The Aurora Board of Education met for their monthly meeting on Apr. 5.
First, a member of the community and a parent, Paul Ward, spoke to the board regarding the loss of opportunities for students in band due to the pandemic.
Last year during the spring, contests were canceled due to the pandemic and in the fall, the majority of the band field competitions were canceled as well.
One such opportunity this year, the spring concert, had initially been canceled as well with quarantines and positive cases at that time causing enough concern for Superintendent Billy Redus to cancel it.
“That was a decision I had made,” said Redus.