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Wednesday, November 13
COVID-19: Nearly 34,000 Los Angeles School District Students Still Not Comply With Vaccination Mandate
Near 25, 000 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) students have not complied with the COVID vaccination ordinance – 19 and will not have enough time to have a full immunization before 08 of January, at the beginning of the second semester of classes.
Students who do not comply with the complete vaccination will not be allowed to enter the facilities of school institutions, which presages an interruption in your education .
The authorities of the second largest school district in the United States would have to make decisions due to to the large number of students who still do not comply with the mandate, considered one of the strictest in the country .
Students who do not verify their complete immunization schedule would be forced to take online classes, enter the district’s independent study program or leave the Los Angeles public school system.
Move to 34, 000 students of 12 years or older to independent study would represent a challenge, especially since the program called City of Angels has been affected by the lack of staff, in addition that at the beginning of the school year was saturated by increasing from 08, 000 to 15, 000 students.
With the total of 34, 000 students, would represent being one of the 25 California’s largest systems.
So far, LAUSD is not expected to consider changing the mandate , granting any leniency, or extending the term of the mandate vaccination.
LAUSD’s heavy hand with unvaccinated employees
This Tuesday, the LAUSD school board ruled that 496 workers who did not comply with the vaccination mandate . Presumably, most of the employees had been on leave since October when the deadline to check the first dose of the biological was met.
It was reported that near to 99% of the district’s workforce had complied with the ordinance to be immunized against coronavirus , term that expired on 15 of November.
Workers had the option of requesting a COVID vaccine exemption – 19 for medical reasons or religious beliefs, an alternative that does not apply in the case of students .
“Our schools have some of the strictest safety standards in the country and we plan to keep it that way, ”LAUSD Acting Superintendent Megan Reilly said last week. Tuesday’s school board meeting.
Vaccination rate increased
The rate of vaccinated students improved to almost the 99% from the 22 November, when it was reported to be almost 80%, with 44,000 0 students not yet vaccinated.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the only one that has the authorization to be applied to students of 12 years or older . The second dose is not given until at least three weeks after the first vaccination.
Students older than 18 years or older have the option of resorting to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which is one dose.
LAUSD also recommends the vaccine for students 5 years of age and older, but it is not required.
Approximately 450, 000 students , from infants to grade 12, are enrolled in schools that belong to LAUSD.
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