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COPPERAS COVE â To mask or not to mask? That is the question â or option â now facing parents of Copperas Cove ISD students, as well as faculty and staff, heading into the 2021-2022 school year.
In a unanimous vote, 7-0, the Copperas Cove ISD board of trustees approved a request by Superintendent Joe Burns to repeal the districtâs mask mandate, effective July 1.
Trustee Jeff Gorres vocally cast his vote via telephone as he was unable to be at the meeting in person.
Another trustee, Dr. Karen Harrison, gave a doctorâs perspective as to why she voted in favor of repealing the mandate.
STAAR testing resumed at Central Texas school districts Wednesday, the day after a system failure prompted many Texas districts to delay or cancel testing.
Temple Independent School District reported that testing at two campuses was held without interruptions in the online Educational Testing Service system.
âTesting went smoothly today,â Lisa Adams, TISDâs assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, said Wednesday. âWe had two campuses test today, and there were not any technical errors. However, tomorrow will be a better indicator of ETS ability to handle a greater load as we will have nine campuses testing.â
On Tuesday, a system failure prevented districts from administering tests online. Students were often unable to log in to the test. If they could do so, slow response times hampered students.
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Superintendent Joe Burns said that many of the districts near Copperas Cove had adopted similar resolutions.
âJust recommending that those employees who were idled because of the Winter Storm Uri and the effects of snow and ice, that we would honor our commitment to them and we would continue to pay them for those days,â Burns said at Tuesday nightâs school board meeting.
The full pay applies for all employees of the district â contractual and noncontractual, salaried and non-salaried.
During the winter storm, the district asked custodial and maintenance staff to come to work â employees Burns referred to as âessential.â