Another solar farm is coming to Prairiland ISD, the eighth to be announced in the past four years. Trustees voted to accept an application for a value limitation agreement for
PATTONVILLE â Prairiland ISD trustees declared unopposed incumbents Jerrod Bankhead and Ryan Gordon winners of the upcoming board of trustees election, and cancelled the May 1 vote at a meeting this week.
The board also made masks optional for all students and staff after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott repealed his early mask mandate and opened businesses 100% effective Wednesday.
âWe realize that there are still some concerns about this, but in the end it was decided to no longer mandate masks,â Superintendent Jeff Ballard said. âIf we see a rise in positive cases and quarantines, we can change back to wearing masks.â
Ballard said other safety protocols remain in place relating to personal hygiene and the frequent disinfection of buildings and buses.
Residents in cities and school districts throughout the Red River Valley will be going to the polls May 1 to determine who will serve on city councils and as school trustees for the coming year. In some instances, voters will decide the fate of bond elections and other matters pertinent to municipalities and school districts.
North Lamar ISD residents are to vote on a $51.55 million bond referendum with five separate propositions, and Prairiland ISD constituents will decide the fate of a $7.5 million bond in one proposition.
Election officials in both municipalities and school districts have approved candidate applications and are now in the process of drawing for positions on the May 1 ballot.
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