Bellingham Public Schools are closed Friday, Jan. 17 due to inclement weather.

When school is closed, all school and district activities are canceled. This includes athletics, mandatory or voluntary practices/rehearsals, activities (including field trips and school/district facility rentals), and all meetings and events previously planned for before, after school and evening.

Bellingham Public Schools will be providing free meals tomorrow, Jan. 17 at the following times and locations.

• 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Shuksan Middle School cafeteria
• 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Eliza Court apartments
• 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Villa Santa Fe apartments
• 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sterling Meadows apartments
• 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Regency Park apartments

We recognize that the recent school closures can impact our students’ access to food, and we have district staff who are able to serve a warm meal to our students and their families. Please feel free to stop by any of these locations or email Jessica.Sankey@bellinghamschools.org with questions about how to access a meal or food.

For more information on inclement weather procedures and make-up days, please refer to our weather procedures and snow routes.

Families can sign up to receive weather notices via text and email through our notification system by contacting 360-676-6520 or updating their communications preferences in Skyward via the Skylert tab. For instructions on how to update contact preferences visit our Skylert webpage.