As more and more people are vaccinated, parents are starting to push for the reopening of schools for in-person learning.
Although it is not yet known when exactly teachers will get vaccines, the plans are being laid for schools to reopen safely for students.
The CDC announced it's considering using a color-coded system to reopen schools districts based on the community spread of COVID-19 transmission.
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A Biden administration official told CNN the CDC's five key strategies to reopening schools include hand washing, masking, social distancing, cleaning and ventilation, as well as contact tracing, isolation and quarantine.
LAUSD school board member Nick Melvoin says that 82% of LAUSD is in poverty.
“What we’re advocating for is more resources in those communities,” Melvoin says. He adds: “I believe we need to have an in-person option for those kids.”
Los Angeles County
Under current state guidelines, L.A. County must have an adjusted average daily new case rate of 25 per 100,000 residents to allow students in pre-kindergarten through sixth grade to return to class. As of Tuesday, the county's state-adjusted rate was 31.7 per 100,000 residents.
"We are only weeks away from reducing transmission in L.A. County to a level where elementary schools will be allowed by the state to offer in-class instruction, provided they adhere to all state and county directives," Ferrer said in a statement. "Schools that decide to open will need to require masking, distancing and routine testing. Please do your part to continue to slow the spread so that our recovery journey does not suffer a setback."
According to ABC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently said in-person instruction can resume safely even if teachers are not vaccinated, so long as other COVID-19 protocols are being followed.
