Did the Southern Boone school board make the right decision by ending mask mandates?

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921 Votes

Did the Southern Boone school board make the right decision by ending mask mandates?

59%

Yes Yes

41%

No No

59%

Yes

The school board made the decision to end temporary mask mandates at the middle and elementary schools after backlash from parents, including a protest on school grounds.

The school board made the decision to end temporary mask mandates at the middle and elementary schools after backlash from parents, including a protest on school grounds. Show Less

3 Comments

DocRockk

Parents dont have any expertise or experience in dealing with viruses & should get No say or vote over public health policies. That's what we have actual experts for. We don't call parents when our cars break down. Public Health measures are not any parent's choice" to make. No such "right" exists!

Richard Parker

All parents that wish for their children to wear a mask may choose that option. Requiring ALL students to do so is totalitarian and is not your right to enforce. Rights go both ways. Put your child in a hazmat suit if you like, but don't expect others to be required to join your folly.

DocRockk

Another American who has no idea what totalitarian actually entails or means. The state has every right to require masks of every student. That's just good Public Health policy. It's the opposite of totalitarianism. You're being ridiculous and hysterical

Michael Moran

you clearly did not do well in history/civics if you think a single rule about masking during a pandemic is what makes up a totalitarian state.

Zaos Gonzolez

Emily, yes. You are correct. You allusion to Casey Anthony has no merit.

Zaos Gonzolez

The word you both are looking for is utilitarian. The argument is deontological versus the former. Maybe you should both wait to formulate your opinion, until you can have one that’s worth having.

Emily Whistler

Yes, it's totalitarian to protect your offspring... Wrong. You sound like Casey Anthony.

Zaos Gonzolez

The Bette decision here is school choice. Stop taxing us. Let us pay for our own schools.

DocRockk

If you want to cough up the money for private school, that's your choice. But Public Schools will always be funded my taxes. I don't have kids and I had to pay taxes for schools my entire adult life. I don't whine and cry about it. It's the right thing to do if we want decent schools for our kids.

Zaos Gonzolez

That’s a fine argument ma’am. If I make that choice, will I be refunded my real estate taxes? Why should I pay for anyone elses child?

Emily Whistler

Then go to a private school???

41%

No

District administrators issued the mandates after at least 15% of each school's students and staff were out because of a positive test or being exposed to coronavirus.

District administrators issued the mandates after at least 15% of each school's students and staff were out because of a positive test or being exposed to coronavirus. Show Less

2 Comments

Michael Moran

it's like yo-yo dieting. masks were proved to be effective, but now it's time for the metaphorical triple cheeseburger, fries, and chocolate cake

Emily Whistler

Well over 5000 children sick with COVID-19 in the state of Missouri. You wanna regulate our uteruses but not wear a piece of cloth to protect others. Disgusting.

Zaos Gonzolez

Lol Emily, calm down. Trust me, more children are dying from cancer, domestic abuse, abortions, and car accidents. Children have a much better chance with Covid, than they do staying in public schools.

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

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330 Votes

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

37%

I'm optimistic I'm optimistic

63%

I'm pessimistic I'm pessimistic

37%

I'm optimistic

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No one has commented yet

63%

I'm pessimistic

4 Comments

Denzel McVeigh

Trump and his goons in every state in every department are running it into the ground acting like it's the best thing ever and it's not. People are suffering now more then his first term or even during Biden term

Max

Then, you prefer the 9% inflation for 4 straight years, instead of 2.9%. Where did you get your economics degree?

Chris Lyle

Trumplestiltskins

Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

Fred

Compare November 2025 to November 2026 ... roughly same and 2026 figure was held down by the government shutdown. Let's check back at this time next year and you try to explain away the recession.

Max

Inflation is less than 1/3rd of when Biden was in office. Fix your calculator.

Max

Biden tactics were destroying the world's economies.

Max

The U.S. dollar dominates the world economy due to its role as the primary reserve currency, backed by the massive U.S. economy, unmatched financial market liquidity, and historical inertia since the 1944 Bretton Woods system. It facilitates 88% of global exchange transactions, 54% of trade

Jamie Kochert

On a fixed income and everything is more expensive.

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

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479 Votes

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

26%

Yes Yes

74%

No No

26%

Yes

1 Comments

Max

Incidentally, our previous president has not acquired enough money to build his presidential library, not even enough money for a presidential magazine stand.

74%

No

4 Comments

Lynne

I have no desire to watch him spew lies and pat himself on the back. He's a sorry excuse of a human being.

Max

Thee truth is hard for some to swallow. Maybe you could find a Biden or Obama clip to watch?

Steve Baumann

I didn't but have total support for the vast majority of what he has accomplished and is trying to accomplish. The country was harmed greatly by the Democrats, they plundered our wealth, Republicans also played a hand. No more.

Fred

That was during a period of worldwide inflation ... and we were actually doing better than most other advanced countries. Inflation is higher now than when Biden left office.

Fred

Do a little research on how our national debt has grown under republican presidents compared to democrats. Also see how Reagan and "trickle down economics" is what put us on the path to financial ruin while creating the tremendous wealth inequality we see today.

Brenda Freeman

No i don't like listening to the lies that comes out of his mouth

Fred

I don't enjoy being lied to ...

Max

Going back nearly fifty years, when I was in the military, and Carter was the president, the military was starving. As an E-6 with a wife and two children, legally, I qualified for food stamps. Instead, I got a part-time job. Carter, was a far better president than Obama, and Biden. Facts are tough.

Max

You got tired of that with 8 years of Obama and 4 years of Biden. That's over, now.

ABC 17 News

Did the Southern Boone school board make the right decision by ending mask mandates?

59% Yes Yes

41% No No

59% Yes

41% No

Are you optimistic about the economy heading into 2026?

37% I'm optimistic I'm optimistic

63% I'm pessimistic I'm pessimistic

37% I'm optimistic

63% I'm pessimistic

Did you watch President Donald Trump's prime-time address to the nation?

26% Yes Yes

74% No No

26% Yes

74% No

59%

Yes Yes

41%

No No

59%

Yes

41%

No

37%

I'm optimistic I'm optimistic

63%

I'm pessimistic I'm pessimistic

37%

I'm optimistic

63%

I'm pessimistic

26%

Yes Yes

74%

No No

26%

Yes

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No