S.D. COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION (KUSI) – All public schools in the state of California will require students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks for the upcoming semester. It comes a day after the California Department of Public Health revised their guidance stating districts should send students home if they don’t comply with the mandate. In a tweet they said it would now be up to each individual district to decide how they enforce the rule. San Diego Unified School Board President Richard Barrera acknowledged the confusion but reiterated the district’s stance. “Unfortunately it’s not new for us. Throughout the pandemic we’ve often gotten conflicting and contradictory guidance by the state and federal officials,” said Barrera. “In the case of opening up in the fall, we will be requiring that all students and all staff wear masks while they are indoors.”