LAUSD COVID-19 testing revealed 177 positive cases among staff, students before schools reopened
By Mary Stringini
LOS ANGELES - Mandatory COVID-19 testing for Los Angeles Unified students and staff revealed 177 positive cases among students and staff before they returned to school, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday.
Over the last two weeks, 72 employees and 105 students tested positive for COVID-19 before their school opened. That s 177 people with the virus our testing program has kept safely isolated and not in schools, Beutner said.
All students and staff were required to get tested for the virus prior to returning to in-person learning.
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For the first time in more than a year, some Los Angeles Unified schools will reopen for in-person classes this week, amid rigorous safety standards and upgraded campus sanitation measures, although many parents are opting to keep their kids learning from home.
The new safety standards at schools include free coronavirus testing for students and staff on-site each week at all 61 elementary schools and 11 early education enters set to open in stages starting this week. Remaining elementary schools and early education centers will open the week of April 19, and middle and high schools will open the week of April 26.