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Ice, snow and sleet have fallen across North Texas and several school districts, organizations and events are canceling or changing their schedules.
Dallas Weather: Winter Storm Warning issued; 5 inches of snow and sleet possible for DFW
"Winter Storm Fern" is bringing a dangerous mix of ice, sleet and snow to North Texas, triggering a Winter Storm Warning and a multi-day freeze across Dallas-Fort Worth. Life-threatening wind chills and potential power outages are anticipated.
On Saturday, Dallas and Fort Worth ISD, along with dozens of other major school districts in the DFW Metroplex made their decision to close on Monday.
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Are schools closed Monday?
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth has a complete list of closed North Texas schools, daycares, churches and businesses because of snow, ice, storm damage or severe weather.
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School closings and delays will be reported here from across North Texas as they happen. School closings are reported by FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth when relayed to us by the school systems such as Dallas ISD, Fort Worth ISD, Frisco ISD, Arlington ISD, Garland ISD, Plano ISD, Lewisville ISD, Mesquite ISD, Richardson ISD, Mansfield ISD, Keller ISD, Irving ISD, Denton ISD, Northwest ISD, Grand Prairie ISD, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, Prosper ISD and other public, charter and private schools across the North Texas area.
Other Cancellations
Hospitals
Scottish Rite's outpatient clinics and all ancillary appointments at the Dallas and Frisco campuses will be canceled on Monday, January 26, including the Frisco Fracture Clinic and Therapy Services at The Star. As of now, surgeries at the Frisco campus have been rescheduled. However, surgeries at the Dallas campus will continue as scheduled with a delayed start time of 10 a.m.
Cook Children's is closing several of its primary care offices and specialty care clinics early on Friday. The urgent care centers and medical care centers in Fort Worth and Prosper will continue to operate as usual. Check www.cookchildrens.org/closures for a full list of closures.
Museums & Attractions
The Kimball Art Museum will be closed this weekend due to the weather. Because Friday is the final day to see the Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection, the museum will close at 8 p.m. on Friday.
The Dallas Opera has canceled the upcoming Hart Institute for Women Conductors 10th Anniversary Showcase Concert, reception, and celebration dinner on Sunday. Ticket holders will be contacted directly.
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science will be closed on Saturday, Jan. 24 due to the winter weather. The museum said they will review the situation on Saturday before making a decision about whether they'll be open on Sunday.
Severe Weather Closings Help
FOX 4 and fox4news.com are proud to offer an automated severe weather closings system that makes it easy and fast to get your critical closing and delay information on television and on the Web. When weather threatens to shut down schools and businesses here in North Texas, you can count on FOX 4 and fox4news.com to alert you.
Report a Closing
If you already have an organization ID and password for our automated system, Click here to report a closing. If you do not have an organization ID and password, read more about registering your organization below.
Get on the List
Before we can announce your closings or delays, we'll need to assign you an organization ID and password that will allow you to use our automated system. To get an ID and password, please contact FOX 4 News Managing Editor Matt Taylor at Matthew.Taylor@fox.com or call 214-720-3360. Please include the name of those authorized to announce a closure on behalf of the school or business and a telephone number for return calls. If you're listing a business, let us how many employees would be affected by our announcement. We reserve the right to restrict the numbers of businesses we put on the air, in order to make sure schools get first priority.
Contact Us
For questions about the system during business hours only, please e-mail Matthew.Taylor@fox.com or call 214-720-3360.
The Source: Information in this article was provided to FOX 4 by organizations across North Texas.