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USD 422 board approves revised mask policy, rejects lifting mandate
Summary
On March 25, 2021 the USD 422 Board of Education approved a revised mask policy effective March 29 and agreed to revisit the decision April 12 after voting down a separate motion to lift the mask mandate outright.
The Unified School District No. 422 Board of Education approved a change to its mask policy on March 25, 2021, to take effect March 29 and to be revisited at the board's April 12 meeting. The motion to approve the revised policy passed 4-2.
President Ki Gamble "suggested four mask policy options for the board to consider," according to the meeting minutes. An earlier motion by Darren McDonald, seconded by Cory Zenger, to lift the district's mask mandate and make masks optional effective March 29 failed in a 3-3 tie. The minutes list J. Wynn Fleener, Rosa Hettinger and Paul Kendall as the no votes on that motion, indicating the three yes votes were the remaining board members.
After further discussion the board approved the alternate policy proposed by Rosa Hettinger and seconded by Paul Kendall. The motion carried 4-2, with Darren McDonald and Cory Zenger recorded as opposing. The board scheduled a review of the policy at its April 12 meeting.
The meeting record does not include verbatim public-comment remarks or the full text of the revised policy; it notes only that the change will be effective March 29 and that the board will revisit the decision on April 12.
