Campus Closure

When inclement weather or some other emergency condition requires closure of the campus, all on-campus classes and activities are canceled, and employees will not report to work. This excludes those required to report for work during inclement weather or the emergency condition. Remote classes will proceed without interruption. Employees who are approved to work remotely will not be expected to do so or use benefit time during emergency closures.

Should faculty teaching a class impacted by the campus closure prefer to conduct the entire class remotely during the scheduled class meeting time, rather than reschedule instruction for a make-up day, they may do so. 

Part-Time NTE’s may use their granted leave with pay when the College is closed due to inclement weather.

An emergency closing may affect a specific DCC location due to a local inclement weather or other event. When a closure is specific to a particular campus location, information will be provided about the location together with details regarding specifics of the situation.

Delayed Opening / Early Closure

When inclement weather or some other emergency condition necessitates a delayed opening or early closure that action will apply only to on-campus activities. Remote classes will proceed without interruption. 

As always, on-campus classes should meet in person if there is a minimum of 30 minutes of instructional time available after the opening of classes.  For example, when a delayed opening is announced for 11:00 a.m., classes that meet from 10:00 a.m. to 11:50 a.m., should meet at 11:00 a.m. since 50 minutes still would be available for instruction.  Labs scheduled across the delayed opening that cannot be completed in the remaining time should meet with the remaining instructional time used for an alternative learning activity.

Should faculty teaching an in-person class impacted by the delayed opening prefer to conduct the entire class remotely during the scheduled class meeting time, rather than reschedule or conduct an abbreviated session, they may do so.   

Student Responsibilities

Campus delays and closures apply to on-campus classes only. Classes delivered remotely will proceed as scheduled. In the event of a campus delay or closure, some faculty teaching on-campus classes may choose to deliver instruction remotely at the regularly scheduled meeting time. Faculty will communicate such plans to students in advance of such an occurrence, and students will be expected to attend these remote sessions.   

On days when the campus remains open during inclement weather or emergency condition, students enrolled in on-campus classes should make their own determination whether to attempt to travel to class based on the safety of road conditions in their own locale. Students will not be penalized for missing class under this circumstance, although students are responsible for the work missed and are expected to make it up in a reasonable time, as determined by the instructor.

Students in nursing or EMT/PAR clinicals should plan to attend their scheduled clinicals or classes unless otherwise instructed by their faculty.

Delay and Closure announcements will be announced via campus email and posted on the College website and social media by 5:30 a.m. 

1.     The College is closed. 

2.     The College will open at ____________.

3.     The College will close at ____________.

Please note these procedures are subject to ongoing evaluation and may change.