The surge in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant will keep Lancaster ISD students at home as they start the spring semester next week.
In-person classes were supposed to resume Tuesday, instead, classes will start virtually on Wednesday. They'll continue virtually until at least Friday, with in-person learning scheduled to resumed Monday, January 10.
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