In what was an emotional and sometimes argumentative school board meeting, the Peters Township School Board voted to amend their health and safety plan for the 2021-2022 school year. Thirty residents spoke at the beginning of the meeting. Most that spoke were in favor of the health and safety plan in effect that allowed parental choice as to whether students could attend class with or without masks. That public comment went on for nearly two hours. Fifteen minutes later director Lisa Anderson opened the discussion on possible amendments to the plan. Director Rebecca Bowman put forth a motion calling for universal masking of all students, kindergarten through 12th grade, teachers and staff that would be reviewed at the end of the first semester. Anderson wanted to amend that amendment keeping students 12 and under masked but all others optional. Much discussion was held by the board with input from Superintendent Dr. Jeannine French, on how positive cases and associated quarantines would be addressed. Ultimately, Anderson’s amendment failed 6-3. Bowman’s original amendment passed on a roll call vote 5-4. Residents attending the meeting stormed out threatening law suits and extreme displeasure with the vote. Several indicated voting campaigns against the 5 members who voted in favor of the measure. Some of the parents in attendance are threatening to send their students to class without masks. District officials did not want to comment until they were absolutely clear on how this decision will affect operations in the district.