masks inside the schools, despite the fact that the government said he would take away funding for your school district? >> this decision was something that was very difficult for us to consider. and to look into. and to make a decision on. when it happened, is the numbers here in the county were starting to spike. and our numbers. and we continue to see spreads that were happening throughout our county. we are now also starting to see where the hospitalisation rates, in the pediatric icu beds were also increasing, and so whereas originally in the summertime we were thinking we are going to be able to make a optional, it just got to the point where unfortunately, the data for our county, was very alarming and very concerning. and we're coming back to school, all back in person, so we knew that the strategy was separate