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LAUSD begins offering COVID-19 vaccines to staff, students on campus
Los Angeles Aug 30, 2021
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The Los Angeles Unified School District will introduce school-based coronavirus vaccine clinics Monday, offering the shots on campus to any eligible students and employees.
Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly said mobile vaccination teams will visit every LAUSD middle and high school campus to deliver first and second doses.
Appointments can be made through the LAUSD’s “Daily Pass” app. To make an appointment, or for information on when a vaccine team will visit a particular school, visit achieve.lausd.net/covid, or call 213-328-3958.
Students age 12 and older are eligible.
“Vaccines are a game changer for all of us,” Reilly said last week. “They help reduce the chances of getting considerably sick and dying from the virus. We can and will protect our school communities by continuing to vaccinate employees and every eligible student.”
Reilly said students age 12 to 15 must bring an adult with them when they receive the vaccine, while students 16 and older may either bring an adult or bring a signed consent form.
The school-based vaccine program is one of several strategies the LAUSD has implemented as in-person learning has resumed amid a surge in COVID-19 countywide, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus.
The district also employs daily health checks for everyone going onto campuses, masking, comprehensive COVID testing, contact tracing and isolation of cases, making hand sanitizer available, increased sanitization and cleaning of schools, upgraded ventilation, and a vaccine requirement for all LA Unified employees.
“The COVID-19 vaccines are safe, effective and the best way to protect our students, staff and families,” school board President Kelly Gonez said. “Our communities trust our public schools, so they are natural sites for our students and families to receive this life-saving vaccine. I encourage everyone who is eligible to get their shot as part of this effort.”
The district requires weekly COVID testing for students and employees, regardless of their vaccination status. All district employees must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 15.
