{"id":247,"date":"2019-01-17T21:08:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T21:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:41:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T15:41:48","slug":"emergency-closure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/?page_id=247","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Closure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Unexpected \/ Severe Weather\nClosures and Transport Disruption <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There can be a number of winter\ndays where the weather causes disruption to schools and school transport. It is\nimportant to ensure that the school has your up-to-date contact details in\norder to inform you of any closures during the school day. Information on\nschool closures and transport disruption can be obtained as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early morning: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>OIC School Transport Facebook<br>page is available; this may be your first stop for information on school<br>closures and transport changes. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Facebook page and Twitter<br>feed are both updated as soon as information is available. This can be as early<br>as 6.30am to assist isles daily travellers in planning their travel.<br>Information and links to these sites are available at: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orkney.gov.uk\/our-services\/education-and-learning\/schools\/school-contacts\/school-emergency-closures\/\">School Emergency Closures<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>School closure information is passed<br>to BBC Radio Orkney and broadcast on its programme at 7.30am (93.7 FM). Radio<br>Orkney will be notified if there is disruption to transport and \/ or school<br>closures. However detailed information on specific routes is not always<br>provided. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Information on school closures and transport<br>disruption is also provided on the OIC answer phone (01856 873535) outwith<br>office hours. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the school day: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We contact parents if the<br>school is closing or transport is running early. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local media (Radio Orkney, The Orcadian) will also<br>be notified of any disruption during the day. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unexpected \/ Severe Weather Closures and Transport Disruption There can be a number of winter days where the weather causes disruption to schools and school transport. It is important to ensure that the school has your up-to-date contact details in order to inform you of any closures during the school day. Information on school closures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1009,"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions\/1009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orkney.co\/northwalls\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}