Allentown School Closings Today — Live Status & Delays (Pennsylvania)

Are Allentown school closings today affecting your family? Check live status below — updated every 10 minutes.

Live status monitored for Allentown School District, Parkland School District, Whitehall-Coplay School District, and Salisbury Township School District.

How Closures Are Announced

Allentown School District (ASD) posts closure and delay decisions on its official website at allentownsd.org and pushes automated phone, email, and text alerts to families enrolled in the district’s notification system. Decisions are typically made by early morning on the day of a storm, though the district — like many in the Lehigh Valley — sometimes announces the evening before when a significant snow or ice event is clearly forecast.

Local coverage comes primarily from WFMZ-TV 69 News, the Lehigh Valley’s dedicated local news station, which runs a running closings list during winter weather events. Philadelphia-market stations 6ABC (WPVI) and CBS3 (KYW) also carry Lehigh Valley closures, since the region sits within their broadcast coverage area. Neighboring districts — Parkland, Whitehall-Coplay, and Salisbury Township — each announce independently on their own websites, so a snow day in one Lehigh Valley district does not automatically mean all of them are closed.

Weather Risks

• Winter storms and heavy snowfall: The Lehigh Valley’s primary closure trigger. Nor’easters and Alberta clipper systems moving through eastern Pennsylvania between December and March can drop several inches of snow in a short window, complicating bus routes before roads are cleared.
• Ice storms: Freezing rain is common in the valley during shoulder-season cold snaps. Even a thin glaze can make sidewalks, bus steps, and secondary roads dangerous well after snow itself would have posed little risk.
• Sub-zero wind chill: Arctic outbreaks occasionally push wind chills low enough that districts delay or cancel to limit students’ exposure time at bus stops.
• Flash flooding: Heavy summer and early-fall thunderstorms, and occasional remnants of tropical systems moving up the East Coast, can flood low-lying roads around the Little Lehigh and Jordan Creek watersheds.
• Severe thunderstorms and high wind: Spring and summer storm systems can bring damaging wind gusts and localized power outages that affect school operations, particularly HVAC and food-service continuity.

Frequently Asked Questions

How early does Allentown School District announce school closures?

Allentown School District typically announces closures and delays by early morning on the day of the event, though for major forecasted storms the district sometimes makes the call the evening before. Announcements go out through the district’s website, its family notification system, and local TV and radio partners.

What’s the difference between a closure and a delay in Allentown?

A closure means school is cancelled entirely for the day, with instruction and activities suspended district-wide. A delay pushes the start of the school day back — commonly by one or two hours — to allow road crews more time to treat streets before buses run, while dismissal remains at the normal time.

Do all Allentown-area schools close at the same time?

No. Allentown School District makes a single district-wide decision that applies to all of its 21 schools, but neighboring districts such as Parkland, Whitehall-Coplay, and Salisbury Township decide independently based on conditions in their own coverage areas. It’s common for one Lehigh Valley district to close while a neighboring one delays or stays open.

Which local TV stations report Allentown school closings?

WFMZ-TV 69 News is the primary source for Lehigh Valley school closing information, with Philadelphia-market stations 6ABC (WPVI) and CBS3 (KYW) also covering the region. This page monitors all of them, along with each district’s official website, to surface status changes as quickly as possible.

How often is this page updated?

The page checks for status changes automatically every 15 minutes under normal conditions, and as often as every 5 minutes during active winter storm alerts, so you’re seeing close to real-time information without needing to refresh manually.

School Roster

Allentown School District

• William Allen High School
• Louis E. Dieruff High School
• Building 21 Allentown

• Harrison-Morton Middle School
• Francis D. Raub Middle School
• South Mountain Middle School
• Trexler Middle School

• Brigadier General Anna Mae Hays Elementary School
• Central Elementary STREAM Academy
• Hiram W. Dodd Elementary School
• Jackson Early Childhood Center
• Jefferson Elementary School
• Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
• Mosser Elementary School
• Muhlenberg Elementary School
• Luis A. Ramos Elementary School
• Ritter Elementary School
• Roosevelt Elementary School
• Ruby Bridges Early Childhood Center
• Sheridan Elementary School
• Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy

Parkland School District

Roster below is partial — Parkland operates 1 high school, 2 middle schools, and 9 elementary schools; only buildings independently confirmed are listed. Verify the full list at parklandsd.org.

• Parkland High School
• Fred J. Jaindl Elementary School

Whitehall-Coplay School District

• Whitehall High School

• Whitehall-Coplay Middle School

• Clarence M. Gockley Elementary School
• George D. Steckel Elementary School
• Zephyr Elementary School

Salisbury Township School District

• Salisbury High School

• Salisbury Middle School

• Salisbury Elementary School