At Tuesday night's Clinton Board of Education meeting, the Board of Education received an update on a lawsuit pending against the Illinois State Board of Education.

Earlier this year, Clinton Schools along with a small number of other districts filed suit against ISBE claiming they did not have the legal authority to mandate masks on students. Superintendent Curt Nettles says a hearing earlier this week was uneventful and nothing was resolved.

Nettles expressed a heartfelt appreciation to the Board for their support of him and the efforts he's undertaken this school year to fight for local control.

Nettles indicates he tries to sympathize and empathize with his peers about the experiences they have had but he cannot relate.