The Lake Travis school district has canceled all classes on Monday, including remote classes.
In a letter to students and families, Superintendent Paul Norton said many teachers, bus drivers and other staff are still dealing with water and power outages. He also said that mechanical and support operations have not been in service since Feb. 11, when schools were closed for a staff development day. This includes HVAC units as well as food and transportation services, Norton said. We do not fully know the full impact of the frigid weather of our infrastructure.
He said mechanical and operations systems will be tested and reset on Monday in preparation for classes resuming Tuesday.
When Lakeway resident Christopher Levy was a teen in the Houston area, he said he’d frequent his neighborhood pool at The Woodlands Athletic Center, spending long, summer afternoons getting exercise and visiting with friends. His family’s life centered around the facility, with his mother serving as a judge for diving competitions.
“It was just one of the few things that you could do in the summer that you weren’t miserable (due to the heat),” Levy said. “I made a lot of friendships there.”
After moving to Lakeway, Levy said he was struck by the city’s lack of a community pool, forcing him to shelter from the heat at the lake or public swimming holes.