New LAUSD guidance says that all asymptomatic indoor-close contacts, vaccinated or unvaccinated, MAY come to school but MUST wear a "highly protective" mask for 10 days after exposure. (This starts Wednesday, May 4, 2022.)
Here is this new District info with pertinent parts in yellow:
Here, also:
LA County Guidelines for the workplace.
LA County Guidelines for schools.
So, the guidance is no longer that only unvaccinated household members must quarantine. Now, symptomatic indoor-close contacts must quarantine (and of course positive cases must isolate). Asymptomatic household members, and asymptomatic indoor-close contacts may resume normal activity -- masked.
And ALL indoor-close contacts of all stripes must wear high-quality-masks indoors for 10 days.
So, if there is a positive case in a class, it is likely that the positive case will stay home and all asymptomatic others, including classmates and siblings in other classes, whether vaccinated or not, will come to school and wear high-quality-masks indoors for 10 days.
Between Day 5 and Day 10 of isolation, positive individuals may visit any symptomatic testing location to have a rapid test administered.
Sites can be found at https://achieve.lausd.net/covidtestingappt. Appointments are not required. Students are strongly encouraged to have their rapid test administered and read at the testing site.
ALL students and staff must also test weekly. (This is easy!)
In order to facilitate this new paradigm, I am required to engage in contact tracing -- keep track of cases, keep track of close contacts, keep track of their symptoms if they emerge, and keep watch of their adherence to masking policies. I will do my best.
While it would be easier to just mandate indoor masking for all, the District (and the County) is having us embark upon this new adventure, most likely to ensure that as many students as possible can attend school.
I thank you for your cooperation.
