Opened or closed – that is the question – and for Dallas Independent School District they don’t know with any certainty.
On Thursday, Dallas ISD announced its schools will reopen Friday, but with a two-hour delay. This decision came despite weather reports saying melting ice would refreeze overnight.
Arlington ISD, Duncanville ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Irving ISD, and Mansfield ISD all chose to cancel school. So did Dallas ISD, but not until this morning. This left frustrated parents looking for last minute child care options.
Decision Points: Opened Or Closed
Chief of Operations David Bates told local media they inspected its 250 school campuses. These inspections were both internal and external at both schools and other district buildings and drove the decision on schools bring opened or closed.
Bates said, “We have some minor pipes that have ruptured. A lot of them have been outside the buildings or on top of the building that we’re able to mitigate right now. Nothing major.”
The February freeze which has continued as the month begins saw several accidents this morning and a working house fire in northeast Dallas.