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Mar 15, 2021
The Aledo ISD board of trustees heard from 13 people asking the district to either continue to enforce or remove the mask requirement at a special called meeting Thursday night.
The Aledo ISD board of trustees took no action on masks and said as of now, the policy that requires masks is still in place.
âWe have not closed our doors due to COVID once. Not once have we had to close one school, one day, due to COVID-19, which is incredibly unique,â AISD Superintendent Susan Bohn said. âWe are constantly reviewing recommendations and our protocols in an effort to do the best we can this school year in a very difficult situation to keep our schools open, to keep our staff operating at the highest levels and to keep our students learning at the highest levels.â
The Aledo ISD board of trustees officially named its 2019 bond projects this week.
Voters approved the $149.95 million bond on Nov. 5, 2019, which includes a new elementary school, a new middle school, Aledo Middle School renovation and expansion, the conversion of McAnally Intermediate School into an elementary school and the renovation of Vandagriff Elementary School into an early childhood campus.
The new elementary school No. 6, which will be on Farm-to-Market Road 5 across from the Annetta Cemetery, is now Annetta Elementary School. Annetta Elementary School will serve kindergarten through fifth grade.
âI think it pays homage to the heritage of our school district,â AISD Board Secretary Forrest Collins said. âOnce upon a time there was a school named Annetta School and it serviced the Annettas. It was adjacent to Annetta Methodist Church and that school I believe had two classrooms, an auditorium and a fireplace, thatâs how old it was. So to honor our past