COVID and Business as Usual

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The Monday, August 30, 2021, LASD Board meeting will start its open session at 7:00pm and public participation will continue to happen using the Zoom webinar platform. The LASD Board will be meeting physically  together following COVID safe protocols in the LASD Board Room. To register in advance for the meeting, click here.  The entire agenda and supporting documentation for this week's meeting can be found here.

First up on the agenda Jeff Baier will give an update on the Opening of the 21-22 School Year and its progress so far.  This is a discussion item and Jeff's presentation can be found under agenda H.1 using the link provided above.  Since the commencement of the 21/22 school year with students in the classroom there have been 2 isolated cases at 2 different schools with no outbreak or transmission at the respective schools.  That is to say, our COVID Safe Schools Protocols (ventilation, masking in and outdoors, symptom tracking, and hand hygiene) are working.  In addition to the protocols, the district will making be making pooled testing (not unlike last year's) available to all TK-8 students whose parents allow them to participate.  

Next, Sandra McGonagle will give a Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) Update.  This is a discussion item and her presentation can be found under agenda item H.2.  Over the summer the C&I Department, along with teachers, new and experienced, were hard at work training and being trained on the best ways to meet the academic and social emotional needs of our students.  The C&I Department is also pleased that our school sites, with their regularly scheduled Thursday collaboration time, will get back to offering Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports to our students as they continue their professional learning communities and strategize together about students needs and progress, whether a student needs more support or more challenges.  

Lastly, Jeff will present more Board Policy Updates and Board Policy Deletions for the Board's review.  This is a discussion item and all the board policy updates and deletions can be found under agenda items H.3 and H.4.  The California School Boards Association (CSBA) frequently advises local school districts on updates and deletions to board policies, bylaws and regulations based on recent changes to California state law and regulations and our Board is gradually going through a backlog of such updates.

Please note, this is just the highlights of what is on the agenda for the 8/30/21 meeting.  You can inform yourself about the rest of the agenda at the link provided above.  As always, feel free to email me with any questions.