“To kind of strike a balance, we have made mitigation efforts as prevalent as possible and as easily accessible as possible,” said Sailaja Suresh, Oakland Unified’s senior director of strategic projects during a webinar last week. Jameela Jackson snaps a photo of her son Shadeede, a third grader, at Markham Elementary in Oakland Unified on Monday. Masking has been a contentious issue at most school districts, with families on both sides of the issue. Oakland Unified, following the guidance of public health officials, began school Monday with no mask requirement. The districts, some of the last to start the school year, are watching community infection rates. Sacramento City Unified and San Diego Unified, which both mandated masking over the summer because of high Covid-19 rates, haven’t yet decided if masks will be required this school year. LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said the district is relaxing Covid-19 protocols because of declining infection rates, but it also is ramping up disinfection of high-touch surfaces, hiring more custodians, increasing ventilation and upgrading air filtration systems. The district is distributing the tests to students and staff to use within 48 hours of the first day of school and again before the second week. O nly students or staff exhibiting symptoms or those who are in close contact with someone who tests positive will be required to test, using an at-home antigen test. Los Angeles Unified, which kept its indoor masking requirement after the state lifted mandatory masking rules in schools last spring, will not require masks this school year, nor will it require a weekly Covid test in order to enter campuses. State Covid-19 guidance recommends masking but leaves it up to districts and county health departments to determine whether to require it. Regular surveillance testing has made way for at-home tests provided by schools during times of high transmission, as well as testing at school sites as needed. This year, mask mandates and social distancing are mostly a thing of the past. Districts relax Covid protocolsĬovid-19 protocols have changed tremendously from the beginning of the pandemic in the spring of 2020. Other concerns include teacher shortages, the social-emotional health of students and staff and the implementation of later start times for middle and high school students, he said. “We are going to offer kids and families a fantastic education despite the hurdles we are facing.”ĭespite the overall optimism, Covid-19 uncertainty and testing protocols top the list of concerns of California school administrators this school year, said Naj Alikhan, senior director of communications for the Association of California School Administrators. “I am looking forward to another year of in-person instruction,” said Corey Willenberg, superintendent of Oroville Union High School District in Butte County. Later start times for middle and high school students, the expansion of transitional kindergarten, more after-school programs and the opening of more community schools are just some changes students and staff will have to adjust to this school year, while still dealing with Covid-19 safety protocols and persistent staff shortages.ĭespite the challenges, educators seem confident that the experience of the last two years and increased resources will help them navigate another year of Covid-19, as well as new state programs.
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