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In an open letter Thursday, Pine Bluff School District Superintendent Barbara Warren announced that students, staff members and visitors must wear face coverings "at all times" on district property and buses, except while eating and drinking.

In an open letter Thursday, Pine Bluff School District Superintendent Barbara Warren announced that students, staff members and visitors must wear face coverings “at all times” on district property and buses, except while eating and drinking.

The Little Rock School Board that sued the state for the right to require students and employees to wear masks followed through Thursday with an 8-0 vote for the masks to be worn inside school buildings and at indoor school functions.

ADVERTISEMENT EDUCATION NOTEBOOK: Freer board hailed by teachers union | Ignite academies deadline extended | State Teach Plus gets new director by Cynthia Howell | Today at 3:06 a.m. Freer board hailed by teachers union The Little Rock Education Association is among the organizations and individuals celebrating the lifting last week of state restrictions on Little Rock School Board authority. Those restrictions or guardrails, which were imposed until the district exited Level 5 of the state ac...