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With Devices In Hand, No ‘Snow Day’ For Thousands Of North Texas Students

Dallas and Fort Worth ISDs, the largest school districts in the area, both pivoted to 100% online learning.

(CBS News)

February 11, 2021

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – There was no “snow day” for tens of thousands of students across North Texas on Thursday, Feb. 11.

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Dallas and Fort Worth ISDs, the largest school districts in the area, both pivoted to 100% online learning.

“I think in the past it was a lot harder to make a decision about bad weather,” says Dallas ISD Deputy Supt. Susana Cordova, “we never like being a position where we can’t serve kids and we always want to keep kids safe. And now, you know, fortunately we can do both.”

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