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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CityTV saved the day – at least when it comes to the ease of public access.
Technical difficulties prevented the Fort Wayne City Council meeting from being streamed live on Facebook on Tuesday.
A statement on the City Council meetings Facebook page stated that the technical difficulties were out of the city s control.
A link was later shared to CityTV, a site where videos of City Council meetings are archived. But as some Facebook users pointed out, the comment section is the only way for people to voice their opinions, since meetings have not been open to the public.