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Go their own way

Sat., Aug. 28, 2021

Those parents who are so adamantly opposed to wearing masks in school should heed Shawn Vestal’s excellent suggestion and home school their children (“Home school perfect solution to avoid masking,” Aug. 20); after all, they apparently know more than the best scientific minds in the country.

Ted Wert

Sagle

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