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Last month, multiple school districts made plans to make masks optional in schools, but many have reversed course amid rising COVID-19 cases.

School districts across the region say they are having difficulties covering classes as teachers and staff are out sick because of COVID-19. Some say Missouri should provide more flexibility to allow virtual learning.

Despite a letter from Missouri’s attorney general warning of legal action, school districts say their mask mandates are legal.

Rockwood superintendent discusses turmoil within district and the decision to retire "I'm a human being: that weighs upon me, that weighs upon my family," Dr. Mark Miles says Author: Abby Llorico Updated: 8:31 PM CDT May 7, 2021 Outgoing superintendent Dr. Mark Miles spoke exclusively on camera to 5 On Your Side for the first time since announcing his retirement from the district.  (The below conversation with Abby Llorico has been lightly edited for clarity and flow.)  "It has been quite an emotional journey, and it still remains quite emotional for me," Mil...

Read Article I’m both glad and surprised to find that we’re lucky enough to have a renaissance man, Isaiah Lary, as a sitting Androscoggin County commissioner. In case people haven’t been keeping up lately on the county news, we have a commissioner who is better at constitutional law then the state attorney general, and smarter than the Centers for Disease Control and the majority of scientists involved in COVID-19 research. And, who has a better understanding of the power of the governor. I am, of course, kidding. While growing up I learned that most politicians had a place at the tab...