Michigan School Leaders Grapple With Lack of Consensus on Mask Mandates

A Board of Education meeting in Kalamazoo County Schools at the Schoolcraft High School Gymnasium in Schoolcraft, Mich., on Aug. 23, 2021. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Split public opinion on mask mandates has put Michigan’s school board members and administrators between a rock and a hard place.

As school doors reopened earlier this month, the divide between those for and against masks has triggered protests in several communities.