Dear Editor: I went to the school board meeting January 24th 6:30 pm expecting to hear board members put to a vote mask optional or mask mandate. Made perfect sense to me because not only are we at 39.5% positive rate in our county but Smith Cotton high school cancelled three school days this month because of COVID cases among staff and students. Sixty-two districts reported last Friday's Democrat paper schools canceling one or more days of school because of COVID. Why wasn't this put to a vote tonight? We are sixth entire counties highest covid positivity rates. Are they...
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