By Ellen S. Wilkowe Once upon a time in a galaxy not so far away, I covered board of education meetings. Along with municipal meetings, the board of education meetings was the cub reporter’s rite of passage into the news industry. Depending on the town and the issues at play, these meetings could last anywhere from one to three hours. The longer ones, particularly those concerning school budgets, would draw in the public who were allotted time to voice their concerns. These meetings usually drew little attention but the pandemic has changed all that. Now, these once benign and overlooked meeti…