Some North Texas kids are going back to school after an extended absence caused by a surge in COVID-19 cases while other districts in North Texas are making the difficult decision to close.
Starting today, all schools in the Weatherford School District are closed for the rest of the week because of the rising number of cases there. The district says it's done everything possible to stay open - but it just doesn't have enough staff or substitutes.
All high school, and middle school UIL and Extracurricular activities will continue. That's because they can't be rescheduled and the district does have enough staff for those events. Elementary school activities are canceled.
Meanwhile the Mansfield school district is reopening schools today.
The district says keeping all campuses closed for five days provided much needed respite and recovery for students, staff and substitutes. The district says after a thorough evaluation it can safely reopen today.
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