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EDUCATION IN CRISIS
Expanding Inequity
As Los Angeles school closures approach the first anniversary, teachers from a high-priced private school jump the COVID-19 vaccination line.
- LAUSD parent Jazmin Garcia
In its latest guidelines on how to return students to school, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that teachers should be vaccinated as quickly as possible. LAUSD’s Superintendent Austin Beutner has called vaccines “a critical piece to this reopening puzzle.” UTLA’s President, Cecily Myart-Cruz says that “the path to a safer reopening must include…vaccines for all educators and school staff.” Yet, it will “be two to three weeks and perhaps longer before teachers — and other essential workers in their tier of eligibility — could begin to make appointments for immunizations.”