District to continue to monitor weather conditions throughout the night

Several Houston Independent School District after-school activities scheduled for today — Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017 — have been canceled due to limited staff, flooding and dangerous road conditions.

The cancellation effects all after-school activities and athletic events except for high school varsity girls and boys basketball games. High school varsity girls and boys basketball games scheduled for today will go on as planned.

High school soccer games have been rescheduled to Thursday, Jan. 19 at this time. Middle school basketball games have been moved to Friday, Jan. 20.

All HISD schools will dismiss today at their regular time. Students who were unable to attend school due to weather will be given an excused absence.

HISD officials will continue to monitor weather conditions throughout the night. For additional updates, please visit www.houstonisd.org, or call the HISD Inclement Weather Hotline at 713-267-1704. You also can follow the district on Twitter and Facebook: twitter.com/houstonisd and facebook.com/houstonisd.