Summer school mask requirement raises controversy

The Havre Public Schools Board of Trustees voted 6-2 to maintain current mask-wearing policies through June at the recommendation of HPS Superintendent Craig Mueller despite a sizable crowd of attendees, online and otherwise, who objected to the continuation of the policy.

Mueller said this is not a request to make a decision about next year's policy, something that will be discussed at the board's June 22 meeting, but only to continue current policy through June to account for the remainder of the schools' summer learning program.

He said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sta...