Schools try pep-rally tactics to get students vaccinated
3 years, 7 months ago

Schools try pep-rally tactics to get students vaccinated

Associated Press  

SAN DIEGO — A growing number of public schools are using mascots, food trucks and prize giveaways to create a pep-rally atmosphere aimed at encouraging students to get vaccinated against the coronavirus before summer vacation. “Why wouldn’t you want to get the vaccine?” While hundreds of colleges across the country are requiring students to have proof of vaccination to return to campus, it’s unlikely that K-12 public schools will do the same this fall. Instead, public schools are trying to entice students to get the shots by making the experience festive while sending flyers home to families to address the vaccine’s safety. The district also took part in a public service announcement with local teens who say, “We’ll be getting the vaccine, now it’s your turn.” “I think anything that is creating buzz helps,” Taras said, explaining that vaccinating at schools has the added benefit of generating peer pressure.

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Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise
1 year, 10 months ago

Opinion: California gave up on mandating COVID vaccines for schoolchildren. Here’s why that’s wise

LA Times  

A California Supreme Court decision last week reaffirmed that individual school districts lack the authority to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Unlike the other vaccines required for school enrollment in California, the COVID vaccines are unreliable at preventing infection or transmission, providing at best modest protection against infection for only a couple of months. We never had any …

San Diego Unified’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate struck down in court — again
2 years, 1 month ago

San Diego Unified’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate struck down in court — again

LA Times  

Nurse Zoe Reza administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Blossom Bess, 15, at a mobile clinic at Crawford High School in San Diego in January. A California appeals court ruled against the San Diego Unified School District’s COVID-19 student vaccine mandate, which has been on pause for the last half-year. “This is a great win for children and the rule of …

L.A. schools chief pushes to delay student COVID vaccination mandate
2 years, 8 months ago

L.A. schools chief pushes to delay student COVID vaccination mandate

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Unified School District should delay its requirement that students be vaccinated against COVID-19 until next year, its superintendent recommended Thursday, given the system’s already high vaccination rates among older students as well as low transmission rates in schools. “We also know that the district’s high vaccination rates played a crucial role in keeping kids in school throughout …

California delays coronavirus vaccine mandate for schools
2 years, 9 months ago

California delays coronavirus vaccine mandate for schools

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is sticking with its coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, but it won’t happen until at least the summer of 2023, Gov. “So based on these two facts — we don’t have full FDA approval, and we recognize the implementation challenges that schools and school leaders would face — that we are not moving to have a …

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know
2 years, 11 months ago

California plan to require student vaccination sparks intense debate. Here’s what we know

LA Times  

A student is vaccinated by a school nurse at Arleta High School. Senate Bill 871, by state Sen. Richard Pan, would add COVID-19 vaccinations to California’s list of required inoculations for attending K-12 schools, which can be skipped only if a student receives a rare medical exemption. Under the bill, the California Department of Public Health could mandate vaccinations in …

Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools
3 years ago

Spike in California virus cases hitting hospitals, schools

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps through the state. The fast-spreading omicron variant of COVID-19 is sidelining exposed or infected health care workers even as hospital beds fill with patients and “some facilities are going to be strapped,” Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said …

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate
3 years, 1 month ago

Los Angeles schools delay student COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Associated Press  

The Los Angeles school district, which was among the first to announce mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for students, has become the latest in California to delay a plan that would have forced thousands of unvaccinated students to return to distance learning. The board of the Los Angeles Unified School District voted Tuesday night to postpone a Jan. 10 deadline for students …

Op-Ed: Los Angeles led the nation on measles vaccination mandates. Can it do that for COVID?
3 years, 1 month ago

Op-Ed: Los Angeles led the nation on measles vaccination mandates. Can it do that for COVID?

LA Times  

On March 31, 1977, as a measles epidemic swept through Los Angeles, the L.A. County Public Health Department issued an ultimatum to the parents of the county’s 1.6 million schoolchildren: Get your kids vaccinated within a month or keep them home. The threat — voiced by Dr. Shirley Fannin, whom the Los Angeles Times described as “the energetic, no-nonsense physician” …

34,000 L.A. Unified students have not complied with vaccine mandate, signaling problems ahead
3 years, 1 month ago

34,000 L.A. Unified students have not complied with vaccine mandate, signaling problems ahead

LA Times  

About 34,000 students have not yet complied with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the Los Angeles Unified School District — and there’s no longer enough time for students who have not gotten their first shot to be fully vaccinated by the Jan. 10 start of the second semester, portending significant disruption to their education as they will be barred from …

LAUSD to end weekly COVID tests and spend $5 million on prizes to encourage vaccinations
3 years, 1 month ago

LAUSD to end weekly COVID tests and spend $5 million on prizes to encourage vaccinations

LA Times  

Students 12 and older are supposed to have their first shot by Nov. 21. With a deadline for student COVID-19 vaccinations days away — and about 72% in compliance — the Los Angeles Board of Education has authorized an estimated $5 million for prizes and treats as incentives, including gift cards to Amazon and Target, tickets to “Hamilton” and food …

Miami private school that charges $30k-a-year reverses rule students need to quarantine for 30 days
3 years, 2 months ago

Miami private school that charges $30k-a-year reverses rule students need to quarantine for 30 days

Daily Mail  

A Miami school which had planned to introduce a quarantine policy forcing students to take a month off after receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine, has now abandoned the idea. The school's Chief Operating Officer, Bianca Erickson informed parents of the bizarre policy by letter: 'Because of the potential impact on other students and our school community, vaccinated students will …

Parents in California protest student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, keep kids home
3 years, 2 months ago

Parents in California protest student COVID-19 vaccine mandate, keep kids home

LA Times  

Parents and students hold signs and shout at a protest Monday against the state’s pending student-vaccine mandate in front of Birmingham Community Charter High School in Lake Balboa. Groups of parents and children kept out of school in protest lined the sidewalk outside Birmingham High School in Lake Balboa on Monday, part of statewide demonstrations against California’s mandate requiring all …

L.A., San Diego school districts are sued over student vaccination mandate
3 years, 3 months ago

L.A., San Diego school districts are sued over student vaccination mandate

LA Times  

A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Gizelle Carrillo, 14, in August at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School. The L.A. and San Diego school districts face lawsuits challenging their mandates for students to be vaccinated. California’s two largest school districts — Los Angeles and San Diego — are targeted in lawsuits challenging their student COVID-19 vaccination mandates, alleging the vaccines …

California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren
3 years, 3 months ago

California pushes 1st US vaccine mandate for schoolchildren

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — California is poised to impose the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoolchildren, a move announced Friday that could push other states to follow as many did after Gov. Newsom said the mandate won’t take effect for all children until the U.S. government has finished fully vetting the vaccine for two age groups — 12 to 15 …

Editorial: LAUSD is shrinking. That could be a good thing
3 years, 3 months ago

Editorial: LAUSD is shrinking. That could be a good thing

LA Times  

Students make their way to the front door of Normont Elementary School on the first day of in-class instruction on Aug. 16, as LAUSD officials welcomed back children and teachers. After schools closed for the pandemic, and after years of declining birth rates, everyone expected enrollment to drop even further this year in the Los Angeles Unified School District. About …

San Diego Unified, state’s 2nd largest district, mandates vaccination for students, staff
3 years, 3 months ago

San Diego Unified, state’s 2nd largest district, mandates vaccination for students, staff

LA Times  

Hundreds of people protest against the vaccine mandate outside the San Diego Unified School District headquarters Tuesday before school board members voted to require school employees students 16 and older to be vaccinated. The approval followed a rally involving several hundred people protesting the mandate in front of the San Diego Unified School District headquarters. The new San Diego Unified …

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up
3 years, 4 months ago

Los Angeles requires COVID-19 vaccine for students 12 and up

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles board of education voted Thursday to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District, which has more than 600,000 mostly Latino students, already tests all students and employees every week, requires masking indoors and outdoors …

Editorial: Now’s the time to mandate vaccination for public school students
3 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Now’s the time to mandate vaccination for public school students

LA Times  

The teachers of Los Angeles-area schools were ordered in August to bare their arms for vaccinations against COVID-19, and now they’re wondering: What about the students? United Teachers Los Angeles is calling for the L.A. Unified School District to mandate vaccination for all eligible students, which for now would mean those 12 and older, unless there is a compelling medical …

LAUSD's COVID-19 testing effort is key as schools reopen
3 years, 5 months ago

LAUSD's COVID-19 testing effort is key as schools reopen

LA Times  

The scene at Telfair Elementary in the days leading up to the Monday opening of the school year reflected what will be the new normal across the Los Angeles school district: Students, teachers and staff in line for their coronavirus test. “But testing will help.” Emilio’s nasal swab test is a starting point in L.A. Unified’s colossal effort to screen …

California’s new vaccine requirement for schools: What you need to know
3 years, 5 months ago

California’s new vaccine requirement for schools: What you need to know

LA Times  

California on Wednesday became the second state in the nation, following Hawaii, to impose a vaccination mandate for school staff. The Newsom announcement comes as several large California school districts have announced similar policies in recent days, including San Francisco Unified and Long Beach Unified. Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest school system, has gone further than the state policy …

48% parents not willing to send their kids to schools till they get Covid vaccines: Survey
3 years, 5 months ago

48% parents not willing to send their kids to schools till they get Covid vaccines: Survey

India TV News  

Nearly 48 per cent parents are not willing to send their children to schools till they are vaccinated against the novel coronavirus infection, says a new survey. The survey conducted with over 32,000 parents across 361 districts in the country found that 30 per cent parents are willing to send their wards to schools if coronavirus cases in their districts …

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away
3 years, 5 months ago

Covid-19 child cases are again rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away

CNN  

CNN — New Covid-19 cases among children are back on the rise after months of declines, just as schools across the United States are gearing up to reopen in a few weeks. Video Ad Feedback Surgeon General on when he still wears a mask 02:59 - Source: CNN Vaccine data for youngest likely still months away It’s “very likely” data …

Covid-19 vaccination pep-rally tactics in American schools, colleges
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19 vaccination pep-rally tactics in American schools, colleges

India Today  

Covid-19 vaccine has created abuzz across the globe, knowing the severity of the disease authorities are recommending it for students. Initiatives taken by schools to ease Covid-19 impact While hundreds of colleges across the country are requiring students to have proof of vaccination to return to campus, K-12 public schools are instead trying to entice students by making the experience …

Miami private school asks teachers not to get Covid-19 vaccine or they won’t be allowed to return next year
3 years, 8 months ago

Miami private school asks teachers not to get Covid-19 vaccine or they won’t be allowed to return next year

CNN  

CNN — A Miami private school has asked its employees to wait to get the Covid-19 vaccine until the end of the school year, but still cautioned that if they do, they won’t be allowed to return next year, the school told staff this month. The school’s CEO and co-founder Leila Centner sent a letter to faculty and staff at …

Coronavirus Today: The great reopening
3 years, 10 months ago

Coronavirus Today: The great reopening

LA Times  

I’m Deborah Netburn, a science and features writer at the Los Angeles Times, filling in for Thuc Nhi Nguyen for a few days. “We certainly hope people won’t try to take advantage of the situation and will be honest in terms of presenting with legitimate chronic health conditions that are serious and/or disabilities that are significant,” said Dr. Paul Simon, …

Things to Know: States ease restrictions despite warnings
3 years, 10 months ago

Things to Know: States ease restrictions despite warnings

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Here's what's happening Monday with …

Educators eligible for vaccine in San Bernardino, Ventura counties
3 years, 10 months ago

Educators eligible for vaccine in San Bernardino, Ventura counties

LA Times  

Educators in San Bernardino and Ventura Counties now qualify for the coronavirus vaccine. San Bernardino County announced Tuesday that teachers, school staff and licensed childcare providers who live or work in the county can sign up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. “Making vaccinations available to all teachers and school staff will allow many schools to bring students back into …

California will earmark 10% of weekly COVID-19 vaccine supply for teachers
3 years, 10 months ago

California will earmark 10% of weekly COVID-19 vaccine supply for teachers

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom announced Friday that state officials will set aside 10% of California’s weekly allotment of COVID-19 vaccine doses for educators starting next month, in an effort to jump-start the process of reopening more public school campuses as pandemic conditions improve in communities across the state. “It must be done much sooner than the current path that we’re on,” Newsom …

Possible deal over teacher vaccines could bring elementary students back to class
3 years, 11 months ago

Possible deal over teacher vaccines could bring elementary students back to class

LA Times  

Alik Laddon arrives with his son, first-grader Caden Andino, last week after the reopening of Alta Vista Elementary School in Redondo Beach. Los Angeles school chief Austin Beutner leveled his own political salvo on the vaccine issue Monday, saying that if he got 25,000 COVID-19 vaccinations he could reopen elementary schools for a quarter-million children as soon as overall health …

With 25,000 vaccines, L.A. elementary schools could reopen as soon as possible, Beutner says
3 years, 11 months ago

With 25,000 vaccines, L.A. elementary schools could reopen as soon as possible, Beutner says

LA Times  

First-grader Felix Fuchs has his temperature checked by teacher’s aide Firoozeh Borjian at Alta Vista Elementary last week in Redondo Beach, where K-2 campuses have reopened under a waiver. The push to vaccinate teachers comes as dropping coronavirus case rates in L.A. County could soon reach the state-permitted threshold to allow for elementary schools to reopen. L.A. school district officials …

Teachers face pressure to return even before COVID-19 vaccinations completed
3 years, 11 months ago

Teachers face pressure to return even before COVID-19 vaccinations completed

LA Times  

Aalisa Brown raises her hand for help during an afterschool program at Rio Vista Elementary School in El Monte. Gavin Newsom and the Biden administration said campuses can safely reopen without teachers being vaccinated — and unions pushed back, calling for school workers to be immunized as part of any sweeping reopening effort to return students to classrooms. “There is …

San Francisco Vs San Francisco School Board: A Push To Get Students Back In School
3 years, 11 months ago

San Francisco Vs San Francisco School Board: A Push To Get Students Back In School

NPR  

San Francisco Vs San Francisco School Board: A Push To Get Students Back In School Enlarge this image toggle caption Janie Har/AP Janie Har/AP The city of San Francisco sued its school district on Wednesday in a drastic attempt to get students back into the classroom. City Attorney Dennis Herrera cited a "woefully inadequate" reopening plan by the San Francisco …

US COVID-19: LA and San Diego pupils will not return to classroom
4 years, 6 months ago

US COVID-19: LA and San Diego pupils will not return to classroom

Al Jazeera  

California’s two largest public school districts will resume online-only learning when their terms begin in August. The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts announced plans on Monday to resume instruction in August with online teaching only, citing “skyrocketing” coronavirus infection rates in the state of California during the past few weeks. Los Angeles and San Diego rank as …

In rural California, children face isolation, hunger amid coronavirus school closures
4 years, 8 months ago

In rural California, children face isolation, hunger amid coronavirus school closures

LA Times  

With schools closed because of the coronavirus, educators in vast stretches of rural California are struggling not only to teach their students but to reach them. “Once this pandemic is over, my hope is this: that the needs of rural California have been exposed and we open up a sustained effort to connect schools in rural communities with high-speed internet.” …

L.A. school district confronts $200 million in coronavirus costs and a grim budget future
4 years, 8 months ago

L.A. school district confronts $200 million in coronavirus costs and a grim budget future

LA Times  

People wait in line Friday to get meal packs provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District at the grab-and-go food center in front of Byrd Middle School in Sun Valley. The Los Angeles Unified School District is confronting an estimated $200 million in emergency coronavirus costs — after swiftly moving to provide computers for all students and food for …

Home 'school' is a joke. California kids need a better coronavirus plan
4 years, 9 months ago

Home 'school' is a joke. California kids need a better coronavirus plan

LA Times  

When we heard that the Los Angeles Unified School District would close schools for two weeks to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, my two sons — one in third grade, the other in fifth — were thrilled because no school usually means they get to sleep late, watch too much television and enjoy their vacation. But let’s …

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