Posted on 02/15/2021 8:25:16 PM PST by EdnaMode
Late Monday evening Los Angeles County health officials announced some long-awaited good news. In a statement, they said the region had reached the required threshold of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 to allow students back into classrooms.
The issue has been a contentious one throughout the pandemic with many parents wondering why private schools were allowed to reopen and, if there had been no pattern of outbreaks at area schools, why public schools were not allowed to follow.
LA Public Health
@lapublichealth
Public Health Expects to Reach the Threshold Required to Reopen Schools. Dozens of Elementary Schools will be Permitted to Reopen for In-Class Instruction for Students Grades TK-6 as Early as This Week. Click Here to Read the Full Statement https://bit.ly/3aoOFVS.
Teacher’s unions have repeatedly expressed concern for their members, who were not among the Phase 1a group of workers prioritized by Governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom has since included them in the state’s next grouping.
The governor said last week that he does not expect to have all teachers vaccinated soon — or even by the end of the school year. Newsom does, however, think schools can be reopened despite that.
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I know some autisic people in the Bay Area who have been locked out of their Adult Day Activity Centers since last March. What about them, Governor?
Their weekday routines have been shattered. Some are not taking it well.
It’s only 3 weeks since biden was inaugurated.
They left a little room in between to not make it so obvious but it still is to anyone with a brain.
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