The Ector County ISD Board of Trustees will gather in a special meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday to discuss and approve a resolution regarding temporary mask use by staff and students.
The meeting will be in the board room of the administration building on the first floor.
COVID cases and hospitalizations have exploded in Ector County of late.
During a Zoom news conference Monday with health officials, Medical Center Hospital CEO Russell Tippin said the hospital hit a higher number of COVID-related patients than ever with 106 over the weekend.
In January, they hit 102 or 103 and over the weekend it was 106. By Monday, the number dropped to 96.
Odessa Regional Medical Center CEO Stacey Brown said the hospital had 26 COVID patient as of Monday.
An executive session also is on the agenda.
