Extreme cold warning prompts delayed start for Eden Prairie Schools

Due to forecasted dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills, Eden Prairie Schools will delay the start of in-person classes on Tuesday, Feb. 18. EP Online will follow its regular schedule.

In a message to families, the district said grades K-12 and TASSEL will have a two-hour late start. Bus pickup times will be two hours later than usual, but drop-off times will remain the same. Lunch will be provided, but breakfast will not.

In-person school start times for Feb. 18 will be:

• Cedar Ridge Elementary: 10 a.m.
• Eagle Heights Spanish Immersion: 9:45 a.m.
• Eden Lake Elementary: 10:40 a.m.
• Forest Hills Elementary: 10 a.m.
• Oak Point Elementary: 9:45 a.m.
• Prairie View Elementary: 10:40 a.m.
• Central Middle School (CMS): 11:25 a.m.
• Eden Prairie High School (EPHS): 10:35 a.m.
• TASSEL: 10:10 a.m.

In addition, the following programs will be running:

• EP Online (regular start and end times).
• Afternoon Little Eagles 3-year-old preschool.
• Family School (moving online).
• After-school athletics and activities, including Activities buses.
• After-school events, including the Eden Lake Principal interviews.
• After-school Targeted Services.
• After-school Eagle Zone.
• After-school EPIC classes.
• Morning/daytime ECFE.
• Afternoon/evening ECFE.
• Early childhood screening.
• In-person Community Education classes.
• Facility rentals.

The following programs are closed or canceled:

• School-based breakfast.
• Morning and afternoon school-based 4-year-old Pre-K.
• Morning Little Eagles 3-year-old preschool.
• Morning and afternoon Junior Eagle Zone.
• Morning Eagle Zone.
• CMS Mornings program.
• Morning EPIC classes and morning Targeted Services.
• Before-school activities.

Daytime school activities and events will be communicated by each school. The EPHS Career Fair will be rescheduled.