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WEATHER POLICY

Tropical Cyclones

 

When tropical cyclones affect Hong Kong, the following general arrangements will apply and appropriate public announcements will be made by the Education Bureau (EDB).

 

Tropical Cyclone Warning Signal Action to be taken
a  No. 1 Image or No. 3 Image hoisted School to operate as usual
b (i)  No. 8 Image or above hoisted School to close
(ii)  No. 8 Image or above replaced by No. 3 Image or No. 1 Image when all signals are cancelled School to resume in next session

 

If students have already set out for school when the No.8 signal is issued, the school will activate its contingency plan to ensure school premises will be open and staffed until proper arrangements are made for arriving students to return home at an appropriate time.

 

Heavy Persistent Rain

 

In the event of rainstorms, the following arrangements will apply and appropriate public announcements will be made by the EDB.

 

Rainstorm Warning Signal Action to be taken
Amber Image

School will operate as usual
Red Image or Black Image
a. Before 6:15 a.m.

School will be closed all day
b. 6:15 a.m. — 8:00 a.m.

School will be closed

School will activate the contingency plan to ensure school premises will be open and staffed until the end of normal school hours for arriving students. The staff will ensure that conditions are safe before allowing students to return home
c. After 8:00 a.m.

School will continue the lessons until the end of normal school hours and will ensure that conditions are safe before allowing students to return home

 

Closure of Schools

  • If school is in session and the weather is likely to deteriorate rapidly due to an approaching typhoon or special circumstances, the EDB will announce over the radio and television to advise immediate suspension of classes.

Closure of Schools in Individual Districts

  • In exceptional circumstances, the EDB may announce the closure of schools in only one or just a few districts. Students living in these districts should not go to school. Schools will give allowance to affected students for lateness or absence from school at their discretion on the day when inclement weather or flooding occurs.

Closure of Individual Schools

  • If local weather, road, slope, traffic or transport conditions warrant the closure of our school and a general announcement has not been made by the EDB, the Principal may close the school and will arrange for an announcement to be made through the EDB.

Arrangements regarding students' attendance and examinations under exceptional weather, road and transport conditions

  • Parents should use their discretion in deciding whether or not to send their children to school in exceptional weather situations. They should keep their children at home if it seems to them that local weather, road or transport conditions have not returned to normal.
  • Internal arrangements under the above exceptional circumstances
  1. Students who cannot go to school or arrive late will not be penalized.
  2. Alternative arrangements regarding internal tests or examinations will be made for these pupils.
  • Examinations
  1. Internal Examinations

If the EDB announces that all schools are to be closed due to adverse weather conditions, the examination scheduled for that day will be postponed until further notice. The examination for the following day will be conducted as scheduled.

 

  1. Public Examinations

Closure of schools, particularly those used as centres for public examinations, as a result of tropical cyclones or heavy persistent rain does not necessarily imply the postponement of a public examination scheduled for that day. Parents and pupils should listen to radio or television announcements made by the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority regarding the arrangement. Unless an announcement has been made that a public examination is cancelled or postponed, it should be assumed that the examination will be held as scheduled.