Tuesday, July 20, 2021 8:28 pm
EACS board approves mask-optional school year
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Minutes before the East Allen County Schools board approved a mask-optional academic year, member Jenny Blackburn urged respect.
She worries about her son being picked on for choosing to wear a mask, she said. She noted she felt like an outcast for being one of a few masked people in the crowded, socially-distanced board room.
The board passed the plan which includes guidance about quarantines, cleaning practices and visitors in a 6-1 vote.
Member Paulette Nellems said she would rather start with masking students. She called COVID, which has affected her family, a horrible, ugly disease that is nothing like the flu.
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