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Los Angeles County schools have been given guidelines for health and safety in order to reopen from the County Office of Education.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education has released guidelines regarding public schools reopening, including requiring masks and hybrid classes.
Both staff and students are to be expected to arrive at the schools wearing cloth face coverings and to wear them all day, according to the office’s guidelines.
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Deaf and hard of hearing students would be considered as they may need to see the lips of the speaker, and clear masks would be purchased for staff and students.
While the traditional in-class settings are preferred, hybrid learning is also an option for Los Angeles County schools. Hybrid learning is a combination of both in-class and online learning to allow for fewer students crowding in one area at a given time.
Another change at school facilities could include “establishing one point of ingress into the school that may also facilitate LEA’s determined health check,” according to the office’s guidelines.
Classes are encouraged to use outdoor spaces, weather permitting, to allow more students to be spread apart.
Other physical distancing guidelines include:
- Explore allowable occupancy per social/physical distancing guideline for classrooms, offices and all spaces; a typical 960 square foot classroom fits a teacher and 16 students when perimeter walls do not have obstructions, and 12 students when furniture and materials align along perimeter walls
- Place seats 6 feet apart
- Install floor markings to illustrate social/physical distancing
To read the full guidelines released by the Los Angeles County Office of Education, visit their official site.
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Hey the teachers wanted smaller class sizes, I guess they got their wish. I wish CDC told everyone to get a mask on first thing like they are supposed to do with this type of virus outbreak before so many died.
You’re dumb
Will is dumb
This ia ridiculous. Do they want people to die. I refuse to do this just bc people want the freedom to do what they want. What about the people that don’t want this. We need to be patient. Wait for an antidote and be wise
I agree 100% with u
Ridiculous. I will just keep my kids home then. I will never force them to wear a mask anywhere!
Keeping them home sounds OK but not making them wear a mask in public places around possibly infected people makes you sound like a bad parent.
Welcome to home schooling kids!
They are cutting the schools’ state funding by 20% but expecting them to implement new and costly hygiene measures/CDC guidelines, so not sure how they are going to afford to open. Usually, when there is a cut to the funding the schools cut teachers’ or teacher’s salaries (not cutting district level or administration of course) but then how do you have social distancing/smaller classes when there are fewer teachers? More spacing means more classes, which means more teachers, which means more cost. Another thing to ponder…How do we expect children to wear masks for 6+ hours a day? You know they will touch them, drop them, pull them down to their chin, (now mask is contaminated), and just plain remove them…they’ll be frustrated and hate school even more. Also, it will be so difficult for teachers to talk for hours through a mask, breathing in their own hot carbon dioxide. And part of hearing/understanding is visually seeing the teacher’s lips and expression.
I personally think there is much more risk in spreading the virus by touching – face to hand to object, etc. and kids touch everything. Even if they have their own school supplies they touch door handles, desks, sink faucets, reading books, chairs, walls, it would be impossible over a week or even a day, even w/ social distancing, not to touch something another person touched.
On top of all that, you will also be dealing with fear…the fear and anxiety that adults have perpetuated will greatly affect some kids, they will be scared and panicked during class which will make running class difficult.
So, now they are considering split times for classes… if they do split times (morning students and afternoon students) the teacher is still engaging with both groups, so everyone is still at risk of contact with each other. If a morning child exposes the teacher then the teacher spreads exposure to afternoon class as well etc. or an exposed teacher will expose both groups. (Luckily the children seem less likely to get the virus, but is still possible to spread)
But if kids don’t go back to school how much will their education and mental health suffer? How would parents be able to get back to work? How much more would our economy suffer? There is no perfect answer but we need to be able to get back to some sort of normal. Living locked inside our homes for 6 months to a year longer is not feasible.
The COVID is out there today, the same as it was 2 months ago, and the same as it will be 6 months from now. Even though they are starting to open businesses and restaurants nothing has really changed except that we lowered the curve to keep hospitals from overflowing. The virus is out there the same now as it was before. Plus they are finding that a huge percent of people being tested have been exposed already and had little to no symptoms. My 70-year-old brother and sister-in-law, and nephew had Coronavirus in March and, thankfully, experienced mild symptoms and are fine now.
My mom was telling me about when she was pregnant with my sister back in 1968/69 during the Hong Kong flu. It was brought to the US by returning Vietnam War troops. The outbreak in Hong Kong, where density is about 500 people per acre, reached maximum intensity in 2 weeks, lasting from July to December 1968 and infected an estimated 500,000 Hong Kong residents, 15% of the population, however worldwide deaths from this virus peaked much later, in December 1968 and January 1969. They had 1million deaths worldwide, with a case-fatality ratio below 0.5%, and in the US approximately 33,800 people died. Only the elderly and pregnant were supposed to go to the hospital. They did not wear masks, social distance, or have stay-at-home orders at that time.
Thank You for all if this information and perspective from a teacher. My son is 11 and I was wondering about how this can work and the challenges.
Most definitely not sending my 9 year to school. Home schooling him where he can be safe, mask free. I dont mind sitting with him and teaching him any subject. It’s the parents that want the baby sitting that are in a hurry for them to get back to school and outta their hands. Smh I will think of sending him back once people stop the spread of the virus and everything’s under control.. Be safe everyone.
Thiis is so dumb having kids wearing masks the whole day. Specially hot weather. School district needs to follow the example of the school district in China. BEFORE THE KIDS GET INSIDE THEY MAKE SURE THEY WASH THERE HANDS AND HAVE LIKE A SPRAY TO DISIFENCT. WEARING MASKS CLOTHS EVERYDAY IS MORE GERMICIDE.WHAT IF THEY DONT WASH THEM EVREYDAY.
I think we should also do what the school districts in China do! I just re-watched the video. The kids come in a face mask that gets thrown away. The kids bottom of their shoes gets sprayed with sanitizing solution. Then the kids sanitize their hands. Then they get a steam sanitizer all over them. Lastly, they put their hands in what I think is a UV light. The video address is:
https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/coronavirus-video-of-chinese-schools-elaborate-sanitation-routine-goes-viral-1.1589467569027
I work with children in a Special Day Class .They won’t keep them on.I Don’t blame them Now what?
Hmmm…wondering how much input the teacher’s union had on these draconian restrictions to be put in place by the districts? Gee, it doesn’t matter – the taxpayers will pay for ALL of it!
I get it, you have to be safe – but each classroom and learning method is different among the various districts within the state – a “one size” method/model does not fit for all districts and classrooms.
I suspect the younger students and/or the those with ld’s are going to be the hardest to keep their masks on. Also, junior high boys/girls get into a rebellious stage and they may also be the ones thumbing their noses at the mask requirement.
The plan as presented here does not take all circumstances into consideration and will be surely re-visited before any school re-opens their doors.
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