KXLY April 20, 2021 6:27 PM Destiny Richards Updated: Last night, the school board voted 3–2 to make them only ‘strongly recommended’. Even though CDC guidelines and guidance from Panhandle Health strongly encourage masks to limit the spread of COVID in schools, the board made their decision based on how COVID is directly affecting Coeur d’Alene schools right now. “I see the cases as pretty steady overall and I would still be in favor of moving to ‘strongly recommended,'” said board trustee Casey Morrisroe. Just like the decision to move to five days of in-person learning. “The numbers were low then, it was time to move and we did make that move,” said board chair Jennifer Brumley. “The numbers are low now. It is time, in my opinion, to make that move.”