By Barrett Seaman— Governor Kathy Hochul’s weekend announcement that she was ending the statewide requirement to mask up in public spaces, including classrooms, has prompted school administrators to craft policies that respect individual rights on the one hand and protect public health on the other as students return on Wednesday. At his weekly briefing on Monday, County Supervisor George Latimer said that individual districts could choose to extend the mandate, but districts in the rivertowns, as in the rest of […]
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