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Fort Smith School Board to keep mask mandate in place through school year The school board in March agreed that mandates set prior to the start of the first of the 2020-21 school year should stay in place through the end of the year. Author: Talk Business & Politics Updated: 12:09 PM CDT April 27, 2021 FORT SMITH, Ark. The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed at its regular board meeting Monday (April 26) to keep the district’s mask mandate in place until the end of the school district. During the citizen’s participation segment of the meeting, Lacy McCain, mother of two school-age children who attend FSPS, appealed to the school board to drop the mask mandate considering Gov. Asa Hutchinson lifted the mask mandate at the end of March. McCain said children should be allowed to return to normal in classrooms for their health and mental well-being. ....