Speak Up: Vote mishap means DIAA athletes must keep masks on

Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association athletes will continue to wear masks during games and practices after the DIAA board did not have enough voting members to form a quorum on an emergency regulation vote at the end of a seven-hour meeting Thursday. DIAA board president and Sussex Central High School principal Dr. Bradley Layfield proposed the emergency regulation, which would have made DIAA follow last week’s order by Gov. John Carney lifting mask requirements for low-and medium-risk outdoor sports. The regulation passed unanimously, 9-0, before the board realized it was one vote short of a quorum. DIAA can still create an emergency meeting in the next several days to hold another vote, an idea discussed as the meeting drew to a close.

• Wow, no school, but we can hold a car race? Gov. Carney, please lift all restrictions on our students and make it a parental informed decision. — Diane Butters-Eastburn

• So the DIAA board met for over seven hours and voted on multiple issues, but no one realized they didn’t have a quorum to conduct business until the vote on wearing masks came up?. — Bob Skuse

• Watching the WDEL play-by-play, it seems as if this group constantly fails to get much done in meetings that last for hours and hours. — Mike Steindl

• This is ridiculous! — Mandi Lynn