“I do not regret what we did for one moment, not 30 seconds, not one tiny bit” said LAUSD Board President Goldberg.
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted 6 to 1 on Tuesday to rescind its two-year-oldsaying it is no longer needed to assure safe in-person learning.
Staff who were placed on unpaid leave because they refused to follow the mandate may be invited to return under the conditions of their leaves. Staff who departed the district or were reassigned to a virtual classroom are eligible to apply for an in-person position. LAUSD Board President Jackie Goldberg speaks during a ceremony at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles on Monday, May 22, 2023, honoring LAUSD high school seniors who have experienced homelessness or housing insecurity who will be graduating.
“This was a necessary requirement and it was adopted so that schools could reopen safely based on information that was known then, verified then,” said LAUSD Superintendent Alberto Carvalho. “COVID-19 is now in an endemic phase. It has entered the state of stability and increased predictability that comes usually with other viruses such as RSV and the flu.”
“This is a huge victory,” said Leslie Manookian, founder of the Health Freedom Defense Fund, which alongside the California Educators for Medical Freedom, and six LAUSD employeesagainst the district’s mandate in October 2021. The lawsuit is pending in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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