Superintendents across the state are continuing to advocate for local control back to be returned to schools as it relates to COVID mandates.

Clinton Schools Superintendent Curt Nettles continues to be encouraged by the conversations he's having despite Governor JB Pritzker remaining steadfast in his indoor mask mandate.

The frustration among school leaders and Illinois families is the lack of an exit strategy from the mask mandate. Nettles continues to have conversations expressing those frustrations in hopes of coming up with something everyone can live with.

Coming out of the latest Illinois State Board of Education meeting, Nettles and others were encouraged because they felt as though they were being heard for the first time.