Jago Times "English Edition" Best Online Newspaper
Richardson ISD will be closed for the rest of the week, the district announced. No classes – neither face to face nor virtual – will be held from Wednesday through Friday, and all district buildings will remain closed.
The announcement indicated that the decision was based on forecasts of continued extreme winter weather and the impact on families and district buildings.
“Extending the closure through the end of this week is necessary for the safety and well-being of all students and staff,” it stated.
District leaders also made the decision to allow time to prepare buildings to welcome back students. Due to continuing blackouts and power outages, the district also determined it would be difficult for students and teachers to effectively participate in virtual learning this week.
Both Thursday and Friday will be considered “snow days.” Due to additional minutes of instruction that were added to the school year calendar, the district does not anticipate having to make up these days by using the bad weather days already on the calendar in April.
Additional updates will also be made through email, text messages, www.risd.org, and district social media accounts.
“In the meantime, please stay safe and warm, and know that RISD looks forward to welcoming students back to school next week,” the district wrote.
All Richardson ISD campuses and offices were closed Tuesday and in-person and online classes were canceled because of the rolling power outages that have accompanied this week’s severe winter weather, the district previously stated.
North Texans, many of them without power amid record low temperatures, were on Tuesday preparing for the possibly that another winter storm could dump 5 more inches of snow on the area.