EACS set for masks optional next year
But school district will follow public health rules
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
The East Allen County Schools board formalized Tuesday its desire for a mask-optional policy next academic year, should conditions be right.
The resolution, which passed 6-1, also recognizes the possibility of a mask mandate ordered by the governor or health officials. In that instance, EACS will require universal and correct wearing of masks in accordance with the most current Centers of Disease Control and Prevention guidelines as well as guidance from the Allen County and Indiana departments of health, said Superintendent Marilyn Hissong, who read the resolution in its entirety.
EACS board to look at virus rules tonight
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Another Allen County school district is poised to join Northwest Allen County Schools in upholding coronavirus protocols.
The East Allen County Schools board is expected tonight to consider extending the district s reopening plan for the 2021-22 academic year.
The plan was first adopted in July as EACS prepared for a school year during the coronavirus pandemic.
The proposed resolution – which is listed as a discussion/action item – is similar to one NACS adopted in a 3-2 vote last week.
Both districts heard from parents wanting schools to make masks optional, despite Gov. Eric Holcomb s school mask mandate through the end of the academic year. Districts may enact more stringent rules.
The East Allen County Schools board Tuesday didn t want to wait two weeks to endorse Superintendent Marilyn Hissong s request to spend federal coronav .