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Under the new normal. we know how to handle this. we have had many months of being innovative in our communities. los angeles unified is in constant communication with health partners, to continue adapting and reevaluating the multilayered safety protocols and standards currently in place. and just to give you pan idea, the last data they gave us, lausd says the positivity rate was under 15%. it's safer to have students in the classroom where they're learning, their mental health is stronger as well, and also because if you look at the county, while we're in this omicron surge, they're definit...

Now. what is the plan there to keep schools open? >> they're very clear here in l.a.usd that they will be keeping schools open, alisyn and victor, kids coming back today after the winter break taking that extra day to make sure they have plenty of time to do this mandatory testing for students to come here, and that testing of students and of staff and teachers finding more than 65,000 positive cases. so those people aren't here, but they said if there's people that are going to be out, that they are going to have plenty of certified teachers who can step in for teachers who may be out quarant...

Their second shots. there would be some exemptions for some people and qualified reasons. lausd is one of the strictest school districts because every single week they're getting tested, all of the employees whether you've been vaccinated or not, this is how they're handling it. the reason because of the los angeles times this meeting that was quickly put together they do believe they're going to get approval and just listen to a couple of board members to see why they think so. >> by the start of spring semester, every student 12 and up who is eligible and doesn't have an exemption will have ...

Vaccine mandate in the country. what is expected to happen in los angeles schools as soon as today. stephanie elam from los angeles this morning. walk us through it, stephanie. >> reporter: john what this really means is what we're expecting to hear today is this proposal for this quickly-put together meeting for the board of education for the l.a. u.s.d. is to say that all students all that are eligible that they need to be vaccinated by a certain point. let's look at some of the details here. we're talking about the fact that by october 31st o r anyone involved in extracurricular programs, t...