Many North Texas school districts took extra steps Thursday morning to keep kids out of the bitter cold. One vaccine site in Dallas County is also opening late because of the weather.
This bitter cold weather has many North Texas schools and vaccination sites making some adjustments.Brrr! Arctic cold front with wind chills in teens headed for Dallas area
Fort Worth ISD’s bus drivers got to the bus barn extra early Thursday morning to start heating buses for the ride to school. The school district said custodians also arrived early to make sure school buildings were warm and ready for students. Schools opened early in Crowley ISD, south of Fort Worth, so students didn’t have to wait outside in the cold. The elementary school doors opened at 6:30 a.m. and the middle and high school doors opened at 7 a.m.In Dallas, a vaccine clinic will open late because of the freezing temperatures.
Dallas County Health and Human Services said the clinic on the Dallas College Eastfield Campus in Mesquite will open at 10 a.m., which is an hour later than normal.FOX 4 Weather meteorologist Evan Andrews has the latest on the arctic front that moved into Texas overnight. It's causing bitter cold temperatures in North Texas and winter storms in the southern parts of the state.
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