Thomas Lott The Cabarrus County Board of Education voted 5-2 Monday at a special called meeting to make mask wearing optional on campuses starting this academic year at CCS. Holly Grimsley, Tim Furr, Rob Walter, Laura Blackwell and Denise Adcock voted in favor of the motion, while Carolyn Carpenter and Keshia Sandidge voted against it. What was on the table in this vote on all Cabarrus County Schools campuses included 3 feet of social distancing for all students and 6 feet for students and teachers, optional mask wearing from kindergarten through 12th grade, adopting the North Carolina Toolkit recommendations for isolation and quarantine, and mandatory masking for all bus riders.