SNYDER – A familiar name was appointed to fill the vacant Place 2 seat on the Snyder Independent School District board. Luann Burleson has served on the district’s board of trustees in the past.The board approved a COVID-19 sick leave for district staff. Previously the board had planned for a regular school year and did not anticipate the surge in local COVID-19 cases, so they did not put a COVID-19 specific sick leave in place.Superintendent Dr. Eddie Bland said the district has 38 students and three staff out with COVID-19.The numbers improved in the past week, he said, with 75 ...