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Despite calls for help, school districts fend for themselves on campus coronavirus tests Howard Blume © Provided by The LA Times Laurie Goldfinger, left, attendance secretary for Agoura High School, is given a coronavirus test by phlebotomist Jessica Garcia at Wright Middle School in Calabasas. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) Lennox School District Supt. Scott Price has dealt with academic programs, union negotiations and budget deficits. But nothing has prepared him or othe...

Lennox School District Supt. Scott Price has dealt with academic programs, union negotiations and budget deficits. But nothing has prepared him or other education leaders to make decisions about a pressing medical issue: How to — or even whether to — provide school-based coronavirus testing to students, teachers and other staff. Many experts view regular, universal testing at schools as a crucial component to helping campuses reopen and remain open, while also contributing toward curbing th...