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This agreement, called a memo of understanding, replaces a previous agreement signed in June that made face masks optional and will expire in June 2022 unless otherwise modified.
"It was a matter of how do we safely gather and show our administration and our school board that there is a group in our community that do support what they are doing. That does support their actions and honestly their bravery in this climate," said Clementine Lindley, a Billings mother of two.
Billings School District 2 Superintendent Greg Upham was confronted for not wearing a mask inside of a gym in Billings on Thursday morning.
“Obviously a personnel issue, but I’m comfortable disclosing that we have three staff members that have chosen not to mask. So we’ll work through the process with them," Superintendent Greg Upham said.
Upham cited a COVID-19 outbreak among students on a Billings Skyview fall sports team as the impetus to reverse his decision just two days ago to keep masks optional.