PISD board to submit waiver, okays pay for February’s weather event

The frigid weather in February prompted a couple of decisions by the Perryton School Board at its meeting Thursday evening.

Superintendent James Mireles proposed submitting a missed school day waiver to the Texas Education for two days in February, Feb. 18-19, when school was closed.

He said the district closed school those two days at the request of Xcel Energy to conserve energy throughout the are…