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Redmond School Board backs off mask confrontation after state moves up lifting school mandates
Welcoming the state’s move to more quickly drop its mask mandate for schools — and amid union concerns and state agency threats to fine or cost the district federal funding — the Redmond School Board voted unanimously Monday to back off plans to make masks optional as of Wednesday, and instead…