Weather & Safety Information

MOBOCES uses ParentSquare as its primary communication tool with employees and families. Please visit our informational page for details.



Weather Closings & Delays

The following media outlets may also carry news of MOBOCES closings:

Radio TV Social Media
WFRG 104.3 FM
(Big Frog) -Utica
Spectrum News
- Channel 10
Facebook
WODZ 96.1 FM
(Oldies) -Utica
WKTV Channel 2 - Utica Twitter
WIBX 950 AM-Utica WIXT Channel 9
(WSYR) - Syracuse
Instagram
WLZW 98.7 FM
(Lite 98.7) - Utica
WSTM/WTVH
Channels 3/5/6 - Syracuse





Winter Parking Notice

There is no overnight parking on campus during winter months. If a situation arises where you do need to leave your vehicle overnight, please call the Building Services office at 361-5750 between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. and someone will advise you where to park. After 3:30 p.m., please call 315-361-5603. If the car interferes with snow removal, it will be towed away at your expense.



Staff Alerts of Campus Incidents

When a student or staff incident occurs in our programs and services that warrants a broad or public notification, we will most commonly use the Announcements tab of this website - located at the link above below the search bar or directly at www.moboces.org/news. Staff and families of particular programs and departments may receive additional direct notification in certain instances. However, this announcements page is available to anyone. If the page is blank, it means nothing is currently posted.



SHELL Emergency Response System
The SHELL emergency response system is used by schools throughout New York State in order to provide administrators, teachers, students, parents, law enforcement officials and community residents with a common language to understand what is happening and how to respond.
 

S – Shelter in Place: No imminent concern. Students and staff are required to remain indoors because it is safer inside the building or a room than outside. Typically used during severe weather.

H – Hold in Place: No imminent concern. Movement of students and staff is temporarily limited during an internal incident, such as a medical emergency or a maintenance issue, to keep them from the affected area.

E – Evacuation: Students and staff are required to leave the building because it is safer outside than inside, such as during a fire or hazardous material spill.

L – Lockout: The school building is secured due to an imminent concern outside the school building, such as a wild animal in the school vicinity. During a lockout, inside the school has been deemed the safest place for students and staff and no one will be permitted to enter or exit the building until this designation is lifted. Parents and community members are reminded not to come to school or wait outdoors at school for their own safety. Typically, regular indoor activities may continue, but outdoor activities do not occur. Communication updates will be made as the situation allows.

L – Lockdown: Most serious status, imminent danger. Students and staff take cover, remain silent and out of view. This occurs when an incident poses an immediate threat of violence in or around the school. School personnel will alert law enforcement but will likely not be able to issue any other communication to the community until the threat has passed in order to maintain everyone’s safety. 

Download a printable poster of Standard Response Protocol guidelines.