{"id":1562344,"date":"2022-07-20T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562344"},"modified":"2022-07-20T08:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T12:04:25","slug":"mask-mandates-return-to-san-diego-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mask-mandates-return-to-san-diego-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Mask Mandates Return to San Diego Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmask-mandates-return-to-san-diego-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562344&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Students and employees in the San Diego Unified School District were once again required to wear masks indoors as of Monday. Mandatory masking will be required through at least the end of summer school due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the county.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The district said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegounified.org\/covid-19_status\">letter<\/a> sent to staff, parents and students Friday, &#8220;As a district, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been intentional in implementing strategies to keep our community safe and reduce absences due to illness\u2014 all in service of our students, staff and community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The letter added, &#8220;If your student is participating in summer school or other summer enrichment program, please send them to school or their program with a mask. If they do not have one, masks will be provided. Students and staff will be required to wear their masks while indoors only.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mask mandates are back for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sdschools?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SDSchools<\/a> students. <\/p>\n<p>For students who feel uncomfortable wearing a mask, SDUSD President Sharon Whitehurst-Payne suggests not returning to school at all. <\/p>\n<p>Full Interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2PJoLiPB3\">https:\/\/t.co\/H2PJoLiPB3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qLsV8GMVxA\">pic.twitter.com\/qLsV8GMVxA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KUSI News (@KUSINews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KUSINews\/status\/1549193794712526849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The district had previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.10news.com\/news\/coronavirus\/san-diego-unified-school-district-drops-indoor-mask-requirement-april-4\">dropped its mask mandate<\/a> in April, however, in May, the district said the mandate would be reinstated if the county was classified by the CDC as having high transmission levels of COVID and will continue into the fall semester if the county is still in the CDC&#8217;s &#8220;high&#8221; tier.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/covid.cdc.gov\/covid-data-tracker\/#county-view?list_select_state=California&#038;data-type=CommunityLevels&#038;list_select_county=6073\">CDC<\/a>, over the last week, San Diego has recorded 383.01 new cases per 100,000, a 5 percent increase from the previous week. Additionally, the county has seen a hospital admission rate of 11.8 per 100,000 over the last seven days, a 31 percent increase compared to the previous week.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Both Naval Base Coronado and Naval Base San Diego also announced mask mandates beginning Monday. The base posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NavalBaseCoronado\/posts\/407882054709517\">Facebook<\/a>, &#8220;Effective TODAY, mask-wearing is required indoors on all Naval Base Coronado Installations and training sites until further notice. Please do your part to reduce the spread by wearing a mask, maintaining social distancing, increased hygiene practices and vaccinations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-recall-campaign-against-los-angeles-da-george-gascon-collects-enough-signatures-to-proceed\">Los Angeles County<\/a> reached the &#8220;high&#8221; level of COVID-19 infections and as a result, an <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/los-angeles-moves-toward-return-of-mask-mandate\">indoor mask mandate could be imposed on July 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In April, Philadelphia tried to reimpose their own mask mandate in April, then <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/23\/philadelphia-flip-flops-on-its-indoor-mask-mandate\/\">reversed it a week later<\/a> after fierce opposition and even a legal effort to end the mandate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students and employees in the San Diego Unified School District were once again required to wear masks indoors as of Monday. 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