Marble Falls ISD closing schools Friday due to staffing shortage, infections

MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — Marble Falls Independent School District in Burnet County is closing all of its schools on Friday due to staffing shortages related to a surge in "viral infections."Marble Falls ISD doesn't specifically name COVID-19 as the virus behind infections, however, surges nationwide are causing staffing problems for schools across Texas."We are saddened by the need to take this step but MFISD does not have enough available staff to monitor students and maintain safe sc