On Thursday night, the Homer-Center School Board had a lengthy discussion in both executive session and in public about the district’s masking policy.
The policy that passed has the district strongly recommending but not requiring that students wear masks in the buildings, but board president Michael Bertig said that they will be keeping an eye on the number of Covid-19 cases in each building, and if that number gets high in either building, masks will become required.
The motion passed 6-3, with Christa Pontani Palmer, Michael Schmidt and Misty Hunt voting against it, saying that the policy did not go far enough.
Superintendent Curtis Whitesel said that he was happy with the lengthy discussion on the matter.
In other business, the board approved a three-year agreement with Cummins Sales and Service for planned maintenance for the generators at both buildings at a cost of $2,329.86 for the high school and $1,768.71 for the elementary school.
