naloxone to the entire school system. natasha chen has more. reporter: naloxone will be distributed to all the high schools within the next two weeks and all other k-12 schools as supplies come in. is this after a 15-year-old died and another student was hospitalized having overdosed in a high school bathroom earlier this month. there are currently enough doses for all high schools in the district and it is being provided for free by the l.a. county department of health. district staff like nurses, wellness center priors and volunteers are already trained to administer naloxone and the district will work on developing training and education for the school community. the superintendent carvalho said that we have an urgent crisis and this is effective at saving lives. after the death of a student
lausd sis a science-driven schol district. we re advised by public health officials, all of our protocols include what the experts recommend. wear masks if you want to, concerning the fact that 100% of our staff is vaccinated, and considering the fact that 82% of our students are vaccinated, the fact that we have installed air cleaning technologies, air filtration technologies, the fact that we continue to distribute antigen tests both to our students and our staff, and periodically test individuals and upload information put us in the position of having a balance between the protective measures that parents, students and the workforce expect and deserve, but also a fundamental concern right now with the acceleration of learning opportunity for every single student, considering the losses that were incurred during the pandemic. a lot of losses there, superintendent carvalho, thank you for your time and good luck in the school year. we appreciate your time.
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