Press release from the Austin Independent School District:
No Decisions Yet on AISD Operations for Thursday, January 18
January 17, 2007 – AISD officials continue to meet with represenatives at the Emergency Operations Center, reviewing weather-related, transportation, and utility concerns, brought about by more than three days of freezing temperatures and icy roadways. No decisions have yet been made on the resumption of Austin schools on Thursday, January 18.
Additional deliberations will take place this evening, when District officials can better gauge the impact that freezing temperatures will have on Austin’s roads and bridges on Thursday morning.
AISD officials are also working closely with the City of Austin, Travis County and the University of Texas to ensure that the resumption of classes and other governmental services will not overburden the region’s fragile highway system, brought about by three days of ice, sleet and snow.
Additional information about AISD operations on Thursday, January 18, will be released to the Austin news media, as it becomes available; will be posted on the District’s website at www.austinisd.org; and will be broadcast over AISD-TV, [Cable] Channel 22.
This article appears in January 12 • 2007.