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.