Early dismissal: If school is dismissed early due to severe weather, all KIDSTOPs will remain open until 4 p.m. Parents will be asked to pick up their children as soon as safely possible and no later than 4 p.m.

In the event school is dismissed early due to severe weather, please make plans and discuss your emergency plan with your children to:

go to KIDSTOP after school
to be picked up at school by you or another designated person

Your emergency plan should be indicated on the school’s Emergency School Closing form.

School cancellation (due to snow): If school is canceled for the entire day due to snow, all typical KIDSTOP sites will be closed. The Roosevelt Boys & Girls Club (345 30th Avenue North, St. Cloud) will open for emergency care KIDSTOP programming from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Parents may use the main (East) door to check in their child(ren).

Closed School Snow Day Option requirements

Because KIDSTOP programming will be moving to the Roosevelt Boys & Girls Club without ample notice for closed school snow days, we will not require parents to register in advance for these days; however, parents must bring the following with them in order to ensure a safe program environment for their child(ren):

Normal all-day rates apply
Parents must send their child with a bag lunch
Parents must fill out an allergy action plan
Parents must fill out a medication administration form (completed & submitted in advance – talk to your program manager for details) and bring all medication with them that morning before dropping off child(ren)
*** Please note: this is a pilot program, and we will closely monitor this policy to ensure best practices.

School cancellation (due to extreme cold): If school is canceled for the day due to extreme temperatures, we will open one KIDSTOP site per district from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Madison will be open in the St. Cloud district, Mississippi Heights will be open in the Sauk Rapids-Rice district, and Oak Ridge will be open in the Sartell-St. Stephen district. The Roosevelt Boys & Girls Club will also be open on these days from 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

After-school activities cancellation: If after-school activities are canceled for the day, but school day ends at normally scheduled hours, KIDSTOPs will remain open until 6 p.m. Please make arrangements in order to pick up your children no later than 6 p.m.

We suggest that you watch or listen to weather announcements when severe weather is moving into the Central Minnesota area. Our announcements are typically made on the following media:

NEW! Voice messages & texts from: (202)509-9796 (please add this number to your contacts as Boys & Girls Club/KIDSTOP SMS)
Facebook posts to @BGCMN
Weather notification at the top of our homepage: www.bgcmn.org
Emails sent to all affected sites
Emails and communication sent from the schools
Regent Broadcasting (WJON & 98 Country)
Leighton Broadcasting (KCLD, Wild 98.9 & More FM)
Tri-County Broadcasting (Rock’n 101)
St. Cloud Times