SILOAM SPRINGS -- The Siloam Springs School Board voted 3-2 against a proposed mask mandate at Thursday's regular meeting.
Superintendent Jody Wiggins, in a letter released Tuesday, recommended to the board that the district put a mask mandate in place for start of school in an effort to limit the spread of covid-19.
Board president Brian Lamb and board member Connie Matchell voted in favor of the mandate. Board members Travis Jackson, Grant Loyd and vice president Audra Farrell voted against it.