancel or delay school should the need arise.

EMERGENCY EVACUATION PROCEDURES

If there were an emergency situation involving McGuire Nuclear Station, Lake Norman Charter would be contacted by county emergency management officials. Not all emergencies would require LNC to evacuate. In the event that an emergency requires us to evacuate our campus, LNC will contact parents via email, text and Schoology and post that information to our Twitter page and our website. Lake Norman Charter’s designated Relocation Center is Governor’s Village STEM Academy at 7910 Neal Road, Charlotte NC 28262.

Every LNC carpool should designate a contact responsible for picking up students in the event of an emergency. Each carpool's designated emergency contact should utilize the current carpool pattern when entering the school and post their carpool number prominently in their windshield. Once students are picked up, carpool drivers should report directly to Governor’s Village STEM Academy. Drivers should not return home after picking up students. Student drivers will also be directed to report to Governor’s Village STEM Academy. More information is available on the Duke Energy website.

In the event of an emergency, you can anticipate traffic delays in the area. The Huntersville Police Department will be directing traffic in and around our campuses. LNC staff will be positioned to assure a safe and expeditious evacuation. We will make every attempt to evacuate as safely, quickly and orderly as possible.

PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE SCHOOL AS WE WILL NEED TO KEEP OUTGOING LINES OPEN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. We understand your need to find out about your students' safety. We will take every possible step to assure your students' safety until someone arrives.