Parents addressing a local school board is an essential part of the Democratic process in our country and recent conversations around these happenings are highlighting some of the worst of those interactions and categorizing hysterical individuals in terms like 'domestic terrorist' and 'threats to democracy.

Clinton Schools Superintendent Curt Nettles is disappointed by those categorizations and believes most interactions between communities and its school boards of education are peaceful and cordial. He says that is certainly the case in Clinton.

Last week, the Clinton Board of Education met, and again the topic of masking students came up and engagement between the audience and the Board of Education was peaceful and calm. The Clinton Board of Education welcomed Wes Cothern to the Board to replace the vacancy left by Rodney Rogers. Chris Hammer was appointed as the Board's new Vice President.