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I was inspired by the Oct. 28 letter to the editor “frightening time for school boards.”

The pandemic has placed a huge strain on all of us. Clearly there is a lot of disagreement over how our school board has navigated the challenges presented by COVID-19.

The fact is that no matter what our school board has decided or will decide in the future, when it comes to COVID, there will be people who disagree with and even suffer from their decisions. However, if those people had the power to change those decisions and enact policies that they would be happy with, then there would immediately be another group who would be unhappy. In other words, there is no path that will make everyone happy.

It might be helpful to recognize that the School Board policies for dealing with the pandemic have followed CDC recommendations and State of Maine mandates. It would be irresponsible for our school board members to make decisions based on their own opinions, so they have done the best they could with the scientific guidance they have available.

Our knowledge of the pandemic is evolving and ever changing. COVID-19 is something new and we are learning as we go.

I urge you to be take a step back and try to look at the whole picture. There is no “one size fits all” solution that will satisfy everyone. Sometimes you have to accept an imperfect situation and simply work together to make it better.

— Miriam Whitehouse, Kennebunk

Letter:Resist the angry agendas of ideologues. Respect our RSU 21 school board.

Letter: Why do we treat veterans worse than illegal immigrants?

As we celebrate Veterans Day, I try to imagine what it would be like if we treated our veterans as well as we do illegal immigrants. While there are more than 500,000 homeless people including almost 40,000 veterans who can't find affordable housing, exasperated by the demand created by the almost 2 million people flooding our Southern border, why aren't we focused on the people who have risked their lives to defend our freedoms and Constitution? I think many of us know the answer.

— Bill Case, Kennebunkport

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