{"id":2198,"date":"2010-09-09T14:55:54","date_gmt":"2010-09-09T14:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/dean-faculty\/policies-for-holding-classes-in-emergencies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T18:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T22:06:38","slug":"policies-for-holding-classes-in-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/teaching-and-advising\/policies-for-holding-classes-in-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding Classes in Weather Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2010\/09\/winter1703-600x393.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8436\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2010\/09\/winter1703-600x393.jpg\" alt=\"winter1703-600x393\" class=\"wp-image-8436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2010\/09\/winter1703-600x393.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2010\/09\/winter1703-600x393-400x262.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/files\/2010\/09\/winter1703-600x393-200x131.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Senior Emergency Response Group (SERG) assesses the existence and nature of an emergency (including weather emergencies) affecting the college, and initiates appropriate action and communication regarding such events. SERG will continue to serve during the emergency, to coordinate the college\u2019s efforts, and to advise the President on decisions regarding the emergency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information on the management of emergencies is posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-safety\/emergency-preparedness\/serg\/https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/campus-safety\/emergency-preparedness\/serg\/\">SERG website<\/a> including the college the policy on college closures due to weather. That latter policy is below, but it is important to note:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The college will not hold classes on campus when the decision to close the college due to weather has been communicated to the community.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weather Emergencies<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While emergencies can take many forms, most, in Maine, involve weather. Snow does not by itself constitute an emergency. As a residential college, every effort is made to keep the campus open to support our students and their education. Closure-which can be a full day, a delayed start, or an early close-occurs when a unique hazard exists on campus, when the college facilities team is unable to suitably prepare the campus to be open, or if extreme weather is present, particularly during regular commuting hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Policy for Holding Classes in Emergencies.<br><\/strong>If the college is closed, <strong>classes are canceled<\/strong>. This information is communicated through the emergency notification system to the College community on <a href=\"https:\/\/emergency.bates.edu\/\">emergency.bates.edu<\/a> and with a banner on <a href=\"bates.edu\">bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instructors may make up the missed class at a later date, rescheduling to meet during regular class meeting times. When rescheduling faculty should utilize the campus calendar and request to schedule an appropriate room and time through the Event Management System (EMS) at <a href=\"https:\/\/events.bates.edu\/\">events.bates.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The registrar will identify replacement days (e.g., an available weekend day) to make up for educational opportunities that are impossible to replace such as theater, dance, and musical performances, science laboratory sections that cannot fit into the regular grid, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the campus is open but an instructor deems travel to be unsafe, they may switch the class format to alternative format if necessary. Please communicate quickly and clearly to your students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Senior Emergency Response Group (SERG) assesses the existence and nature of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":1647,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20612,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2198\/revisions\/20612"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/dof\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}