Updated at 7:15 PM increase font size Lewiston board rejects mandatory mask-wearing in schools The School Committee voted to accept the superintendent's recommendations for returning to school in the fall. Share LEWISTON — In close votes Monday night, the School Committee rejected a motion to require masks in schools and approved a motion that makes mask-wearing optional. The approval came after nearly two and half hours of debate on Superintendent Jake Langlais’ back-to-school recommendations for the fall. Optional mask-wearing was among the proposals and the only one to evoke disagreement. “This is a personal/family decision,” Langlais wrote in a memo to the committee. “We recommend that you wear a mask if you are unvaccinated.”