Holiday declared Dec. 15

By Donnie A. Lucas

Albany ISD has declared a holiday for Thursday, Dec. 15 (today) in conjunction with the UIL State Football Championship game played yesterday between the Albany Lions and Mart Panthers in Arlington.

Classes will resume tomorrow, following a typical Friday schedule with school ending at 3:00 p.m.

The school district will release for the Christmas holidays on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 12:30 p.m.

Regular release times are planned for both Nancy Smith Elementary and Albany Junior/Senior High School on Monday and Tuesday, Dec. 19 and 20, unlike early release days on those days in the past.

Staff members will return to school on Monday, Jan. 9, with students coming back the following day on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at the usual start times.

There will be two holidays in January on Monday, Jan. 16 for Martin Luther King Day and on Friday, Jan. 20 for the local stock show.