About

Is There School? gives Northern Virginia families a quick answer every morning: is there school, and what are the times.

Anissa grinning in the back seat of a car next to Lucy, a scruffy white and gray terrier in a red striped bow tie — Anissa and Lucy

This site is kept running, free, by Anissa of Walks for Lucy, a dog walking and pet sitting business in Reston. She’s out in the neighborhood every school morning and wanted families to have a fast, reliable answer.

Where the information comes from

Days off and school hoursEach division’s official 2026–27 calendar and bell schedule.

Snow days and delays: FairfaxThe emergency alerts FCPS posts on fcps.edu, checked every few minutes. When FCPS posts an alert, we show their message and link to it.

Snow days and delays: LoudounNot automatic yet. Loudoun pages show the calendar and point to lcps.org in bad weather.

LunchFCPS menus (MealViewer). Loudoun menus are linked on LINQ Connect.

This site is independent and not affiliated with any school division. On bad-weather mornings, confirm with your school division’s website.

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