Houston-area school districts ramp up cleaning, cancel travel amid coronavirus concerns

School districts across the greater Houston area are ramping up their cleanliness practices and are canceling travel plans amid nationwide concerns over the spread of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. 

Houston Independent School District has several individuals in a 14-day self-quarantine — these individuals all recently returned from a country on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s travel warning list or are close to someone who did, the district said. Impacted schools…