A central Illinois school leader is reflecting on the last month of enormous change surrounding COVID and is reflecting on how the State of Illinois handled things.

On the WHOW Morning Show Monday, Heyworth Schools Superintendent Dr. Lisa Taylor says it is has been great to see kids and teachers without masks in the buildings and to be able to connect without face coverings again.

While parents fought the battle for COVID mandates to be removed so kids could choose to wear a mask to school or not, Dr. Taylor says the State of Illinois coming in over the top with mandates that don't make sense isn't anything new.

According to Dr. Taylor, when the State continues to bring down mandate-after-mandate, it erodes the idea of local control and makes things exceedingly difficult on staff and the Board of Education because some things are impossible to implement.

Dr. Taylor hopes COVID has allowed there to be more conversation on over-the-top mandates that don't make sense and gets communities thinking about what makes sense for them.