Month: February 2022

To Mask or Not To Mask? That is Question for Board of Ed Tonight

By Sushant Kunwar Tonight, the Branford Board of Education will hold a public hearing to hear input from the school community about the future of the mask mandate in Branford Public Schools.  This comes two weeks before the state mask

OPINION: Branford Should Keep the Mask Mandate

By Sushant Kunwar
Branford Public Schools should maintain the mask mandate past Feb. 28; it’s still too early to regress from taking measures against the spread of Covid-19. It’s understandable that people want to move on from the pandemic, but it’s an unfortunate reality of our time.

OPINION: Branford Should Remove the Mask Mandate

By Tyler Jarvis
It’s an appropriate time to end the mask mandate in Branford schools. This will not prohibit those who are inclined to wear a mask from wearing one. Instead, it simply allows for students to exercise their right to not wear one if they so please.

Should You Take the SAT or Not? It Depends.

By Katelyn Robbins The SAT is a time-consuming test of a student’s academic skill used for admission to colleges. This four hour test – used to estimate our reading and math skill level – tends to make or break college