

Nationwide, as in California, the rules depend on where you live, and often on politics. to uphold commonsense safety measures," the union said in a statement this week. Teachers “are tired of waiting for a major outbreak. The union is seeking mandatory weekly testing and monitors to enforce mask wearing. The Oakland teachers union said its district guidelines are “contradictory or confusing" and not enforced. Pandemic-era conflicts between school districts and teachers have entered a new phase. The California School Boards Association calls it “a patchwork of different methods” that is not the most effective approach and is troublesome because it asks school officials to act as medical experts. San Diego Unified will require vaccines for staff and students 16 and up. Until then, the decision is up to local districts.Ī few of California’s biggest school districts, including Los Angeles and Oakland, have mandated vaccinations for students 12 and over.
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Last week, California became the first in the nation to say it will require the coronavirus vaccine for all public and private schools once the shot receives full regulatory approval, which may not kick in until the next academic year. “It’s crazy that a school district as huge as Los Angeles can pull it off, and we’re just twiddling our thumbs over here,” said Samantha Benton, a mother of two in Sacramento, where only voluntary testing is offered. The state’s largest school district has an ambitious program that mandates weekly on-site testing for all 600,000 students and 75,000 employees. Some schools have rigorous on-site mandatory COVID-19 testing programs, but many don’t.Īcross the state, parents who want to see more testing are looking to the Los Angeles Unified School District - the nation's second-largest - as a model. Some large urban districts like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland tell students to mask up for outdoor recess, while many others do not.
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That includes the who, when, where and how to test for COVID-19, and ever-shifting quarantine rules. While California has a few statewide requirements for all schools, such as requiring all public and private school teachers and students to wear face masks indoors, and a vaccinate-or-test rule for teachers starting in mid-October, many other details are left to local school officials. PCR testing and the so-called Swiss cheese model for keeping classrooms safe, which has become the butt of a few jokes.īut aside from a common pandemic lingo there is little similarity in how California schools are applying COVID-19 rules, leading to a dizzying patchwork of approaches that parents and teachers say can be confusing and frustrating. SAN FRANCISCO - (AP) - Now that schools are back in session, parents are mastering this year’s new school vocabulary: Modified quarantine, antigen vs. Hong) Octoat 12:59 pm EDT By JOCELYN GECKER To read this riddle in a modern narrative form click here.Virus Outbreak-California School Rules FILE - In this Apfile photo Kindergarten students participate in a classroom activity on the first day of in-person learning at Maurice Sendak Elementary School in Los Angeles California schools have a few statewide requirements for how schools apply COVID rules for schools but leave most details up to the local districts, leading to a dizzying patchwork of approaches that parents and teachers say can be confusing and frustrating. In the end, the tortoise convinced Achilles that he could not win the race because although he would be getting closer and closer, he would still always be covering smaller and smaller fractions of the total distance between the two.
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Let's say he covered half of the distance in 1 second (5 feet) and then in the next he covered half of the new distance, the remaining 5 feet plus the Tortoise's new distance.

Therefore, Achilles would always be covering a fraction of the distance between the two. Before the race started, the tortoise told Achilles that the reason Achilles would lose is that even though Achilles would be catching up, the tortoise would always be moving ahead. The tortoise challenged Achilles to a race and Achilles, full of typical hubris, accepted and even gave the Tortoise a 10 foot head start. His riddle involving Achilles, the character from Homer's Iliad and a tortoise went something like: Quick summary of riddle: Zeno of Elea (490-425 BC) is known for creating many paradoxes which were debated by mathematicians for centuries. Zeno's paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise
