SACS board votes to make masks optional
Passes unanimously; remote learning only through eSACS
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Southwest Allen County Schools is planning a year of traditional, in-person classes where masks will be optional for all students and staff.
Masks will only be required on buses per federal order.
The five-member school board unanimously endorsed these and other changes – including welcoming school visitors again – to the district s return to classroom plan Tuesday night.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s revised guidance on mask-wearing in schools wasn t mentioned. The agency said Friday vaccinated teachers and students don t need to wear masks inside school buildings.
SACS ponders virtual high school | Schools | The Journal Gazette journalgazette.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from journalgazette.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
SACS to move online students to new school
ASHLEY SLOBODA | The Journal Gazette
Southwest Allen County Schools leaders are seeking to turn a months-old program into its own school.
The board is expected Tuesday to consider a proposal to move the district s online students to a new school number, making Spartan Online School its own school instead of a program of Homestead High School.
It launched in August under the name eSACS Virtual Secondary School.
When Homestead Principal Park Ginder brought the proposal to the board for discussion in January, board members asked whether the change would affect anything, such as needing a separate board to oversee the online school.