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Live status monitored for E.L. Haynes Public Charter School, District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS), Center City Public Charter Schools, Paul Public Charter School, and Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) PCS.

E.L. Haynes Public Charter School announces closures, delays, and early dismissals on its official website at elhaynes.org and through the school’s family notification system. Like most Washington DC-area schools, E.L. Haynes aims to make winter-weather decisions the evening before when possible, so families can arrange childcare, and by early morning (typically before the 8:20 AM start of its earliest-starting campus) for same-day calls. Because E.L. Haynes operates as a single, centrally administered network across its two campuses — the Kansas Avenue site (elementary and high school) and the Georgia Avenue site (middle school) — closure decisions are announced for the whole school rather than campus by campus.

Local TV coverage of DC-area closures, including E.L. Haynes, comes primarily from WUSA9 (CBS), WJLA (ABC 7), FOX 5 DC (WTTG), and NBC4 Washington (WRC-TV), all of which maintain running closings pages during winter storm events. This page automatically monitors E.L. Haynes’s own website alongside these stations and the district pages of nearby DC schools, so families get the fastest available confirmation without checking multiple sources by hand.

Winter storms and ice: DC receives only 14–17 inches of snow per year on average, so the region’s road crews and salt supplies aren’t scaled for prolonged winter weather — even modest snow or black ice on the hilly streets around E.L. Haynes’s Petworth-area campuses can make travel hazardous.
Extreme heat: Summer heat advisories can trigger early dismissals or schedule changes, particularly for schools without full air conditioning in older sections of their buildings.
Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding: Intense summer storms can cause localized flash flooding on DC’s older stormwater infrastructure, occasionally affecting travel to school.
Tropical storm remnants: Washington DC periodically sees heavy rain and wind from the remnants of Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes moving up the coast, which can prompt delays or closures if flooding or downed trees are expected.
Extreme cold: Sustained sub-freezing temperatures and dangerous wind chill can also factor into delay or closure decisions, particularly for students who walk or wait outside for buses.

How early does E.L. Haynes announce school closures?

E.L. Haynes aims to announce closures and delays as early as possible — ideally the evening before a winter storm, or by early morning for same-day decisions, so families can arrange childcare ahead of the school’s 8:20 AM earliest start time. Announcements appear first on the E.L. Haynes website, then are typically picked up by local TV stations WUSA9, WJLA, and FOX 5 DC.

What’s the difference between a closure and a delay at E.L. Haynes?

A closure means no in-person instruction for the day at either E.L. Haynes campus. A delay means the school day starts later than the normal 8:20–9:00 AM window (times vary slightly by grade level), giving road crews and families more time before the commute. E.L. Haynes may also call an early dismissal if weather is expected to worsen during the school day.

Do all E.L. Haynes campuses close at the same time?

Yes. Unlike a large multi-school district such as DCPS, E.L. Haynes is administered as a single network under one Head of School, so closure and delay decisions are made once and apply to both campuses — the Kansas Avenue site (elementary and high school) and the Georgia Avenue site (middle school) — together.

Which local TV stations report E.L. Haynes and DC-area school closings?

WUSA9 (CBS), WJLA (ABC 7), FOX 5 DC (WTTG), and NBC4 Washington (WRC-TV) are the primary local TV stations reporting Washington DC-area school closings, including E.L. Haynes. This page automatically monitors all of them alongside E.L. Haynes’s own website, so you get the fastest available detection without checking multiple sources.

How often is this page updated?

Status checks run automatically every 15 minutes, or every 5 minutes during active weather alerts, so the status shown reflects the most recent check rather than a static daily post.

Is E.L. Haynes part of DC Public Schools?

No. E.L. Haynes Public Charter School is an independent public charter LEA authorized by the DC Public Charter School Board, separate from District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Charter schools like E.L. Haynes make their own independent closure decisions — DCPS closing does not automatically mean E.L. Haynes is closed, or vice versa.

E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

E.L. Haynes PCS – Elementary School (Kansas Ave Campus, PK3–5)
E.L. Haynes PCS – Middle School (Georgia Ave Campus, 6–8)
E.L. Haynes PCS – High School (Kansas Ave Campus, 9–12)

District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS)

High Schools

Anacostia High School
Ballou High School
Banneker High School
Bell Multicultural High School
Cardozo Education Campus
Columbia Heights Education Campus
Coolidge High School
Dunbar High School
Eastern High School
Ellington School of the Arts
H.D. Woodson High School
Jackson-Reed High School
Luke C. Moore High School
McKinley Technology High School
Ron Brown College Preparatory High School
School Without Walls Senior High School
Spingarn School of the Arts

Middle Schools

Eliot-Hine Middle School
Hardy Middle School
Hart Middle School
Jefferson Middle School Academy
Johnson Middle School
Kramer Middle School
MacFarland Middle School
Oyster-Adams Bilingual School (MS)
Paul Junior High School
Raymond Education Campus
Stuart-Hobson Middle School
Takoma Education Campus
Walker-Jones Education Campus
West Education Campus

Elementary Schools

Amidon-Bowen Elementary
Barnard Elementary
Beers Elementary
Brent Elementary
Brightwood Education Campus
Brown Education Campus
Bruce Monroe Community School
Capitol Hill Montessori at Logan
Cleveland Elementary
Concord Elementary
Drew Elementary
Eaton Elementary
Ferebee-Hope Elementary
Garfield Elementary
Garrison Elementary
H.D. Cooke Elementary
Hearst Elementary
Houston Elementary
Janney Elementary
JO Wilson Elementary
Key Elementary
Lafayette Elementary
Langdon Elementary
Leckie Education Campus
Ludlow-Taylor Elementary
Maury Elementary
Miner Elementary
Murch Elementary
Nalle Elementary
Orr Elementary
Payne Elementary
Peabody Elementary
Powell Elementary
Ross Elementary
Savoy Elementary
Seaton Elementary
Simon Elementary
Smothers Elementary
Stanton Elementary
Stoddert Elementary
Thurston Elementary
Truesdell Education Campus
Turner Elementary
Tyler Elementary
Van Ness Elementary
Watkins Elementary
Whittier Education Campus

Center City Public Charter Schools

PK3–8 Campuses

Center City PCS – Petworth Campus (510 Webster St NW)
Center City PCS – Brightwood Campus (6008 Georgia Ave NW)
Center City PCS – Shaw Campus (711 N St NW)
Center City PCS – NOMA Campus (1217 West Virginia Ave NE)
Center City PCS – Capitol Hill Campus (1503 East Capitol St SE)
Center City PCS – Congress Heights Campus (220 Highview Pl SE)

Paul Public Charter School

Grades 5–12 (Single Campus)

Paul Public Charter School (5800 8th St NW)

Latin American Montessori Bilingual (LAMB) PCS

PK3–5 (Brightwood, Ward 4)

Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS

Find E.L. Haynes-Area School Closings by ZIP Code

E.L. Haynes and its closest neighboring charter campuses sit in a compact stretch of upper Northwest DC. DCPS and Center City PCS are large, citywide/multi-ward networks, so their ZIP coverage below is grouped by area rather than listed exhaustively — see the notes in each district’s own section.

E.L. Haynes

Petworth / Ward 4 (Kansas Ave campus): 20011 · Columbia Heights / Ward 1 (Georgia Ave campus): 20010

E.L. Haynes PCS – Elementary School (20011) · E.L. Haynes PCS – High School (20011) · E.L. Haynes PCS – Middle School (20010)

DCPS

DCPS is a citywide district spanning all 8 DC wards — ZIP-level precision isn’t meaningful for a district of that footprint. Its schools fall across nearly every DC ZIP code (200XX range); check dcps.dc.gov or your specific school for your ward’s status.

See the full DCPS roster above for individual school names by level.

Center City PCS

Petworth/Brightwood (NW, Ward 4): 20011 · Shaw (NW, Ward 2): 20001 · NOMA/Trinidad (NE, Ward 6): 20002 · Capitol Hill (SE, Ward 6): 20003 · Congress Heights (SE, Ward 8): 20032

Center City PCS – Petworth Campus (20011) · Center City PCS – Brightwood Campus (20011) · Center City PCS – Shaw Campus (20001) · Center City PCS – NOMA Campus (20002) · Center City PCS – Capitol Hill Campus (20003) · Center City PCS – Congress Heights Campus (20032)

Paul PCS

Brightwood (NW, Ward 4): 20011

Paul Public Charter School (20011)

LAMB PCS

⚠ Unverified: LAMB PCS is confirmed to be located in the Brightwood neighborhood (Ward 4), but sources conflict on its current single vs. multi-campus status and exact street address as of this writing — its ZIP is not included in the confirmed list below until that’s verified directly at lambpcs.org.

Latin American Montessori Bilingual PCS — address unverified, see note above.

All confirmed ZIP codes served by E.L. Haynes-area school districts on this page: 20001 · 20002 · 20003 · 20010 · 20011 · 20032