Educating In A Pandemic

School District Takes A Step Backward On COVID

Caving in to pressure from a vocal anti-vax minority, Los Angeles schools will not enforce the vaccine mandate when classes resume in January.

“COVID 19-vaccines are effective and can reduce the risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.”

- CDC

Jackie Goldberg lectures anti-vax activists before caving into their demands

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles schools have set the example for safeguarding the welfare of children. The tone was set early on with the Grab and Go program that ensured the 405,000 students who qualify for free and reduced-price lunch had access to food even as campuses were closed. A testing program was then established so that outbreaks could be caught early when campuses reopened. When vaccines were fully approved, the LAUSD became the largest school district to mandate vaccines for adults on school campuses. This was followed by an expansion of the requirement to students over the age of 12.

With 86.52% of students aged 12 and older already having received the COVID-19 vaccine that was required to attend school in person at the start of the spring semester, it was…