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WASHINGTON Biden administration officials are weighing sending masks to every American as they hope to nudge individuals to do their part in lowering coronavirus transmission rates.
White House chief of staff Ron Klain said in an interview with NBC News that administration officials are looking at using mask supplies that the government already has in its stockpile.
Klain said that the administration hopes to make an announcement on a potential move in the next few days or next week.
Biden has pleaded for Americans to wear masks during the first 100 days of his administration. It s a step he said could help save thousands of lives as Americans await their turn to be vaccinated.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Thursday, the San Francisco parent collective, Decreasing the Distance, held a news conference to highlight families struggles with distance learning, and their grassroots action to safely reopen San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) classrooms.
This comes on the heels of the City of San Francisco suing SFUSD for their failure to devise a concrete plan for reopening schools, 11 months into the coronavirus pandemic.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and San Francisco Mayor London Breed have expressed frustration and disappointment with the district s priority list, so-to-speak, focusing first on renaming dozens of its schools. During that time the school board has alienated parents and made national news for their focus on renaming 44 of our schools, all while there wasn t a plan to reopen those very same schools, Mayor Breed said.
A California school district reopened in-person learning. In two days, 81 students were quarantined.
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The front of Farr Elementary in Escondido, Calif., where four cases of COVID-19 were reported.Google Street View/Screenshot
Only seven cases were reported across four different schools.
But out of an abundance of caution, 81 elementary and middle school students at Escondido Union School District in San Diego County have been quarantined along with 11 staff members only two days after the district re-opened for hybrid, in-person learning, KNSD in San Diego first reported. (Four other district maintenance workers were quarantined after a separate case.) They will be quarantining for 10 days.
The Latest: San Francisco sues own district to open schools
By The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco has taken a dramatic step in its effort to get kids back in public schools, suing its own school district to try to force classrooms to reopen amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind in California and possibly the country, as school systems come under increasing pressure from parents and politicians to end online learning. With support from Mayor London Breed, City Attorney Dennis Herrera on Wednesday sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District.
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