Frequently Asked Questions

You may report an absence by calling your child's school and send them into school upon their return with a note explaining the reason for their absence. Further information about excused absences is available in the student handbook.

The safety of our staff and students and their ability to travel to and from school on our city’s streets and walkways is always our top priority. When inclement weather is predicted, our team at the Brockton Public Schools closely monitors the forecast in partnership with the city and our transportation providers to determine if we must amend the school day. We consider many different factors, including timing of the storm, the amount of snowfall and the risk for downed trees and power outages.

If we must delay or cancel school, the district will notify the BPS community via each of the following platforms:

• The district’s phone and text message systems.
• The district’s website, bpsma.org.
• The district’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
• All of the local broadcast TV channels.

If conditions deteriorate during the school day, we may elect to dismiss school early in order to keep our students and staff off the roads during the peak of the storm. Weather-related early dismissal announcements are made via direct phone calls and text messages and are posted on bpsma.org.

Please notify your child's school immediately if you change your phone number so that any notifications go to your new number.

Please contact your child's school. If you need to change your address, visit the Parent Information Center webpage.

The first lunch for every student, Pre-K through Grade 12 is FREE. BPS offers MyPayments Plus, online meal payment option for parents, for a la carte items or a second lunch, if desired.

BPS also offers Breakfast in the Classroom, at NO CHARGE, to every elementary student and at our k-8 schools in the district.

The fastest way to report something concerning is to utilize our submit-a-tip feature by clicking here. 

There are several other ways you can report concerning behavior, all of which are outlined here.

If you believe someone is in imminent danger, please call 911.

Shortly before each school year, the district publishes its annual calendar on bpsma.org. You may subscribe to the calendar on your smartphone so that the events are automatically synced to your personal calendar, or you may print out a copy of the calendar. Each student will receive a hard copy of the calendar during the first week of school.