The Commack School District held a school board meeting Thursday night with the topic of mask mandates on everyone's minds.

Opinions on masks were heard on both sides with the majority of parents saying they were against the district requiring masks.

Three board members did say that they would vote for voluntary masking while children are sitting at their desks.

The Massapequa School District announced Wednesday that masks will be recommended but not required in the classroom. Other Long Island districts have already said they plan to require masks, including Plainview-Old Bethpage, Garden City, Riverhead and Mattituck.

Manisha Ghandi, a mother of two kids in Commack schools, says she thinks masks should be worn. Ghandi says she thinks the district removed the mandate too soon in the spring. That decision only lasted one day before Gov. Andrew Cuomo reinstated the mandate.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will be sworn in next week, has said that there is a need for masks.

"I believe that we will need mask mandates for children to go back to schools," says Hochul. "And that will have to be universal, it will have to be statewide."

Commack has not released any plans on mask mandates yet.