Communications

In the event of inclement weather, the superintendent may close school, delay the start of school or dismiss school early. If Wayzata Public Schools closes or has a late start, phone calls, email and SMS text messages (message and data rates may apply) will be sent to all families using the District parent notification system. To ensure that we have accurate contact information, please update Skyward Family Access.

Announcements will also be posted on the district website at www.wayzataschools.org, District Facebook and Twitter, and shared with the following local media: WCCO Radio 830 AM; WCCO-TV, Channel 4; KSTP-TV, Channel 5; KMSP-TV, Channel 9; and KARE- TV, Channel 11. If an early dismissal is required during the school day, we will follow the designated plan we should have on file for your child/children.

When Wayzata Public Schools is closed all day, this includes Wayzata Kids child care, early childhood classes and preschool, community use of facilities, Adult Basic Education classes, and youth and adult evening events and classes.

If Wayzata Public Schools announces a late start, Wayzata Kids will also start late. If school is starting two hours late, then Wayzata Kids child care will open at 9:00 a.m. and morning preschool and early childhood programs will be canceled. If an early dismissal is announced after 7:00 a.m., children already at Wayzata Kids (or in their classrooms) will need to be picked up within one hour.

To ensure you receive email communication, please add noreply@wayzataschools.myenotice.com to your email address book. This will help ensure emails from the district or schools aren't filtered out by your email system. If you're not receiving emails, please check your contact information in Skyward Family Access. If your information in Skyward Family Access is correct and you're still not receiving emails, please reach out to communications@wayzataschools.org.

District Email Announcements
The District sends out important announcements via email as necessary. These emails are sent to the appropriate mailing lists as dictated by the communication.

School Email Announcements
Individual Schools send out important announcements via email as necessary. These emails are sent to the appropriate mailings lists at the respective school as dictated by the communication.

School Newsletters
All district schools send out a weekly or bi-weekly newsletter to families.

District Newsletter
The district sends out a bi-weekly newsletter called Around the District.

Parent/Guardian Contact Information— phone and email address

• Login to Skyward Family access
• First, make sure it says Family Access at the top of the page. If it doesn’t, click the down arrow next to the house icon and select Family Access.
• Click the menu icon (3 horizontal lines) in the upper left.
• Select the Family module from the menu
• Select Skylert Information under the features menu
• Use the tabs at the top of this screen to update phone contacts, email contacts, and text message contacts.
• You can also determine what types of notifications each of those contacts receive by checking, or unchecking the boxes for the appropriate notifications.

Wayzata Public Schools Social Media Overview

For many years our students, parents, and staff members have been using social media to connect with friends, network with colleagues, and stay in touch with long-lost friends. Wayzata Public Schools is proud of our robust social media presence with many channels to meet the needs of our diverse communities.

Whether you are a student, Wayzata alumni, a local businessperson, parent, grandparent, or a fan of the Wayzata Public Schools, we welcome you! We use our channels to share with you the many exciting things happening in our schools. You can expect to see news, upcoming events, school activities and more published on our social media channels. Each channel will have a unique focus.

Wayzata Public Schools Social Media Guidelines

• Be respectful. Personal attacks will not be tolerated. Inappropriate remarks and profanity will be deleted and the user will risk being blocked from participating on the social media channel in the future.
• Our channels are dedicated to Wayzata Public Schools. Comments of all kinds are welcome as long as they directly relate to the social media channel and its audience. Posting or commenting personal information on district or school pages are subject to deletion and the user being blocked from participation in the future.
• Have a question for a specific employee? Contact them privately. Followers should not expect responses to every question or comment posted.
• Employees and students of Wayzata Public Schools may have personal social media channels. We respect our employees' and students' privacy and right to use social media. But Wayzata Public Schools does not endorse any private social media action by our staff, students or community.

Abuse of the above guidelines can lead to blocking or removal from our fan page.