Letter: Masks keep students and teachers safe at school

I teach third grade English language arts in a Portuguese dual-immersion program. One of my biggest fears about going back to teach this school year was the thought that students would come parroting their parents' negative opinions about masks. My fear was that there would be increased defiance and bullying. I loved being proven wrong.This year, my school canceled Back to School Night and invited every child to come with one parent to school (masked, of course) to meet individually with their t