Students in 38 North Texas school districts head back to class
Students arrive for the first day of school at Carroll Elementary in the Frisco school district.
FRISCO, Texas - More than three dozen North Texas school districts welcomed students back to campus Thursday.
Among them were Cedar Hill ISD in Dallas County, where a county-wide mask mandate is temporarily in place.
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In Tarrant County, Everman and Kennedale ISD returned. Everman is one of only a few districts in Tarrant County that will require masks even though there is no county-wide mask mandate there.
Frisco, McKinney and Wylie ISDs went back in Collin County. And in Denton County, school started for students in Denton, Pilot Point and Lake Dallas ISD.
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