"The member should sue his doctor for malpractice. Any doctor that would tell someone with a respiratory condition that it is ok to be in public without a mask during a pandemic where the illness invades the lungs should no longer be able to…"

"I would contact your legal team and see what options you have. Perhaps review with the member what the district would do to/with anyone else who refused to wear a mask. Our Board is following the same rules and regulations as our students, teachers…"

"We are meeting in person. Our schools are open, and we (the Board) felt that if we are asking students and staff to return to the buildings, that we should too. Masks are mandatory in all indoor spaces -- so we wear ours for our entire meeting and…"

"Our board is required to wear masks the whole time we are in the room in person, just like teachers and students are required to do. I have had to follow up after a couple meetings with trustees who didn't have the mask on properly and they were…"

"Are you requiring a mask for the entire meeting or just until seated? We are not requiring masks while seated because our board room has been rearranged to allow for appropriate distancing."

"We haven’t met in person yet and so haven’t faced this. But I’d advocate for following the same protocol required for students or staff, as the meetings are on school property and staff are in attendance. Medical note and require additional measures…"

"We have three community members on our, audit, policy and capital project committees. Three board members also serve on each committee (6 members on each committee between boe and community). We have had the same community member serve on all three…"

"I feel the board trustee should be held to the same standards as the staff and students. I, personally, would leave a meeting where one of the participants refused to wear a mask. So far we have remained virtual but are discussing going back to in…"

"He should be held to the same standards as your staff. If he has a verified medical excuse, he should wear a shield at least or attend virtually. All of our BOE members wear masks at all times during the meeting and as they leave the building."

"Do you require members to wear masks the entire meeting or is it just for the walk into the room until seated? We have a couple members who choose to wear masks for the entire meeting.
For any student and staff joining our school buildings for…"

"I would not recommend a board run Facebook page. I do participate in a page run by a group of parents in our district though. I basically do two things on it: post the all calls that go out to the district and provide links to our board of ed…"

"Hi Andrea,
Our district has changed it policy for BYOD this year due to the fact that we are short devices in the schools with so many being on loan for remote learning.
In regards to using personal cell phones, I can tell you that we encourage our…"

"Our ratio was about the same. Unfortunately it appears in my district as well as a number around us, mail in voting was not as favorable to incumbents."

"We held our drive though ceremony which followed a virtual part consisting of all the speeches. While we had a lot of push back for doing graduation this way, we have had nothing but compliments about it. It was a huge success and amazingly, an…"

"We too are afraid our budget will fail and with no guidance or time for a re-vote a contingency budget is a real possibility. For us, in the Hendrick Hudson School District, this will be devastating. I am sure it will be difficult for many of you as…"