El Paso got slammed a bit with snow Thursday morning and afternoon. Because of that weather, there will be closures and delays Friday morning that you need to know about.
El Paso was supposed to get a blast of wintery weather on Thursday, so Wednesday night, the El Paso Independent School District decided to delay classes by two hours. The Ysleta and Socorro school districts caught a lot of grief for not following suit. When the weather never materialized, questions about why EPISD didn't wait to announce a delay began surfacing.
An email that was leaked to KFOX14 this week outlining the possibility of closing some schools in the El Paso Independant School District, and consolidating Bowie and Jefferson high schools, has a lot of people up in arms. Once again, we see how poorly situations are handled at the district, and once again, parents are up in arms about schools closing. It's probably inevitable that some schools
The good news - the majority of El Paso area students are still on Christmas break. The bad news - you might still need to go to work! We'll keep you up-to-date on any closures and late starts to businesses this morning...