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BUTLER â DeKalb Eastern school board members will hear Monday from a parent who wants them to adopt a âmask-optionalâ policy for students in the 2021-22 school year.
âI just want the choice whether to put one on my kid or myself as an informed individual,â said Milinda Maria Abel, a registered nurse who lives in southeastern DeKalb County.
DeKalb Easternâs superintendent, Shane Conwell, added Abelâs topic to the boardâs agenda, but he is suggesting the board continue to follow recommendations of federal, state and county health officials.
âWhat weâve been doing has been working,â Conwell said.
BUTLER â DeKalb Eastern employees wonât have to go far for medical care.
In the case of staff members at Eastside Junior-Senior High School, itâs within walking distance of the school.
On Jan. 4, the Northeast Indiana School Insurance Trust opened a clinic at 306 Hampel Drive â using part of the former Butler Elementary School building â with Everside Health as the medical provider.
Thursday, school officials and the clinic staff celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The clinic currently is open from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, but the goal is to offer additional days and hours as membership grows, according to Cathy Jarvis, Eversideâs vice president of operations for the northern Indiana region.