by Nancy Beal

Since September 15, students in Beals Elementary School have been the only students in Union 103 required to wear masks as a precaution to Covid-19. That was the result of a 2-0 vote September 20 in favor of masking taken by the BES school board five days after the joint board governing Jonesport-Beals High Schools voted 5-4 for optional mask wearing at the joint high school. (Two of the three Jonesport Elementary School members on that joint board voted with the majority, so a separate meeting that might yield a different verdict was not needed.)