Houston Area Schools Will Be Open Thursday

HOUSTON, TX — After two days of shuddering, avoiding traffic at all cost and watching temperatures hover into the 20s, school districts all over Houston will be back in session Thursday.

That’s why school districts began announcing Wednesday morning that school would definitely be back in session for students and staff on Thursday.

Parents in Conroe, Clear Creek, Houston, Pasadena and other school districts, began receiving phone calls and emails, that despite the expectation of freezing temperatures on Thursday morning, that schools would be opening for copious amounts of learning.

Students and staff in the Greater Houston area were already on a long three day weekend in observance of MLK Day, when an arctic front rolled into southeast Texas overnight on Monday, dropping temperatures from the 50s into the 20s in just a few hours.

The accumulation of ice and snow that blanketed the area, causing hazardous road conditions and the cancellation or delay of flights at both of Houston’s airports, made conditions worse.

However, with the appearance of the sun Wednesday morning temperatures have already begun to surge, with temperatures in some parts of the Houston region rising to 32 degrees by noon.

The Texas Education Agency could mandate that school districts make up those two days, especially since so many days were missed during Hurricane Harvey.

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