Carroll Schools Closed Friday

Carroll school officials joined others in North Texas by announcing the cancellation of classes for Friday, February 12. The decision came shortly after 3 p.m. and was announced using the emergency telephone notification system, local media outlets, social networking sites, email systems and the district's website. Joining in closure were neighboring Keller, Birdville, Grapevine Colleyville, and HEB ISDs. Fort Worth ISD and many others in North Texas also closed on Friday. As of this writing, our area had received about 5-6 inches of snow.

Thursday turned out to be a tense but beautiful day watching the unprecedented snowfall in our area. Ensuring the safe return home of our students and staff became the top priority. Thank you to all the parents, students and staff for patience during this difficult morning. As usual, our Dragon family was great in handling the situation and supportive of our school staff who stayed on campus until the last child departed safely.

Carroll schools turned out early on Thursday, but school officials were able to post a completed full day to avoid having to add school days in June. To be considered a full day, schools must be in session for four hours. Closure on Friday means that Carroll ISD has now used both of its bad weather days in April. Students and staff will now have school on Friday, April 9 and Monday, April 12. Hopefully, the bad weather is behind us and we won't have to deal with additional days off or adjustments to the calendar.

As a reminder, students already had a scheduled holiday on Monday, February 15. Staff will participate in professional development activities on Monday and classes will resume on a normal schedule Tuesday.

Dragon families and staff are learning that the district's new Twitter, Facebook and Communications Blog are the fastest, most efficient way to obtain the latest up-to-date news. Be sure to go online and become a follower or fan of each from your home computer. The links are available on the main page of the CISD website.

Enjoy your long weekend Dragons and thanks for your support!