In Dallas public schools, mandatory temperature checks are out. In L.A., student vaccine requirements are in. Schools write, and then rewrite, their pandemic policies.
who have come in contact with a positive case rather than quarantining them, to keep them in classrooms.because of Covid, according to Burbio, a Pelham, N.Y., data service that is monitoring school openings and closures at 1,200 districts nationwide, including the 200 largest. Some have since reopened.
Seattle’s public school district is allowing students to eat outdoors and in dedicated tents this year, and district officials asked principals to consider adding additional lunch periods and expanding indoor lunch spaces when possible to give students more space and time to socialize.The Los Angeles Unified School District said it will require eligible students to provide proof of vaccination by Jan. 10.
In Detroit, public schools are testing all staffers and a sampling of students weekly this year, a change from last year, when most students took classes online only and the district conducted no tests. Some states have introduced new virtual programs, with officials saying that breaking out online instruction from classroom instruction allows schools to deliver higher quality lessons, rather than trying to combine the two.
Tulsa district officials said the majority of students have returned for in-person classes since school began last month.Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said roughly 99% of students in his district of about 347,000 students have signed up for in-person instruction this year. But unlike last year, this year the district has opened a virtual school for remote lessons. Mr. Carvalho said the school has enrolled 4,000 students so far and more are expected.
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