Only upon official word from the Cedar Rapids Main Campus will any Kirkwood center close due to inclement weather in the winter. It is possible that during a winter closing, some Kirkwood facilities may close while others remain open.

If on-campus classes are cancelled, classes at the Iowa City campus and all off-campus locations will also be cancelled. This will apply to both credit and continuing education courses and programs. All announcements will indicate whether the cancellations apply to day or evening classes. If the college is closed, Kirkwood Kids will also close. If the college closes during the day, Kirkwood Kids will also be closed and parents will be contacted and asked to pick up their children as soon as possible.

The decision to cancel classes will be made by the President in coordination with the Executive Director of Facilities. The Public Information Services Director or Director, Marketing Services, will notify radio and television stations. Notification of cancellations will be available on the Kirkwood web site and provided to the following stations:

KZIA-FM Z102.9 (Cedar Rapids)
WMT-AM 600
KFMW-FM 107.9 (Waterloo)
KCCK-FM 88.3
KXIC-AM 800 (Iowa City)
KGAN-TV2
KCJJ-AM 1630 (Iowa City)
KCRG-TV9
KSUI-FM 91.7 (Iowa City)
KWWL-TV7
KUNI-FM 90.9 (Cedar Falls)
KHAK-FM 98.1
KDAT-FM 104.5
KCII (Washington)
KRNA-FM 94.1 (Iowa City)
KMRY-AM 1450
KOKZ-FM 105.7 (Waterloo)

If classes are cancelled during the day, the Administration office will contact members of President's Cabinet, whose responsibility it will be to notify their respective departments.

Individual faculty & staff are not authorized to cancel classes due to inclement weather.

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Courses offered in other locations throughout Area Ten including Cedar Rapids Community School District will be cancelled when the school district in which the courses are being offered is closed. If the school district is closed for the day, the classes to be offered during the evening hours in that school district will be cancelled.

Administrative staff is to insure that all instructors advise students of this administrative regulation.

WEEKEND CLASSES
In the case of weekend class cancellations, the President in coordination with the Executive Director of Facilities will contact the Public Information Services Director or Director, Marketing Services, who will then notify radio and television stations. If assistance is needed, the President in coordination with the Executive Director of Facilities will involve the Executive Director, Enrollment and Communication Services for off-campus centers, Executive Dean for Iowa City campus and Dean, Distance Learning, for telecommunications classes. The President will be involved in decisions relating to on-campus credit classes and Vice President, Continuing Education, in decisions affecting on-campus continuing education classes.

DELAYED START
When the college declares a delayed start, all employees are expected to report to work at the announced opening time. Kirkwood Kids will open 15 minutes prior to the opening of the college. If Kirkwood Community College is scheduled to open at 10:00 a.m., the center will open at 9:45 a.m.

If the delayed start time falls part way through a two or three hour class, faculty should conduct the remaining portion of the class. The above applies to delayed start only.

When the college is declared closed, only emergency personnel are expected to report to work.

ANNOUNCEMENT ON KCCK
KCCK will make weather-related announcements 4 times each hour, at: 05, :20, :35 and :50. The announcements will be in two parts. First will always be what is going on with the metro CR, Marion, IC districts and the Kirkwood campus. That will be followed by the full alphabetical list of all districts in our coverage area, with the local information repeated in their alphabetical slot. So, for instance, if you miss the Linn-Mar announcement at the top, you can catch it in the full list following.

KCCK will include information about the Kirkwood campus EVERY TIME—even if the campus is open. On the air, it would sound like this: “School announcements this morning: In the metro districts, Cedar Rapids and Marion Independent have a 2 hour delay, Linn-Mar classes are cancelled. The Kirkwood campus is open. Here’s the full alphabetical list…”.

The Public Information Services Director will inform all media outlets of Kirkwood’s status, as necessary. The aforementioned approach is KCCK’s effort to keep the Kirkwood campus community aware of our status on questionable weather days.

Pay for Work Performed During Campus Closing
Board-approved hourly, non-exempt employees who perform critical functions and who are required to continue working in a closed facility or are required to report to work during a delayed start will be paid straight time for work hours affected by the campus closing, plus one and one-half time their regular rate of pay for the hours worked after the official closing time. Additionally, employees should only remain working by the requirement of the job or when specifically requested to by the supervisor.

Employees at work, but scheduled to be off for the purpose of vacation or personal leave later on the day of closing, will not be required to use the leave credits if they have not already left campus. Employees not at work due to illness, vacation or personal time usage will not be affected by the closing. Leave credits will be deducted as usual.

Supervisors are responsible to determine continuation of personnel needs during the period of time the college is closed. It is not permissible for employees to continue working at their own discretion while the college is closed.

Part-Time Benefits Eligible Employees
For snow-related campus closings, Kirkwood will guarantee up to four hours of pay (assuming the employees is scheduled to work at least four hours that day) for any benefits eligible part-time employee who reports to work, and whose shift begins, prior to the closing of the college.

Example 1: A benefits eligible part-time employee is scheduled to work six hours. After they have worked one hour, the campus is closed due to snow-related inclement weather. They will be guaranteed a total of four hours paid. In this case, the employee would get paid for the one-hour they worked and three additional hours for the closing, for a total of four hours.

Example 2: A benefits eligible part-time employee is scheduled to work six hours. After they have worked four hours, the campus is closed due to snow-related inclement weather. The employee has already earned four hours of pay, so no additional pay will be granted.

In the event of a delayed start due to inclement weather, part-time employees are not to report to work until the time the college is declared open, unless specifically required to by the immediate supervisor for the purposes of assisting with snow removal or other critical functions.