According to the announcement, the closures are due to “staffing challenges caused by the current surge of positive COVID-19 cases.” Neither school has the staffing to continue normal operations, the district stated.
The Jan. 14 closure precedes Jan. 17—Martin Luther King Jr. Day—which is a districtwide holiday. Bear Creek in Keller and North Riverside in Fort Worth will not have to make up the Jan. 14 closure since it’s accounted for in the school calendar, the announcement stated.
Both schools are expected to reopen for in-person school on Jan. 18, but the district will monitor data and work with Keller ISD Health Services and district administrators “to determine if an extension is necessary after that date.”
“We will also be monitoring staffing at other campuses and will communicate should any additional closures be needed,” the district wrote in the announcement.
