New school rules in L.A. County also lay out when testing is needed for close contacts to remain in class.
Employees at all Los Angeles County public and private schools will have to wear medical grade masks at work and students and staff must wear masks outdoors in crowded spaces under tightened rules issued in anticipation of classes beginning Monday amid a major surge of the highly contagious Omicron variant ofSchools will have two weeks from the date of reopening after winter break to comply with the mask rules.
Masks must be worn outdoors “in crowded spaces where physical distancing is not feasible” except when actively eating and drinking. In the fall, outdoor masking was not required, although individual districts could do so. L.A. Unified — the nation’s second-largest district — was among the school systems that required outdoor masking.
Additional safety measures would be triggered if county COVID-related hospitalizations surpass 3,000. Numbers are well below that — for now. With infections surpassing record levels, county officials decided Friday it was time to act, sending out the news late in the day to school and district leaders.
“Schools already have the infrastructure in place for weekly testing, so starting it one week early should not be complicated and will provide a much-needed baseline,” wrote leaders of the group Parents Supporting Teachers, which includes both parents and teachers. “Everyone who will be stepping inside of a school building the second week in January deserves to be informed and feel safe.”
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