Students in the Burbank Unified School District and Culver City Unified School District are returning to in-person classes Monday, despite the surge in new infections across the country.
Sunday to consider a delay in students returning to school, ultimately deciding against a delay. However, school officials said they would institute new safety precautions, such as requiring staff to wear medical-grade masks. Students will also have wear masks indoors, and now, also while outside.
However, the mere consideration of shutting down in-person learning again did not sit well with some parents. “This is the first time I’ve ever sat and considered pulling out my kids out of this district, because this kind of reactive, alarmist reaction is not why we’re here,” the mother said.In Culver City, school officials assured parents that students and staff were still scheduled to return to schools Monday, and that the district would provide medical-grade masks for all students and staff upon their arrival.
The Omicron variant is believed to be behind the precipitous spike in new infections, and Los Angeles County public health officials have issued new protocols for schools reopening, including strong recommendations that all eligible staff and students receive a COVID-19 booster. All school staff will also be required to wearindoors and outdoors on school campuses when physical distancing is not possible.
Beyond Los Angeles County, Riverside Unified School District is also returning to campuses Monday, but is urging parents to make sure they screen their children for symptoms, particularly fever, sore, throat, coughing or muscle pain. Ventura County’s Office Of Education says all of its schools are also expected to return to in-person learning, as the state “does not currently permit Pre-K-12 schools to offer distance learning.”Gov.
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