While the public comment portion of the evening did unfold smoothly, emotions were clearly running high. “That’s what we’re trying to teach the children,” he added. He added, “I can almost guarantee you that, no matter what decision we come up with, some of you will not be happy.” Despite that fact, he urged people to make their comments in a civil way and with respect. Patrick Hanley, chair of the school board, expressed to those gathered that, “this is not easy,” and that the trustees had all spent a significant time considering how the school would re-open this fall. The proposal also addressed physical distancing policies, contact tracing, diagnostic and testing for staff, among other measures, but the mask policy was the only measure which seemed to draw the ire of people on both sides of the issue. The proposal also makes clear that, under an order by the CDC, students and staff being transported with buses will all be required to wear masks until further notice. These students would only be required to wear masks when in groups and locations other than their regular ‘cohorts,’ or small groups. Korst’s proposal was essentially a hybrid plan, wherein only students kindergarten through 5th grade would have any mask requirement at all. The first, and nearly only measure discussed by the public at Tuesday’s hearing, was “universal and correct wearing of masks.” Superintendent Tom Korst provided the trustees with a proposed action plan, bulleted into nearly a dozen categories of security measures for controlling the spread of the COVID-19 virus within schools. Topic number one for the trustees was the re-opening plan for the school district, specifically, whether or not masks would be required. The Hamilton School Board met on Tuesday, August 17th for what they certainly knew would be a long evening. Sign on the door of Hamilton High School.
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