Sidney Ann Bridges: School employee, district jewel, passes away

Sidney Ann Bridges: School employee, district jewel, passes away

Sidney Ann Bridges, who for more than four decades was the face of the Houston School District, passed away Monday. Ms. Bridges was 88 and had been a resident at Houston House since 2017. She was one of the most influential employees ever to serve since she arrived at the superintendent’s office in December 1958 as bookkeeper and treasurer for the county’s largest school district. A graduate of Houston High School in 1956, Ms. Bridges only had o…