Aledo ISD Administration Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road
School board changes campus mask protocols from required to strongly recommended, 6-1
The special meeting also approved a storage area network and Annetta Elementary technology, each 7-0, and the superintendent addressed the district's work on racism in its schools.
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session April 15, 2021, with all seven trustees present. Superintendent Susan Bohn addressed the board and community about the district's work on creating an environment in which all students feel safe and on addressing racism in its schools. Executive Director of Student Services Scott Kessel presented state, county and district COVID-19 case numbers, and members of the public spoke.
On a motion by Jennifer Loftin seconded by President Hoyt Harris, the board voted 6-1 to amend campus COVID-19 mask protocols from required to strongly recommended but not required. The minutes do not record the dissenting vote. The board then approved the purchase of technology equipment for a storage area network and an amended technology purchase for Annetta Elementary, each 7-0, presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld and Director of Technology Brooks Moore.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the April 15, 2021 meeting, as attached to the June 21, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, April 15, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the April 15, 2021 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the June 21, 2021 agenda, and the meeting agenda. Every vote, number and name above appears in those documents; the Ledger did not review the meeting video. Students, employees who are not administrators, and public commenters are not named. Written Sept- 5- 2026, for the archive.