Editor:

As long-time residents of the Mid-Prairie Community School District, Tom and I are very upset by the division we are seeing between those who support mandatory mask wearing and those who don’t.

All of our kids graduated from Mid-Prairie and we currently have three grandchildren in school at Mid-Prairie (who, by the way, do not object to wearing a mask at all).

After listening to the Governor’s press conference on Sept. 28 and the numbers reported by Dr. Pedatti, which prove that mask wearing works, we strongly urge the Mid-Prairie School Board to continue the mask mandate for in-person learning and activities where social distancing is not possible.

It would be great if our governor would issue a mask mandate state-wide, which she has continuously refused to do, saying it is not enforceable. This puts the “enforcement” on school boards, businesses, teachers, and all school staff.

Mask wearing is working so far so as the old saying goes “if it’s not broke don’t fix it”.

Tom and Karen Hobbs

West Chester