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Magnolia ISD adopts emergency-closing resolution, authorizes pay for staff during Winter Storm Enzo
Summary
The board adopted a resolution Jan. 31 finding that Winter Storm Enzo closed schools Jan. 21-22, 2025, and authorizing continued wage payments to all employees who were instructed not to report to work during that two-day closure.
The Magnolia ISD Board of Trustees unanimously adopted an emergency school-closing resolution related to Winter Storm Enzo at its Jan. 31 special meeting. The resolution covers the closures on Jan. 21 and Jan. 22, 2025 and includes a directive that employees who were instructed not to report to work receive continued wage payments during the two-day period; the action is recorded as motion No. 6080 and carried 7-0.
The resolution states the board finds it serves the public purposes of maintaining morale, reducing turnover and ensuring continuity of staffing when schools reopen. It authorizes "continued wage payments to all employees, contractual and non-contractual, salaried and non-salaried, who were instructed not to report to work during the two day period." The minutes do not record a separate vote by employee class; they show a single unanimous board vote adopting the resolution.
