L.A. Unified is the first large district in the U.S. to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all eligible students, in addition to teachers and other staff.
This is the Sept. 13 edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter about school, kids and parenting. Like what you’re reading?The Los Angeles Unified School District made national headlines again last week when it became the first large district in the U.S. to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for all eligible students, in addition to teachers and other staff.
Then you have a liberal board of education, and so the politics align. They’ve been discussing the issue for months, so it’s not coming out of nowhere.But nationally it’s pretty unprecedented. Other than Culver City, was there anyone else mandating student vaccinations before last week?I’ve asked the statewide teachers unions, and they did not know of any district other than Culver City that had approved a similar mandate.
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