Karena Gordon had a weeks worth of activities planned for her daughter, after Lewisville ISD closed schools for a week in the wake of the Swine Flu scare. But juggling an unplanned week off and her job was not easy.
"Altering the plans was a little stressful, but you know, we manage, and I think just like everyone else did, thank goodness for grandparents," Gordon said.
Instead of a week off, the 50,000 students at Lewisville ISD, and the 22,000 students at Denton ISD will resume classes Thursday, a few days earlier.
Lewisville ISD officials said when the CDC eased restrictions on closing schools, the Denton County Health Department agreed, prompting school officials to resume classes earlier. But school administrators stress, precautions were taken.
"Every living surface was wiped down. Everything from the buses to the playground equipment. Everything was wiped down and sanitized." Carol Kyer, President of the Lewisville ISD school board said.
"The kids need to be back in school. We have seniors graduating, and practices for baseball and everything like that that need to go on," Kyer added.
But some parents in the Lewisville ISD think the initial call to shut down school for a week was just the school administration overreacting.
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"I honestly think that they can maybe close down, not necessarily for a full week, but maybe just a few days," Gordon said, watching her daughter practice softball in a park.
"I think it was a little bit of a knee-jerk reaction," said Beverly Madden, another Lewisville ISD parent at the park.
Questions have been raised about students and their families who took advantage of the week off, and left town to visit other family members.
Administrators at both Denton and Lewisville ISD said students not in class Thursday or Friday won't be charged with an unexcused absence.
