California K-12 School Mask Mandate To End After March 11

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🗓️ 10 March 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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California’s mask mandate for its K-12 schools ends after Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced last month. The state now strongly recommends, but does not require, masks in K-12 school settings: that decision is now up to school districts. We want to hear your thoughts and questions about California’s lifting of its mask mandate for K-12 schools, especially if you’re a parent, educator or student. Leave us a voicemail: 415-553-3300. Guests: Grace Lee, associate chief medical officer for Practice Innovation and pediatric infectious diseases physician, Stanford Children’s Health Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist and deputy director for the Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health Hilaria Bauer, superintendent, Alum Rock Unified School District Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.1	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim.
0:48.2	Coming up on forum, California's mask mandate for K-12 schools ends tomorrow night,
0:56.2	nearly two years to the day after schools across the state shut down in the face of a frightening new virus.
1:01.0	Governor Newsom announced last month that the state will move to strongly recommend rather
1:05.4	than require masks at schools, and now districts get to decide whether to follow suit. We want to hear from you. How are you feeling about the state lifting its mandate?
1:14.6	And if your district is making masks optional, will you or your child still mask up?
1:20.6	Tell us after this news. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:35.5	California will lift its school mask mandate just before midnight tomorrow.
1:39.6	But that doesn't mean masks will no longer be required at all schools.
1:43.6	Districts have been allowed to make
1:44.9	their own decisions. Many will follow the state's lead, including San Francisco Unified, or they'll
1:50.7	lift their mask requirement a little after March 12th, like San Diego Unified. But the state's largest school
1:56.8	district, LAUSD, is still on the fence and appears likely to keep requiring masks for now.
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