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Public commenters urge Caledonia board to reject district mask policy and pause outside constitutional retainers
Summary
Multiple residents urged the board to defer or reject a district-wide mask policy and not to hire additional constitutional counsel; callers also pressed for mandatory background checks for trustees.
Dozens of residents used the public-comment portion of the Caledonia Community Schools meeting to press trustees on three linked issues: a proposed district-wide mask policy, the potential hiring of constitutional outside counsel, and a policy to require background checks for board members.
"I urged you to deny proposals to make a policy that you are not legally empowered to make," James Ernest said, raising an anonymous social-media post that claimed a constitutional law firm had drafted an anti-mask policy and noting the appearance…
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