LAUSD to lift indoor mask mandate next week

The Los Angeles Unified College District will carry its indoor masks requirement for each college students and workers subsequent week after an settlement was reached with labor teams, officers introduced Friday.

The lifting of the mandate now aligns with steerage from the State of California and Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being, and district officers will nonetheless strongly beneficial masking in any respect elementary, secondary and grownup college campuses and in all non-school places.

The union ratification processes have begun and the brand new coverage will probably be carried out “no later than Wednesday,” officers mentioned within the announcement.

“I strongly help ending the indoor masks requirement and am dedicated to persevering with to uphold our science-based method to COVID-19 security and protocols,” Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho mentioned in an announcement Friday. “I need to personally thank our college students, staff and households for his or her help and endurance. We all know some in our college communities and workplaces will proceed to put on masks, whereas others could not. Please contemplate your scenario and do what’s finest for you or your little one. Now that this necessary concern is behind us, it’s time to concentrate on every pupil’s full tutorial potential.”

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