As you are aware Worthington Schools will be on a two-hour delay for Wednesday, February 28, 2024, due to the weather. No AM Kindergarten or AM Preschool.
Worthington does not normally do two-hour delays. I don’t remember one in the last decade. That said, just an explanation of my decision making for today.
Tornado sirens began going off in Franklin County around 5:15 A.M. There was a fast moving storm coming west to east. Our bus drivers in Worthington need to be at the bus garage to get their buses and begin their day around 6:00 A.M. Thus, while we recognized the storm would pass before our regularly scheduled school day, the decision was made to keep bus drivers home where they could shelter safely and not to ask them to drive through the storm to come to the bus garage. Once that decision was made it’s not possible to begin school on time and we’re moving to a two-hour delay schedule.
Please have patience with our schools today. Since we don’t normally delay we’ll all be learning as we go. Thanks for supporting keeping our drivers safe this morning.
-Trent Bowers, Superintendent
Absolute Excellence 
Thank you for taking the safety of staff seriously.