I live in a county where it took a law to be passed for masking to be optional. Even when it was announced by our superintendent of schools in a c email you could clearly tell she was mad and upset that she had to comply. My daughter struggles with phonics in school and reading and the masks are t helping her not seeing how the teachers mouth moves when she articulated words. The teachers who want to wear masks should be able to and should be probably fitted with N95 masks so they are at least getting the best protection. We can’t count on our local government to do the job we need so we need Richmond to step in once again!