SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Some schools across Louisiana, East Texas, Arkansas and Southeast Oklahoma are making the decision to close or delay classes as a winter storm brings freezing rain to the region.
Affected schools will be updated as information is released. The list of schools that have so far either canceled or delayed classes or shifted to remote learning includes:
Louisiana
- NSU Middle Lab and NSU Elementary Schools: classes canceled Thursday.
Arkansas
- Blevins School District: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- Emerson-Taylor Bradley: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- Hope Public Schools: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- Lafayette County School District: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- Mena School District: classes canceled Thursday.
- Mineral Springs Elementary School: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- Nevada School District: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- Prescott School District: classes canceled Prescott.
- Spring Hill School District: classes canceled Thursday, AMI day.
- University of Arkansas Hope-Texarkana: classes canceled Thursday.
Texas
- Avery ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- Big Sandy ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday.
- Clarksville ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- Detroit ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- Gladewater ISD: classes delayed by 2 hours on Wednesday.
- Mount Pleasant ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- Pittsburg ISD: classes canceled Wednesday.
- Rivercrest ISD: starting at 10:00 a.m. Thursday.
- TSTC Marshall: starting at 12:00 p.m. Thursday.
- Texas A&M-Texarkana: classes start at 12:00 p.m. Thursday.
Oklahoma
- Battiest Public School: virtual classes Thursday.
- Eagletown Public School: classes canceled Thursday.
- Smithville Public Schools: virtual classes Thursday.
- Valliant Schools: virtual classes Thursday and Friday.
