Gousse calls poster vandalism ‘cowardly’
BAR HARBOR Over the past couple of weeks, a number of posters attached to utility poles around Mount Desert Island, promoting safe practices to prevent transmission of COVID-19, have been defaced.
Each poster features a photo of a student from a different school wearing a face mask. The wording on the posters is slightly different for each school.
In Southwest Harbor, for example, the posters read, “Pemetic Safe is Pemetic Strong.” For the high school, the message is, “Trojan Safe is Trojan Strong.”
“The posters have been amazing,” Superintendent Marc Gousse told the school system board Monday night. “I am very proud of our kids and our staff and what they’ve done to help educate our community and fight COVID.