(Seguin) – The wintery mix weather has given students and staff another day off. Classes have been cancelled for area school districts including Seguin, Navarro, and Marion ISDs. Other schools such as St. James Catholic School and Lifegate Christian School have also chosen to shut down for the day. Meanwhile, district officials continue to keep an eye on the forecast for the remainder of this week.
The Seguin ISD, however, is optimistic that scheduled intercession classes will be able to begin on Thursday. Prior to this week’s forced cancellation, the majority of students in the Seguin ISD were already off for intercession. Intercession is an allotted three days in which teachers are given the chance to engage more closely with students needing a little more help.
Sean Hoffmann, the chief communications officer for the Seguin ISD, says while it might be easier to ignore the intercession invitation because of the cold weather, the district wants to remind families on why it is so important that students attend their respective schools these next two days.
“Seguin ISD campuses will offer intercession on Thursday and Friday, and we encourage those families who have received that invitation for their child to be a part of intercession to come out and attend. Of course, we had a couple of days where our students have been able to stay home and unfortunately, it’s days like those where all of our students miss out and we want to make sure that those students who have been invited to intercession, come, take advantage of that time to be able to maybe catch up, get some focus learning in a fun atmosphere. It’s a good opportunity for them to kind of help make up these days that we are missing now and even looking back at the COVID gaps that we have experienced over the years. So, we certainly encourage those families to send their children to school if they have received that opportunity invitation to attend intercession Thursday and Friday,” said Hoffmann.
District officials say should they again decide to cancel classes, then a decision will be made late today or first thing Thursday morning.