With a winter storm set to impact North Texas starting early Thursday, parents and students are scrambling to stay informed about school closings. As icy roads and freezing temperatures approach, districts across the region are updating their plans.

Enrollment is dropping, and school districts across North Texas anticipate a decline by several thousand students in the next few years. During the pandemic, when daily attendance declined tenfold, billions of dollars in federal funding flooded school districts through President Joe Biden’s Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief.