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PHOENIX â âThey should be able to go to school, their education shouldnât be hurt, their socialization shouldnât be hurt,â said Heidi Kim.
Itâs an ideal scenario the Valley mom hoped would play out for her two young girls. But just two weeks into the school year, her five-year-old now has COVID-19.
âThere are a total of three kids in her class who wear masks and my older daughter, there are two kids including her, so one other kid that wears a mask,â said Heidi.
Heidiâs daughters attend EduPrize in San Tan Valley. The charter school sent out a letter to parents outlining safety protocols being taken and urging the use of masks but admitting they couldnât mandate them.
Roosevelt Elementary School District office in Phoenix.
The Osborn and Roosevelt elementary school districts are the latest to issue mask mandates for their students and staff in response to the recent spike in COVID-19 cases and the more transmissible delta variant. Both districts serve preschool through eighth-grade students who are too young for COVID-19 vaccines.
The Osborn superintendent will work with district counsel to develop an opt-out option for parents, the district said in a Facebook statement.
The Osborn school district serves about 2,600 preschool through eighth-grade students. The Osborn district’s first day is Monday, Aug. 9. The Roosevelt school district, in south Phoenix, serves about 7,500 preschool through eighth-grade students and had its first day on Monday, Aug. 2.
Superintendent Chad Gestson and the district board opted for the mandate in defiance of Gov. Doug Ducey. Author: 12 News Updated: 4:49 PM MST August 3, 2021
PHOENIX A teacher with the Phoenix Union High School District filed a lawsuit on Monday against the district’s superintendent and governing board over their decision to mandate masks for students and faculty.
The teacher, who is being represented by the Kolodin Law Group, filed the lawsuit on Monday, which marked the new school year for one of Arizona’s largest school districts.
The lawsuit demands Phoenix Union leaders “prescribe and enforce policies and procedures for the governance of schools that are not inconsistent with the law.”
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The director-general of the World Health Organization on Wednesday called for a moratorium on coronavirus vaccine booster shots to allow vaccine access to countries struggling to obtain jabs. We call on everyone with influence – Olympics athletes, investors, business leaders, faith leaders and every individual in their own family and community – to support our call for a moratorium on booster shots. until at least the end of September, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Tedros said the goal was to focus on enabling at least 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated.
Top U.S. health officials have said there is not yet enough data to support booster shots, even for the elderly and immunocompromised, though Israel is now recommending them for those groups. But WHO s call for a booster moratorium comes as infections are surging across the U.S. – driven by the highly contagious delta variant – where vaccine is plentiful but vaccine hesitancy re
The school districts are defying Gov. Doug Ducey s explicit call against a mask mandate. Author: 12 News Updated: 10:26 AM MST August 4, 2021
PHOENIX As COVID-19 cases rise across Arizona and the United States, there is a renewed push from school districts to mandate masks.
The Centers for Disease Control recommended in July that students, teachers and faculty wear masks in classrooms regardless of their vaccination status.
Masks are a proven tool to limit the spread of COVID-19 and its more spreadable delta variant.
While Gov. Doug Ducey and ADHS have always encouraged people to mask up, Ducey banned school districts from issuing a mandate – calling it a form of “discrimination.”