What L.A. parents should know before school starts
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The LAUSD order is stricter than a state mandate that school staff be either vaccinated or regularly tested for coronavirus
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Their opposition arrives amid a COVID-19 surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has seen a growing number of young people testing positive for the virus.
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Students across California are returning to a very different school experience. Here are answers to common questions about vaccines, testing, masks and more.
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School staff must be vaccinated by Aug. 12, and schools should be in full compliance by Oct. 15, the governor’s office said.
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School employees must either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to a regular test proving they are not infected with the coronavirus under an order from Newsom.
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LAUSD’s pandemic-recovery hiring spree is thousands of new staffers short of its goal to provide crucial mental health and academic support.
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Instead of a back-to-normal back-to-school, the coronavirus casts new shadows over the return to full-time in-person schooling.
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Risk factors are difficult to evaluate in school settings, but rising numbers are likely to raise concerns for some.
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The Orange County school board votes to challenge Gov. Newsom’s authority to impose a mask mandate for K-12 students as COVID-19 cases spike.
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In August, K-12 students will return to school. For many districts, summer school has provided a preview of classroom life with mask mandates.
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The variant’s ability to spread among the vaccinated is worrisome, experts said, but it shouldn’t preclude kids from heading back to school.
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After initially mandating a ban on unmasked students on campus, the state is now leaving enforcement decisions up to local officials.
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The masking decision will allow all students, vaccinated or unvaccinated, to be treated the same at school, officials said.
