What L.A. parents should know before school starts

The LAUSD order is stricter than a state mandate that school staff be either vaccinated or regularly tested for coronavirus

Their opposition arrives amid a COVID-19 surge fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, which has seen a growing number of young people testing positive for the virus.

Students across California are returning to a very different school experience. Here are answers to common questions about vaccines, testing, masks and more.

School staff must be vaccinated by Aug. 12, and schools should be in full compliance by Oct. 15, the governor’s office said.

School employees must either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to a regular test proving they are not infected with the coronavirus under an order from Newsom.

LAUSD’s pandemic-recovery hiring spree is thousands of new staffers short of its goal to provide crucial mental health and academic support.

Instead of a back-to-normal back-to-school, the coronavirus casts new shadows over the return to full-time in-person schooling.

Risk factors are difficult to evaluate in school settings, but rising numbers are likely to raise concerns for some.

The Orange County school board votes to challenge Gov. Newsom’s authority to impose a mask mandate for K-12 students as COVID-19 cases spike.

In August, K-12 students will return to school. For many districts, summer school has provided a preview of classroom life with mask mandates.

The variant’s ability to spread among the vaccinated is worrisome, experts said, but it shouldn’t preclude kids from heading back to school.

After initially mandating a ban on unmasked students on campus, the state is now leaving enforcement decisions up to local officials.

The masking decision will allow all students, vaccinated or unvaccinated, to be treated the same at school, officials said.