After an emotional and at times explosive meeting Monday night, the Mitchell School Board voted to reinstate a mask mandate in the Mitchell School District. The mandate takes effect September 1st and will be revisited in November. Masks will be required in all school district buildings from 7 AM until 4:30 PM and will be required on all school buses when children are present. The meeting was moved from the MCTEA building to the Performing Arts Center after several hundred people attended. The issue was discussed for an hour. The mandate is in response to rising COVID numbers in the state and locally. The vote was unanimous in favor of the mandate.