November 5th, 2021 by WCBC Radio

Allegany County Commissioner Jake Shade has requested Maryland’s Superintendent of Schools to return authority on masks mandates to the local board of education. In a letter, read by Shade during Thursday’s public commissioners meeting, he tells Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury that statewide mandates and arbitrary quarantine rules are creating a school year that is “anything but normal”. He urged the superintendent to stop shifting the “goalpost” and to establish a transparent timeline for masks and other COVID related matters. In talking with WCBC News following the meeting, Shade said he hopes the superintendent presents a more clearly defined strategy when the state board meets in December…