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According to six student reporters who spoke to KQED, Garrett prevented reporters from reporting or publishing certain investigative and opinion pieces about sexual harassment or assault for the school newspaper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the main word that comes to mind is betrayal,” Fox said. “I trusted him and believed in him deeply.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11876356,news_11864769,news_11859164\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrett did not respond to multiple requests for comment. When asked for his response to students who said they were censored, he wrote, “There is no story here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the pieces the students wanted to write were tied in some way to a #MeToo movement that began on campus last summer. That student-led movement began when a rising sophomore posted on Instagram last July that she had been raped by a fellow student. Students also started a group called From Survivors, For Survivors (FSFS) to push for policy changes and greater accountability at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox was horrified by the number of disclosures, but also inspired by the students who were speaking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was one of those things where I felt like, ‘That doesn’t happen at our school, that happens at other places.’ I was distanced from the problem and so I couldn’t see it at the time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Gato published a \u003ca href=\"https://elgatonews.com/2020/07/25/dozens-of-lghs-students-come-forward-as-survivors-of-sexual-assault/\">piece\u003c/a> in July 2020 about dozens of Los Gatos High students who were coming forward as survivors of sexual assault, some of which was perpetrated by fellow students. Soon after that, another newspaper staffer wrote an opinion piece that criticized comments that the school’s former interim principal, Paul Robinson, made during \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnFjXybXqAU\">an interview\u003c/a> with the paper about the movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a screenshot from the messaging app Slack shared with KQED, Garrett wrote that he was concerned the piece did not belong as an opinion article in El Gato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Remember he is BRAND NEW and stepping into the role, and us writing a ‘gotcha’ piece after he voluntarily sat down for the interview is really bad form,” Garrett wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Superintendent Mike Grove also did not respond to questions related to claims students were censored. He issued a written statement that the district works to create an open environment where students and advisers work collaboratively to challenge each other as part of the journalistic process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although not always perfect, it has worked because we are constantly reflecting on the process and providing our students with the necessary resources and guidance that allows them to lead the decision-making in the student newsroom, including guidance that maintains journalistic integrity to ensure the pursuit of truth based on facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884069\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884069\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance to Los Gatos High School is empty during summer vacation on July 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, in November, Fox wrote an editorial piece about anti-harassment training given to Los Gatos High School students. She found Garrett’s edits worrying. In her draft, she criticized the lesson as outdated and ineffective, and described an “insidious rape culture that plagues LGHS.” Garrett, according to documents shared with KQED, said the phrasing was problematic and asked that she change “insidious rape culture” to “culture of silence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still don’t understand what the problem is, other than it’s controversial, but the newspaper’s purpose is not to avoid controversy,” Fox said. “It’s to write truthfully.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the editorial, Fox also contended that the lesson should have included gender-neutral pronouns, to which Garrett responded: “This is still a shift that is happening — sorry, but that’s too far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Gato had also published a short piece about a video documentary posted on Instagram in January. The video, which now has over 94,000 views, was made by a recent alum, Natalie Brooks, about the school’s #MeToo movement. The piece included a link to the documentary. Students said Garrett took the piece down soon after it was posted, saying it was too opinionated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjVlz7pX90/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Allegations of a Rape Culture on Campus\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was all happening amid rising tensions between student organizers and members of the high school football team. 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She also said the district hired a consultant focused on restorative justice to give community members affected by these issues a chance to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding Other Platforms\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Gatos students had long been finding their own ways to try to make their concerns public and create space for students to support one another. Before Casey Kamali graduated from Los Gatos High School in 2020, she started her own podcast called “Mind in Pieces.” The idea of it was to give her peers a space to talk about mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kamali says at least half of the girls she spoke to for the podcast described experiences with harassment and assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884071\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n.jpeg 824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casey Kamali, a Los Gatos High School alum, launched her own podcast to give students a space to talk about mental health issues. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Casey Kamali)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was pretty apparent to me immediately how much of an issue this was and how pervasive of an issue this was,” she said. “I wouldn’t say it surprised me, sadly. I just really wanted to make sure that I was making them feel heard and safe and like they weren’t going to be interrogated on the legitimacy of what they were saying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also sharing their experiences online. Over 130 students and alums have shared experiences with harassment and assault on the @metoo.losgatos Instagram page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One alum, Eliza Potts, shared her experience with assault by a fellow student on the FSFS Instagram account. She says she also reported the assault to the school, and says school staff offered to make sure she did not attend class with the perpetrator. But she says she didn’t have classes with him anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social media feels like the only platform where we can get our voices out unfiltered,” she said. “It was nice to be able to put myself out there and not have to worry about censoring things in fear of ruining the school’s reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Complicated Assignment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the national #MeToo movement began, journalism teachers and even legal experts around the country have wrestled with guiding students in how best to report on sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These last two years have been professionally, without question, the most difficult of my life,” said Mike Hiestand, senior legal counsel with Student Press Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides advice to student journalists. He gets a lot of questions from these journalists looking to cover stories related to sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll try and help young journalists stay out of trouble. #MeToo reporting, it is an advanced level of reporting. You don’t get tougher journalism assignments,” Hiestand said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One 2017 \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5682955/Bobkowski-Belmas-Volume-10-Issue-1-Mixed-Message.pdf\">survey \u003c/a>conducted by researchers at the University of Kansas found that female students are also more likely to be told by school staff not to discuss certain topics in school-run media outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiestand will often encourage students to keep working with advisers and principals, but if that fails he sometimes advises students to publish elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to use the rights that we have, but at some point we have to say, ‘We have other ways to get this information out and there’s nothing you can do about it,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884072\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The football field and track at Los Gatos High School is empty during summer vacation on July 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Football Assignment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Doug Garrett told students they could not publish the opinion piece written in response to the interview with their former interim principal, they posted it on the From Survivors, For Survivors Instagram page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we can’t publish something, we just put it on our Instagram account,” said Wren, another Los Gatos alum and former editor with El Gato News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is using a pseudonym to protect Wren’s identity, because she says some of her classmates have faced threats for bringing attention to sexual assault on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student reporters say the tension reached a breaking point in January. Garrett had assigned a project to interview the football community on how they viewed the #MeToo movement on campus. Garrett sent the journalism students a list of dozens of current and former football players and parents, suggesting they interview some of them. Wren says she was stunned, and worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘So let me get this straight. We’re going to be interviewing people and amplifying their voices,’” Wren said she recalled thinking at the time. “’We’ve never been able to amplify the voices of survivors, we’ve never been able to produce our own opinion articles about this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reporters say they began discussing their concerns and how to proceed. Wren says there were alleged perpetrators on that list, and she was worried about the mental well-being and physical safety of her classmates and fellow reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone from that crowd had said the people who were part of FSFS belonged under the wheel of a car and they accelerated their car at one of our organizers,” Wren said. “So that was someone on that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the reporters say they began working on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But weeks later, when students asked about the status of the project, Garrett sent them an email that said, “At this point we cannot move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were definitely confused, and we asked, like, why aren’t we doing this? He gave a very strange reason, which basically boiled down to the same thing he’s been saying a lot, which is for legal reasons,” Wren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that same email exchange, students were also told they could no longer move forward with a piece they were investigating on sexually explicit hand signals used by members of the football team. They ended up publishing that \u003ca href=\"https://patch.com/california/losgatos/lghs-football-team-hand-gesture-reignites-rape-culture-debate\">piece\u003c/a> on the Los Gatos Patch, an online community news site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884074\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A print copy of El Gato News, the student-led paper for Los Gatos High School. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bigger Than the School Newspaper\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But students like Wren say they still wish they could have published their pieces in their school paper. She is no longer considering a career in journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is heartbreaking for me to say this. And I don’t want to pin it all on the relationship that I have with my adviser, but that definitely discouraged me from pursuing it,” she said. “I definitely don’t want to do it as a professional career anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaina Fox, the former editor-in-chief, says she still loves journalism even if her experience with the paper has been painful. She and others say they’ve chosen to share their experience now because they want next year’s student journalists to be empowered to write the stories that matter to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have much faith in established institutions or authority figures right now,” Fox said. “I have a lot of trust in a group of teenagers who are really committed to making things right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was produced as a project for the \u003ca href=\"https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism\u003c/a> Impact Fund.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garrett did not respond to multiple requests for comment. When asked for his response to students who said they were censored, he wrote, “There is no story here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the pieces the students wanted to write were tied in some way to a #MeToo movement that began on campus last summer. That student-led movement began when a rising sophomore posted on Instagram last July that she had been raped by a fellow student. Students also started a group called From Survivors, For Survivors (FSFS) to push for policy changes and greater accountability at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox was horrified by the number of disclosures, but also inspired by the students who were speaking out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was one of those things where I felt like, ‘That doesn’t happen at our school, that happens at other places.’ I was distanced from the problem and so I couldn’t see it at the time,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Gato published a \u003ca href=\"https://elgatonews.com/2020/07/25/dozens-of-lghs-students-come-forward-as-survivors-of-sexual-assault/\">piece\u003c/a> in July 2020 about dozens of Los Gatos High students who were coming forward as survivors of sexual assault, some of which was perpetrated by fellow students. Soon after that, another newspaper staffer wrote an opinion piece that criticized comments that the school’s former interim principal, Paul Robinson, made during \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnFjXybXqAU\">an interview\u003c/a> with the paper about the movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to a screenshot from the messaging app Slack shared with KQED, Garrett wrote that he was concerned the piece did not belong as an opinion article in El Gato.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Remember he is BRAND NEW and stepping into the role, and us writing a ‘gotcha’ piece after he voluntarily sat down for the interview is really bad form,” Garrett wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District Superintendent Mike Grove also did not respond to questions related to claims students were censored. He issued a written statement that the district works to create an open environment where students and advisers work collaboratively to challenge each other as part of the journalistic process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Although not always perfect, it has worked because we are constantly reflecting on the process and providing our students with the necessary resources and guidance that allows them to lead the decision-making in the student newsroom, including guidance that maintains journalistic integrity to ensure the pursuit of truth based on facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884069\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884069\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50357_011_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The main entrance to Los Gatos High School is empty during summer vacation on July 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Then, in November, Fox wrote an editorial piece about anti-harassment training given to Los Gatos High School students. She found Garrett’s edits worrying. In her draft, she criticized the lesson as outdated and ineffective, and described an “insidious rape culture that plagues LGHS.” Garrett, according to documents shared with KQED, said the phrasing was problematic and asked that she change “insidious rape culture” to “culture of silence.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I still don’t understand what the problem is, other than it’s controversial, but the newspaper’s purpose is not to avoid controversy,” Fox said. “It’s to write truthfully.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the editorial, Fox also contended that the lesson should have included gender-neutral pronouns, to which Garrett responded: “This is still a shift that is happening — sorry, but that’s too far.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>El Gato had also published a short piece about a video documentary posted on Instagram in January. The video, which now has over 94,000 views, was made by a recent alum, Natalie Brooks, about the school’s #MeToo movement. The piece included a link to the documentary. Students said Garrett took the piece down soon after it was posted, saying it was too opinionated.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Megan Farrell, the district Title IX coordinator who handles misconduct complaints, said in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11876356/how-high-school-students-launched-their-own-metoo-movement-during-the-pandemic\">interview\u003c/a> with KQED earlier this year that it can be difficult to determine whether a certain campus-wide culture exists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farrell said the district formed a committee of students, parents and administrators to address some of those concerns, and launched an inquiry into whether the district has a culture that allows abuse to continue. She also said the district hired a consultant focused on restorative justice to give community members affected by these issues a chance to talk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding Other Platforms\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Gatos students had long been finding their own ways to try to make their concerns public and create space for students to support one another. Before Casey Kamali graduated from Los Gatos High School in 2020, she started her own podcast called “Mind in Pieces.” The idea of it was to give her peers a space to talk about mental health issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kamali says at least half of the girls she spoke to for the podcast described experiences with harassment and assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884071\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884071\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/227217515_239262424682567_7572725433430282258_n.jpeg 824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casey Kamali, a Los Gatos High School alum, launched her own podcast to give students a space to talk about mental health issues. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Casey Kamali)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It was pretty apparent to me immediately how much of an issue this was and how pervasive of an issue this was,” she said. “I wouldn’t say it surprised me, sadly. I just really wanted to make sure that I was making them feel heard and safe and like they weren’t going to be interrogated on the legitimacy of what they were saying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Students are also sharing their experiences online. Over 130 students and alums have shared experiences with harassment and assault on the @metoo.losgatos Instagram page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One alum, Eliza Potts, shared her experience with assault by a fellow student on the FSFS Instagram account. She says she also reported the assault to the school, and says school staff offered to make sure she did not attend class with the perpetrator. But she says she didn’t have classes with him anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social media feels like the only platform where we can get our voices out unfiltered,” she said. “It was nice to be able to put myself out there and not have to worry about censoring things in fear of ruining the school’s reputation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Complicated Assignment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the national #MeToo movement began, journalism teachers and even legal experts around the country have wrestled with guiding students in how best to report on sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These last two years have been professionally, without question, the most difficult of my life,” said Mike Hiestand, senior legal counsel with Student Press Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that provides advice to student journalists. He gets a lot of questions from these journalists looking to cover stories related to sexual assault.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll try and help young journalists stay out of trouble. #MeToo reporting, it is an advanced level of reporting. You don’t get tougher journalism assignments,” Hiestand said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One 2017 \u003ca href=\"https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/5682955/Bobkowski-Belmas-Volume-10-Issue-1-Mixed-Message.pdf\">survey \u003c/a>conducted by researchers at the University of Kansas found that female students are also more likely to be told by school staff not to discuss certain topics in school-run media outlets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hiestand will often encourage students to keep working with advisers and principals, but if that fails he sometimes advises students to publish elsewhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to use the rights that we have, but at some point we have to say, ‘We have other ways to get this information out and there’s nothing you can do about it,’ ” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884072\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884072\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50353_007_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The football field and track at Los Gatos High School is empty during summer vacation on July 21, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Football Assignment\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Doug Garrett told students they could not publish the opinion piece written in response to the interview with their former interim principal, they posted it on the From Survivors, For Survivors Instagram page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we can’t publish something, we just put it on our Instagram account,” said Wren, another Los Gatos alum and former editor with El Gato News.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED is using a pseudonym to protect Wren’s identity, because she says some of her classmates have faced threats for bringing attention to sexual assault on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student reporters say the tension reached a breaking point in January. Garrett had assigned a project to interview the football community on how they viewed the #MeToo movement on campus. Garrett sent the journalism students a list of dozens of current and former football players and parents, suggesting they interview some of them. Wren says she was stunned, and worried.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“‘So let me get this straight. We’re going to be interviewing people and amplifying their voices,’” Wren said she recalled thinking at the time. “’We’ve never been able to amplify the voices of survivors, we’ve never been able to produce our own opinion articles about this.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reporters say they began discussing their concerns and how to proceed. Wren says there were alleged perpetrators on that list, and she was worried about the mental well-being and physical safety of her classmates and fellow reporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Someone from that crowd had said the people who were part of FSFS belonged under the wheel of a car and they accelerated their car at one of our organizers,” Wren said. “So that was someone on that list.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, the reporters say they began working on the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But weeks later, when students asked about the status of the project, Garrett sent them an email that said, “At this point we cannot move forward.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were definitely confused, and we asked, like, why aren’t we doing this? He gave a very strange reason, which basically boiled down to the same thing he’s been saying a lot, which is for legal reasons,” Wren said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In that same email exchange, students were also told they could no longer move forward with a piece they were investigating on sexually explicit hand signals used by members of the football team. They ended up publishing that \u003ca href=\"https://patch.com/california/losgatos/lghs-football-team-hand-gesture-reignites-rape-culture-debate\">piece\u003c/a> on the Los Gatos Patch, an online community news site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884074\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11884074\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS50349_003_LosGatos_HighSchool_07212021-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A print copy of El Gato News, the student-led paper for Los Gatos High School. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Bigger Than the School Newspaper\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But students like Wren say they still wish they could have published their pieces in their school paper. She is no longer considering a career in journalism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is heartbreaking for me to say this. And I don’t want to pin it all on the relationship that I have with my adviser, but that definitely discouraged me from pursuing it,” she said. “I definitely don’t want to do it as a professional career anymore.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alaina Fox, the former editor-in-chief, says she still loves journalism even if her experience with the paper has been painful. She and others say they’ve chosen to share their experience now because they want next year’s student journalists to be empowered to write the stories that matter to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t have much faith in established institutions or authority figures right now,” Fox said. “I have a lot of trust in a group of teenagers who are really committed to making things right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was produced as a project for the \u003ca href=\"https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism\u003c/a> Impact Fund.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It's inevitable that when kids mix as they head back to school, germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The CDC has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Kid Wakes Up with the Sniffles?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home and consult the pediatrician.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"This happened to us [recently], for camp,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mmg.pitt.edu/person/seema-s-lakdawala\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seema Lakdawala\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a virologist who studies flu transmission at the University of Pittsburgh. She has two daughters, ages 5 and 8. \"My [8-year-old] daughter woke up and was sneezing and had a runny nose.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She kept her daughter home and then called the pediatrician to talk through her symptoms. The likely culprit was allergies, the doctor told her; the child has known allergies to grass pollen, and it's already hay fever season where she lives. Sure enough, when Lakdawala gave her daughter allergy medication, her symptoms resolved.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key, says Lakdawala, is that her daughter had no known exposures to COVID-19. \"If we had been on a plane recently, or otherwise traveling, then I would definitely want to get her tested for COVID,\" the parent says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Test for the coronavirus when warranted.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of those sniffles, while everyone's healthy, figure out where your child and others in your home can get\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/01/847368012/how-reliable-are-covid-19-tests-depends-which-one-you-mean\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PCR-tested\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the coronavirus on short notice with quick results. \"Our pediatrician's office, like many pediatric clinics, has walk-in hours for children who are sick,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Cassandra Pierre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center and the parent of 3-year-old twins. \"Those hours are in the morning, which means my child could get tested and, hopefully, get the results in the same day.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home until those test results come back, says Pierre.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another option is to buy some over-the-counter,\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989934597/as-at-home-coronavirus-tests-hit-pharmacies-what-role-can-they-play-in-the-pande\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rapid antigen tests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the pharmacy now and keep them in your medicine cabinet for a time when you might need them, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/gronvall/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gigi Gronvall\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an immunologist and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. She has two kids, ages 11 and 14. These swab tests are less sensitive than PCR tests (so they might miss very minor infections). But they're quick, easy to use, and considered to be fairly accurate in people who are actively sick. \"They certainly provide peace of mind, especially if [people are] symptomatic,\" Gronvall says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if those symptoms turn out to be \"just a cold,\" try not to spread it.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever your child's COVID-19 status, please don't send them back to school if they're still coughing and sneezing, Pierre says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her 3-year-old was home sick from day care with a cold the day we spoke with her. \"If my son is still sick tomorrow, still stuffy and having nasal secretions, I wouldn't necessarily put him right back and expose other children to another respiratory virus,\" Pierre says. As difficult as it is to arrange for child care, the pandemic has driven home to her that \"we really rely on the decisions that other people make,\" she says. \"I want to make sure that I'm making good decisions to prevent other children and parents potentially from getting sick.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If kids must return to camp or school or day care with mild cold symptoms, they should wear masks consistently, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an infectious disease doctor at UCSF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside postID=news_11881535]\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What If My Child Tests Positive for the Coronavirus?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Don't panic,\" says Pierre. \"The first thing to remember is that children are incredibly resilient.\" Most cases of COVID-19 in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#Children\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">children are mild\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Keep a close eye on your child and check in with the pediatrician, particularly if your child has underlying health conditions that may need monitoring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think ahead of time about who will take care of whom — and how — if somebody gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Households are complicated, so think right now about how you could limit the sick child's contact with others in your home. Consider how you and any other members could best divvy up care. If your situation requires backup, Lakdawala suggests reaching out to fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors who may be able to step in and offer help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lakdawala and her husband have walked through this scenario. They are both fully vaccinated, but their two children are not yet eligible. If one child tests positive for the coronavirus, she says, they will split the household into parent-child pairs in different parts of the house. They might then take turns in the kitchen and minimize the amount of time they're in enclosed spaces with each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Layer protections to reduce the risk of household transmission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Space is limited for most families in the U.S. Still, there are proven ways to reduce the risks of transmission. The key is to rely on multiple types of protection.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 is primarily transmitted\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/sars-cov-2-transmission.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">through the air\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so Pierre notes that \"respiratory hygiene is your No. 1 priority.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If indoor space is shared with a sick person, everyone in the house\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/17/1017075240/delta-variant-is-spreading-fast-and-new-cases-are-rising-is-time-to-mask-up-agai\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">should wear masks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as much as possible, says Gandhi. This means at all times, except when eating, drinking and sleeping. For the sick person, this reduces the amount of virus they exhale into the air, and for others in the household, it limits the amount of virus they breathe in. If a room is available, an older child who is sick with COVID-19 may be able to isolate there, says Pierre. This limits the presence of the virus to a specific part of the home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get fresh air into the house to disperse any clouds of virus that may be lingering in the air, Lakdawala advises: \"Open the windows, turn on the fans, get some air circulating.\"\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air purifiers, available in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884658/free-air-filters-for-lower-income-people-with-asthma-how-bay-area-homes-can-sign-up\">six Bay Area counties\u003c/a> to lower-income residents with asthma,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> could help filter virus out of the air in a closed room, Pierre adds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another possible route of transmission is picking up the live virus on your hands and touching your eyes, nose or mouth. So periodically\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">clean and disinfect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared surfaces such as the bathroom counter or kitchen table, particularly if a sick person has been coughing or sneezing nearby, Pierre says. After a few days (the CDC recommends\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/testing.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">three to five days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> after a known exposure), it's a good idea to get the rest of the household tested for the coronavirus.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best defense, Pierre says, is vaccines. \"We really should be thinking about getting as many people in the household vaccinated as possible to protect themselves, but also to protect the child.\" Vaccinated people can provide care\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-guidance.html#anchor_1617376555813\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">without needing to quarantine\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so long as they remain healthy, without COVID-19 symptoms.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child home until they're no longer contagious.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though asymptomatic infections can spread disease, too, people with COVID-19 are most likely to spread the infection to others when symptoms first appear. So\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fif-you-are-sick%2Fisolation.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 days after symptoms first appear\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if those symptoms have resolved without the continued use of fever-reducing medicine, the illness is no longer considered contagious, Gronvall says. Sometimes, children develop symptoms such as loss of taste and smell that can last longer, \"but as far as there being a danger to others, these symptoms don't need to interfere with them going back to school,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, if child care is an issue, fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors may be able to help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"young child on slide wearing a mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child goes down a concrete slide at Youngblood Coleman Playground in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Kind of Mask Should a Child Wear?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear any mask that fits well — with no gaps around the mouth, nose or chin — and is comfortable. While adults these days are being encouraged\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/962197192/5-hacks-to-make-your-face-mask-more-protective\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to step up our mask game\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> beyond cloth versions, the advice for children may be a little different. \"The best mask is one that they can wear for long periods of time, even in school,\" Pierre says. \"A cotton mask is the most comfortable, lightweight and breathable.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bonus points if the kids like the design: A child is more likely to wear a mask they find appealing, and to wear it consistently and correctly. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"My kids have the cutest masks,\" Lakdawala says. \"They have the ones that look like little cat faces and smiley faces or dogs or bears or whatever.\" Gronvall's 11-year-old prefers a mask that is \"silky and has pictures of cats in outer space that have lasers coming out of their eyes,\" so she has ordered several of those masks to send with him to school. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids can also DIY existing masks with art supplies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to add more protection, Gandhi suggests wearing two masks, which creates a tighter mask fit on the face, or adding a filter layer to a child's mask. \"You can buy a cloth mask with a pocket, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.20233353v1\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use vacuum bag material as a filter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It's thin and it blocks virus very effectively,\" she says. Still, she agrees that the bottom line with kids is comfort. So if these interventions make them less likely to wear the mask, she says you can skip them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Is It OK to Hug Our Kids When They're Sick with COVID-19?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reassurance of physical contact — hugs and cuddles — can be important, especially for little ones, Lakdawala says. \"I'm not going to deny or deprive my child of that comfort when they're not feeling well.\" And you may feel that way, too. But Pierre says that if the kids are older, \"I would recommend physical distancing.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/covid-19-most-contagious-first-5-days-illness-study-finds\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies suggest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a person with COVID-19 is most infectious in the first five days, so Gandhi says she'd aim to limit close contact in that period. \"For the first five days, I'd let them watch TV and I would try to not be as cuddly,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"At night, if a child has a fever and needs comfort, that can be difficult,\" says Pierre. Nobody recommends wearing a protective mask while sleeping, but if you're sharing a bed with a sick child, you might consider facing in the same direction from behind them, or away — so they're not breathing directly into your face — and opening up the windows or using air purifiers to help clear the air.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lakdawala says wearing masks when someone is sick with COVID-19, and, again, divvying up care responsibilities (including hugs), can help reduce the risk that everyone in the household gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[aside label='Coronavirus Coverage' tag='coronavirus,vaccines,vaccination']\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Child Is Sent Home From School After a COVID-19 Exposure?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your child is unvaccinated, quarantine your child, wear masks, watch for symptoms and test.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the school district provides specific instructions for quarantining, follow that guidance, Pierre says. The CDC has a specific definition for \"close contact\" between kids in schools, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">it is more lenient\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than in other settings: \"If your child is physically distancing 3 feet from another child who's sick and both of them are wearing masks consistently, we would not actually consider that to be an exposure,\" says Pierre. \"But if that is not what has happened, then the child needs\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be quarantined\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the house, take reasonable precautions, says Pierre, \"but it's not necessarily with the rigor of having to go to your room and stay there,\" unless your child develops symptoms or tests positive for the coronavirus. Instead, try to keep some physical distance between the quarantining child and other household members, and have the child and/or those other family members wear a mask, especially those who are the most vulnerable and unvaccinated.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Lakdawala's home, her two children — both too young to be vaccinated — typically share a room. If one were in quarantine, \"I would separate them in terms of where they would sleep, but I would probably still send the other one to school if it was just an exposure,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She would wait a few days and then get the quarantining child tested for the coronavirus with a PCR test. In the interim, she'd\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">watch for symptoms\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no symptoms develop or the test comes back negative, it's fine to resume all the usual activities\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">after seven to 14 days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, depending on your school's policy.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And while the child in quarantine is staying home, Lakdawala says, the rest of the household can keep on with essential business — school, work, grocery shopping and the like — with some precautions. The whole family should refrain from playdates or gatherings and wear masks in public, indoor settings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR editor and producer \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/468930062/jane-greenhalgh\">\u003cem>Jane Greenhalgh\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and correspondent \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/146944972/rob-stein/\">\u003cem>Rob Stein\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed reporting, and KQED's Jenny Pritchett contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+To+Keep+Your+Child+Safe+From+The+Delta+Variant&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It's inevitable that when kids mix as they head back to school, germs spread. And in a pandemic year fueled by the delta variant, some of those germs may cause COVID-19. The CDC has advice for keeping your child protected from this highly contagious version of the coronavirus now and this fall: Mask up in schools and other crowded venues, and make sure everyone age 12 and older in the family gets a COVID-19 shot.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">But what if your kids are younger than that? What if they develop symptoms or come into contact with someone who tests positive for the coronavirus?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rules for testing and quarantining vary from place to place, so we asked several public health experts — all parents — about their personal strategies for keeping their kids and families safe these days.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Kid Wakes Up with the Sniffles?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home and consult the pediatrician.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"This happened to us [recently], for camp,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mmg.pitt.edu/person/seema-s-lakdawala\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Seema Lakdawala\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a virologist who studies flu transmission at the University of Pittsburgh. She has two daughters, ages 5 and 8. \"My [8-year-old] daughter woke up and was sneezing and had a runny nose.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She kept her daughter home and then called the pediatrician to talk through her symptoms. The likely culprit was allergies, the doctor told her; the child has known allergies to grass pollen, and it's already hay fever season where she lives. Sure enough, when Lakdawala gave her daughter allergy medication, her symptoms resolved.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The key, says Lakdawala, is that her daughter had no known exposures to COVID-19. \"If we had been on a plane recently, or otherwise traveling, then I would definitely want to get her tested for COVID,\" the parent says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Test for the coronavirus when warranted.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ahead of those sniffles, while everyone's healthy, figure out where your child and others in your home can get\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/05/01/847368012/how-reliable-are-covid-19-tests-depends-which-one-you-mean\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">PCR-tested\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the coronavirus on short notice with quick results. \"Our pediatrician's office, like many pediatric clinics, has walk-in hours for children who are sick,\" says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.bumc.bu.edu/busm/profile/cassandra-pierre/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Cassandra Pierre\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, medical director of public health programs at Boston Medical Center and the parent of 3-year-old twins. \"Those hours are in the morning, which means my child could get tested and, hopefully, get the results in the same day.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep your child at home until those test results come back, says Pierre.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another option is to buy some over-the-counter,\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/04/22/989934597/as-at-home-coronavirus-tests-hit-pharmacies-what-role-can-they-play-in-the-pande\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">rapid antigen tests\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the pharmacy now and keep them in your medicine cabinet for a time when you might need them, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-people/gronvall/\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gigi Gronvall\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an immunologist and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. She has two kids, ages 11 and 14. These swab tests are less sensitive than PCR tests (so they might miss very minor infections). But they're quick, easy to use, and considered to be fairly accurate in people who are actively sick. \"They certainly provide peace of mind, especially if [people are] symptomatic,\" Gronvall says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even if those symptoms turn out to be \"just a cold,\" try not to spread it.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whatever your child's COVID-19 status, please don't send them back to school if they're still coughing and sneezing, Pierre says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her 3-year-old was home sick from day care with a cold the day we spoke with her. \"If my son is still sick tomorrow, still stuffy and having nasal secretions, I wouldn't necessarily put him right back and expose other children to another respiratory virus,\" Pierre says. As difficult as it is to arrange for child care, the pandemic has driven home to her that \"we really rely on the decisions that other people make,\" she says. \"I want to make sure that I'm making good decisions to prevent other children and parents potentially from getting sick.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If kids must return to camp or school or day care with mild cold symptoms, they should wear masks consistently, says\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://profiles.ucsf.edu/monica.gandhi\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dr. Monica Gandhi\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, an infectious disease doctor at UCSF.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What If My Child Tests Positive for the Coronavirus?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"Don't panic,\" says Pierre. \"The first thing to remember is that children are incredibly resilient.\" Most cases of COVID-19 in\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html#Children\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">children are mild\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Keep a close eye on your child and check in with the pediatrician, particularly if your child has underlying health conditions that may need monitoring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Think ahead of time about who will take care of whom — and how — if somebody gets sick.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Households are complicated, so think right now about how you could limit the sick child's contact with others in your home. Consider how you and any other members could best divvy up care. If your situation requires backup, Lakdawala suggests reaching out to fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors who may be able to step in and offer help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Lakdawala and her husband have walked through this scenario. They are both fully vaccinated, but their two children are not yet eligible. If one child tests positive for the coronavirus, she says, they will split the household into parent-child pairs in different parts of the house. They might then take turns in the kitchen and minimize the amount of time they're in enclosed spaces with each other.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Layer protections to reduce the risk of household transmission.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Space is limited for most families in the U.S. Still, there are proven ways to reduce the risks of transmission. The key is to rely on multiple types of protection.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">COVID-19 is primarily transmitted\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/sars-cov-2-transmission.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">through the air\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, so Pierre notes that \"respiratory hygiene is your No. 1 priority.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If indoor space is shared with a sick person, everyone in the house\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/17/1017075240/delta-variant-is-spreading-fast-and-new-cases-are-rising-is-time-to-mask-up-agai\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">should wear masks\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as much as possible, says Gandhi. This means at all times, except when eating, drinking and sleeping. For the sick person, this reduces the amount of virus they exhale into the air, and for others in the household, it limits the amount of virus they breathe in. If a room is available, an older child who is sick with COVID-19 may be able to isolate there, says Pierre. This limits the presence of the virus to a specific part of the home.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get fresh air into the house to disperse any clouds of virus that may be lingering in the air, Lakdawala advises: \"Open the windows, turn on the fans, get some air circulating.\"\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air purifiers, available in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11884658/free-air-filters-for-lower-income-people-with-asthma-how-bay-area-homes-can-sign-up\">six Bay Area counties\u003c/a> to lower-income residents with asthma,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> could help filter virus out of the air in a closed room, Pierre adds.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another possible route of transmission is picking up the live virus on your hands and touching your eyes, nose or mouth. So periodically\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/disinfecting-your-home.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">clean and disinfect\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> shared surfaces such as the bathroom counter or kitchen table, particularly if a sick person has been coughing or sneezing nearby, Pierre says. 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So\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fif-you-are-sick%2Fisolation.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">10 days after symptoms first appear\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, if those symptoms have resolved without the continued use of fever-reducing medicine, the illness is no longer considered contagious, Gronvall says. Sometimes, children develop symptoms such as loss of taste and smell that can last longer, \"but as far as there being a danger to others, these symptoms don't need to interfere with them going back to school,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Again, if child care is an issue, fully vaccinated family members, friends or neighbors may be able to help.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884679\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11884679\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"young child on slide wearing a mask\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/RS46334_012_KQED_SanFrancisco_Playgrounds_12102020-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A child goes down a concrete slide at Youngblood Coleman Playground in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Kind of Mask Should a Child Wear?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wear any mask that fits well — with no gaps around the mouth, nose or chin — and is comfortable. While adults these days are being encouraged\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/02/03/962197192/5-hacks-to-make-your-face-mask-more-protective\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to step up our mask game\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> beyond cloth versions, the advice for children may be a little different. \"The best mask is one that they can wear for long periods of time, even in school,\" Pierre says. \"A cotton mask is the most comfortable, lightweight and breathable.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bonus points if the kids like the design: A child is more likely to wear a mask they find appealing, and to wear it consistently and correctly. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"My kids have the cutest masks,\" Lakdawala says. \"They have the ones that look like little cat faces and smiley faces or dogs or bears or whatever.\" Gronvall's 11-year-old prefers a mask that is \"silky and has pictures of cats in outer space that have lasers coming out of their eyes,\" so she has ordered several of those masks to send with him to school. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kids can also DIY existing masks with art supplies.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to add more protection, Gandhi suggests wearing two masks, which creates a tighter mask fit on the face, or adding a filter layer to a child's mask. \"You can buy a cloth mask with a pocket, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.11.18.20233353v1\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">use vacuum bag material as a filter\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It's thin and it blocks virus very effectively,\" she says. Still, she agrees that the bottom line with kids is comfort. So if these interventions make them less likely to wear the mask, she says you can skip them.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>Is It OK to Hug Our Kids When They're Sick with COVID-19?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The reassurance of physical contact — hugs and cuddles — can be important, especially for little ones, Lakdawala says. \"I'm not going to deny or deprive my child of that comfort when they're not feeling well.\" And you may feel that way, too. But Pierre says that if the kids are older, \"I would recommend physical distancing.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/11/covid-19-most-contagious-first-5-days-illness-study-finds\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Studies suggest\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that a person with COVID-19 is most infectious in the first five days, so Gandhi says she'd aim to limit close contact in that period. \"For the first five days, I'd let them watch TV and I would try to not be as cuddly,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\"At night, if a child has a fever and needs comfort, that can be difficult,\" says Pierre. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cb>What Do I Do if My Child Is Sent Home From School After a COVID-19 Exposure?\u003c/b>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If your child is unvaccinated, quarantine your child, wear masks, watch for symptoms and test.\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If the school district provides specific instructions for quarantining, follow that guidance, Pierre says. The CDC has a specific definition for \"close contact\" between kids in schools, and\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/php/contact-tracing/contact-tracing-plan/appendix.html#contact\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">it is more lenient\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> than in other settings: \"If your child is physically distancing 3 feet from another child who's sick and both of them are wearing masks consistently, we would not actually consider that to be an exposure,\" says Pierre. \"But if that is not what has happened, then the child needs\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/if-you-are-sick/quarantine.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">to be quarantined\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the house, take reasonable precautions, says Pierre, \"but it's not necessarily with the rigor of having to go to your room and stay there,\" unless your child develops symptoms or tests positive for the coronavirus. Instead, try to keep some physical distance between the quarantining child and other household members, and have the child and/or those other family members wear a mask, especially those who are the most vulnerable and unvaccinated.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In Lakdawala's home, her two children — both too young to be vaccinated — typically share a room. If one were in quarantine, \"I would separate them in terms of where they would sleep, but I would probably still send the other one to school if it was just an exposure,\" she says.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">She would wait a few days and then get the quarantining child tested for the coronavirus with a PCR test. In the interim, she'd\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">watch for symptoms\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. If no symptoms develop or the test comes back negative, it's fine to resume all the usual activities\u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html#contact-tracing\"> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">after seven to 14 days\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, depending on your school's policy.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">And while the child in quarantine is staying home, Lakdawala says, the rest of the household can keep on with essential business — school, work, grocery shopping and the like — with some precautions. The whole family should refrain from playdates or gatherings and wear masks in public, indoor settings.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>NPR editor and producer \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/468930062/jane-greenhalgh\">\u003cem>Jane Greenhalgh\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> and correspondent \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/people/146944972/rob-stein/\">\u003cem>Rob Stein\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed reporting, and KQED's Jenny Pritchett contributed to this story.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit npr.org.\u003cimg src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=How+To+Keep+Your+Child+Safe+From+The+Delta+Variant&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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He said SCTA is calling for weekly testing for even vaccinated teachers who could pass the more contagious delta variant to unvaccinated students or staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think there should be an increased emphasis on testing,” he said. “While the science becomes more clear, we think universal testing should be a goal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/CAgovernor/status/1425522323126329346\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past two weeks, the state also issued \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/07/26/california-implements-first-in-the-nation-measures-to-encourage-state-employees-and-health-care-workers-to-get-vaccinated/\">vaccination or regular testing mandates for state employees and health care workers\u003c/a>. On Sunday, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the country’s second largest teachers union, added to this momentum by calling for vaccine requirements for educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Biden’s chief medical adviser on COVID-19, said Tuesday morning in an \u003ca href=\"https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/dr-fauci-there-s-no-doubt-these-vaccines-will-be-fully-approved-by-fda-118264901984\">interview on MSNBC,\u003c/a> “I’m going to upset some people on this, but I think we should [require teacher vaccinations]. We’ve had 615,000-plus deaths, and we are in a major surge now as we’re going into the fall, into the school season. 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"content": "\u003cp>Maribel Ahumada says she lost her sister and nephew to COVID-19 last December. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So when the vaccine became available this spring, she took her 16-year-old triplet sons to the grand opening of a vaccination center at San Pedro High School in Los Angeles so they could all get their shots.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, as California confronts another wave of the pandemic, she’s frustrated that school districts aren’t acting with the same urgency. She said vaccinations should “100%” be required for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The way things are going with COVID and now the delta (variant), it should not be an option,” Ahumada said. “I lost two members of my family. I know COVID is real.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State lawmakers, however, have yet to issue a vaccine mandate for public school teachers, arguing that a mask mandate, increased ventilation and other existing safety measures are enough. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators have put the decision in the hands of local officials, but most school districts haven’t made vaccination a requirement for teachers either because they’re still exploring the legality of a mandate or there isn’t enough support from local teacher unions. The California Teachers Association is strongly supporting vaccines, but has so far stopped short of endorsing a vaccination mandate for all public school teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some school districts have settled for the softer alternative of a weekly COVID-19 test, as some are facing advocacy groups that are actively fighting against a vaccination requirement for teachers until the FDA fully authorizes the vaccines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"covid-19, coronavirus\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fifty-four percent of eligible Californians have been \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-04/california-sees-significant-rise-in-vaccinations-as-employers-issue-mandates\">fully vaccinated\u003c/a>. Coronavirus positivity rates are skewing toward younger, healthier people resulting in lower rates of hospitalization and death. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the same time, however, the delta variant is breathing new life into what has become a pandemic of the unvaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under 12 are not yet eligible for the vaccine. Public health experts say students, especially \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7012e3.htm\">younger children\u003c/a>, should be safe from getting COVID-19 at school even if their teachers aren’t vaccinated, as long as everyone on campus \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7004e3.htm\">wears masks\u003c/a> and follows hygiene protocols. In rare instances, young children were diagnosed with \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mis/cases/index.html\">multisystem inflammatory syndrome \u003c/a>after contracting COVID-19. So far, California has had more than 300 cases of the syndrome and 37 have died nationwide. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But spread among unvaccinated adults at schools could threaten a return to distance learning, which devastated students’ mental health and worsened the academic achievement gap along the lines of \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/us/covid-schools-at-home-learning-study.html\">race, income and disability\u003c/a>. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The need for children to be back in in-person learning has been well demonstrated,” said Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at UC San Francisco. “We should do everything we can to keep students in classrooms, including mandating teacher vaccinations.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Best Defense\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Megan Bacigalupi, executive director of Open School California (OpenSchoolsCA), says school districts should take all precautions to ensure in-classroom instruction all year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Vaccination is the way out of this,” she said. “Getting everyone vaccinated protects everyone, including kids.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bacigalupi has two kids, a third grader and kindergartener, in the Oakland Unified School District. She said she’s not too worried about her kids’ safety because younger children are less likely to catch or fall seriously ill from COVID-19. But she is worried that high case numbers among teachers would force the district to revert to distance learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most public health experts share Bacigalupi’s concern. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Andrew Noymer, UC Irvine public health professor\"]'If we end up with a bunch of sick teachers, we might end up back on Zoom.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Those who are vaccinated are much less infectious even with the delta variant,” said Gandhi. “It seems paramount for teachers to be vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In vaccinated individuals who do get infected with COVID-19, Gandhi said, their immune systems are able to greatly reduce the amount of virus in their throats, making it far less likely to spread to others. Considering children are less likely to get seriously ill from COVID-19, unvaccinated adults will be most at risk at schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we end up with a bunch of sick teachers, we might end up back on Zoom,” said Andrew Noymer, a public health professor at UC Irvine. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite these experts urging \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Bob_Wachter/status/1422765489474863104\">universal teacher vaccinations\u003c/a>, there has been little momentum among state lawmakers. State Sen. Josh Becker, a Democrat who represents sections of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, has been one of the few calling on districts to require teachers to be fully vaccinated before returning to campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re at a tipping point,” Becker said. “The delta variant in many ways puts our mindsets back to March 2020. But back then, we did not have the defense.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 26 said that state employees and health care workers must be fully vaccinated or be tested for COVID-19 at least once a week. On Thursday, the California Department of Public Health went a step further and ordered \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/health/coronavirus/2021/08/california-healthcare-vaccinations-mandate/\">all indoor health care workers to be vaccinated\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it comes to school employees, however, the governor is also leaving the decision up to local districts. At a Friday press conference at Juanita B. Jones Elementary School in San Bernardino, Newsom said he’s confident that the masking mandate, increased ventilation and other existing safety measures will be enough to keep schools open all year long. But he urged all school employees to get vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We can take these masks off once and for all,” he said. “That way we can keep our kids back in-person without any stress or anxiety for the rest of the year.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Teachers Association is strongly supporting vaccines but has so far stopped short of endorsing a vaccination mandate for all public school teachers. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, the second largest teachers union in the country, said she would \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/world/us/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-teachers-union-shifts-stance-back-vaccine-mandate-covid-surges-2021-08-08/\">support a vaccination requirement\u003c/a> for teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The circumstances have changed,” she told NBC News. “It weighs really heavily on me that kids under 12 can’t get vaccinated.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Local Approaches\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified, San Diego Unified and San Jose Unified school districts are requiring teachers to either show proof of vaccination or be tested at least once a week. San Francisco Unified will not require teachers to be vaccinated, but is asking its employees to provide their vaccination status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sweetwater Union High School District in southern San Diego County, which is not requiring teachers to be vaccinated, has had 75 positive cases since its school year started on July 21, mostly among its 37,000 students. Students and staff who came into contact with anyone who tested positive can remain on campus as long as they’re vaccinated and asymptomatic. Unvaccinated students or staff who come into contact can remain on campus as long as they agree to a series of COVID-19 tests over a 10-day period.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Julie Walker, local teachers union president, said no serious illness or hospitalizations have been reported to her or the district. She said a vaccine mandate would require negotiations with the district administration. Considering that some teachers do not want to be vaccinated, Walker said it’s unlikely the union would support a mandate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I have some very adamant members who don’t want it,” Walker said. “I encourage, but I don’t mandate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Monica Gandhi, UC San Francisco professor of medicine\"]'Testing is simply not as good as being vaccinated. Your exposure could have been in between the two times of testing.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she doesn’t think a requirement is necessary considering the district’s masking rules, contact tracing and testing sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts, however, say there’s no substitute for full vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Testing is simply not as good as being vaccinated,” Gandhi said. “Your exposure could have been in between the two times of testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Legal Obstacles to Requiring Teacher Vaccination\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many lawmakers, school district officials and teachers unions are all strongly urging school employees to get vaccinated, making it a requirement could open up legal challenges against the state and local districts because none of the COVID-19 vaccines have been fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the vaccines’ current status of “emergency use authorization,” a mandate could be susceptible to legal challenges from employees who refuse, according to Dorit Reiss, a law professor at UC Hasting College of the Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have a lot of cases on this because we’re in a new situation,” said Reiss. “There’s never been a vaccine for the whole population under emergency use authorization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so far, lawsuits related to vaccine mandates at schools and universities have been unsuccessful. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 2, a panel of federal judges \u003ca href=\"https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/vaccine-mandates-court-decisions-indiana-university-and-los-angeles-unified-school-district/\">threw out a lawsuit\u003c/a> filed by a group of students against Indiana University’s vaccine mandate. On July 27, a court \u003ca href=\"https://www.skepticalraptor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Educators-Medical-Freedom-v-LAUSD.pdf\">dismissed a lawsuit\u003c/a> against Los Angeles Unified and its requirement that teachers either be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, there’s already precedent for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in California public higher education. Both the University of California and the California State University systems are requiring faculty, staff and students to be fully vaccinated before they return to campus. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I am one of thousands of UC and Cal State teaching faculty who are under a vaccine requirement as terms of our employment,” said Noymer, the UC Irvine public health professor. “So it doesn’t seem particularly oppressive to me to require K-12 teachers to vaccinate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But local district officials are reluctant to take that step before the vaccines receive full FDA approval. At the very least, district administrators and teachers unions alike want to negotiate what a vaccine mandate might entail.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re certainly in conversation with our unions on how to encourage vaccinations,” said Richard Barrera, president of the San Diego Unified School Board. “It’s an evolving conversation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon FDA approval, Reiss says, the state could mandate vaccines, and teachers and their unions would have to comply without bargaining because the order isn’t coming from their employers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bacigalupi, the Oakland Unified parent and director of OpenSchoolsCA, said districts should absolutely mandate the vaccine once it gets full approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It strikes people as contradictory that there are individuals who would oppose a vaccine mandate, but are completely fine with a mask mandate,” she said. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Return to Distance Learning Unlikely\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts and school district officials do agree that even without a vaccine mandate for school staff, the current spread of COVID-19 and the delta variant will probably not threaten school reopenings in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gandhi said as long as schools enforce masking and routine testing, students should be safe on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even despite not having any vaccines around, we’ve been able to keep schools open,” she said. “I think the data has shown us that we can reopen safely even during high community spread.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Borba, superintendent of Le Grand Union Elementary School District in Merced County, said close to 70% of his staff were vaccinated as of the spring. He said he won’t be requiring his staff to submit proof of vaccination. Besides the masking rule, he expects classrooms will feel relatively normal when students return on Aug. 11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m praying and hoping that we can start the year off normal,” Borba said. “It feels good to be doing education again after a year and a half of being a public health coordinator for my school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ahumada, however, said she’ll pull her sons out of school and into distance learning if she sees too many positive cases among students or staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My sons are desperate to go back,” she said. “But people are still dying. COVID is not gone yet.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said she doesn’t think a requirement is necessary considering the district’s masking rules, contact tracing and testing sites.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts, however, say there’s no substitute for full vaccination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Testing is simply not as good as being vaccinated,” Gandhi said. “Your exposure could have been in between the two times of testing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Legal Obstacles to Requiring Teacher Vaccination\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many lawmakers, school district officials and teachers unions are all strongly urging school employees to get vaccinated, making it a requirement could open up legal challenges against the state and local districts because none of the COVID-19 vaccines have been fully approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the vaccines’ current status of “emergency use authorization,” a mandate could be susceptible to legal challenges from employees who refuse, according to Dorit Reiss, a law professor at UC Hasting College of the Law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have a lot of cases on this because we’re in a new situation,” said Reiss. “There’s never been a vaccine for the whole population under emergency use authorization.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so far, lawsuits related to vaccine mandates at schools and universities have been unsuccessful. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Aug. 2, a panel of federal judges \u003ca href=\"https://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/vaccine-mandates-court-decisions-indiana-university-and-los-angeles-unified-school-district/\">threw out a lawsuit\u003c/a> filed by a group of students against Indiana University’s vaccine mandate. 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But experienced educators, like Jazz Monique Hudson, noticed something was off when the students started coming in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She is an \u003ca href=\"http://www.jazzhudson.com/about/\">arts educator \u003c/a>who teaches writing and poetry as part of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.fsmei.org\">Freedom Soul Media Education Initiatives\u003c/a>, which uses a culturally relevant curriculum. “We cannot approach education the same way we did before,” she said. “Not at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884099\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11884099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5449-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A head shot of Jazz Monique Hudson. She is wearing a dark-colored jacket and is smiling at the camera. 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When she noticed that a lot of them were struggling to get something down on paper, she stopped the whole lesson and asked them to share instead what they were feeling at the moment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jazz Monique Hudson, Artist and Educator\"]‘The pandemic was a trauma and a harm and it should be treated as such.’[/pullquote]“A lot of the journal prompts were, ‘I’m feeling anxiety about being in a classroom. I don’t know how to talk to people. I don’t know how to make friends’,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In teaching, Hudson explains, resiliency among children can sometimes be understood as the process of a person learning how to restore themselves back to a feeling of wholeness after a difficult or traumatic event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But I’ve never seen a situation of a person moving into resiliency and going back to who they were before that trauma or before that harm,” she said. “The pandemic was a trauma and a harm and it should be treated as such.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884098\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11884098 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A whiteboard with a big piece of paper attached to it. On the big piece of paper, there are several categories drawn with a marker. The large piece of paper is titled 'Mental Health,' and the categories are, 'I'm great!', 'I'm okay,' 'I'm meh,' 'I'm struggling,' and 'Please check-in.' There are many post-its in the first two categories.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5387-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daily activities, like sharing with the class how you’re feeling, are meant to help students stay connected to their emotions and articulate what’s going in their lives. 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What’s struck her is how the past year has so deeply eroded their sense of self-worth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Azariah Cole-Shepard, Artist and Educator\"]‘Poetry is an important vehicle for trauma management and mental wellness because it teaches you how to cope with the things that are going on around you.’[/pullquote]Some of her students have complicated relationships with their parents or family members, and being in close quarters with them for over a year has affected their well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many openly hear, she said, “that they’re incapable of things.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Cole-Shephard’s classroom, students can write about what’s been going on in their lives, using poetry as a tool to understand a little more what they’re feeling.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Poetry is an important vehicle for trauma management and mental wellness because it teaches you how to cope with the things that are going on around you, but then also serves as a vehicle for guidance in the healing process,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She hopes that in her class, students can understand that just because they’re going through a dark time in life, they don’t need to stay in it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Giving them the ability to do things like create images to go along with the poetry or create comic strips that incorporate a story,” she said, are activities that are resonating with the students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with several students enrolled in the summer school program to understand what’s on their minds a few days before the fall semester starts on Aug. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jocelyn, the incoming high school freshman, said most of her family came down with COVID-19. Her brother is rarely home because he has to work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So I was pretty lonely, which is why I had to move in with my grandparents,” Jocelyn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jocelyn’s grades also suffered while she struggled with learning from home. She said the quality of her educational experience dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We didn’t learn a lot,” Jocelyn said. “We got less than what we deserved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of her classmates, Gracelynn Nichol, also had to move in with her grandparents after her mother lost her job. “It was rough. My mom still doesn’t have a job,” she said. “My mental health was so messed up during the whole pandemic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And for Rico Lupian, being at home all the time made it harder to process the hard news of COVID-19 infections in his family. “My mom’s sister got COVID. She’s cured now,” he said. “And then her whole family got COVID.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11884100\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11884100 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A teacher explains something to a student at the student's desk. The teacher has long, curly hair and is wearing a white shirt. The teacher reads and points to some papers. The student is sitting down at their desk and looks at what the teacher points at.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/IMG_5396-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A writing class at Castro Valley High’s summer school program. \u003ccite>(Julia McEvoy)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>‘A Veil Has Been Lifted Off the Adults’ Eyes’\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>While many students kept their computer cameras off during distance learning, others did not. In those cases, distance learning allowed teachers to see inside kids’ homes, giving them a real look — albeit through computer screens — at what some families and students were experiencing during the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marion Meadows, the district’s head of behavioral health, shared what some of the teachers noticed through their virtual classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They could see depression,” she said. “They could see kids using drugs in the background, they could see their family life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Learning more about how students are experiencing the pandemic was a wake-up call for teachers, who in turn relayed what they saw to administrators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like a veil has been lifted off the adults’ eyes,” Meadows said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides preparing classroom discussions about mental health and trauma management, Meadows says district teachers spent the past year developing anti-racist lesson plans for every single grade. If teachers intend to connect with their students, she says, they’ve got to understand how the pandemic replicated racist systems already in place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='distance-learning']“Lack of access to health care, socioeconomic disparities, health disparities,” she explained. “The pandemic worsened it and then added an academic piece on it and an isolation piece on it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thanks to the \u003ca href=\"https://oese.ed.gov/offices/education-stabilization-fund/elementary-secondary-school-emergency-relief-fund/\">Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund\u003c/a>, part of the federal government’s CARES Act, the district has money to actually translate the teachers’ plans into action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It spent some of those dollars to hire more social workers and restorative justice practitioners who could train teachers on how to create spaces where students feel safe talking about what’s bothering them. It even launched parent support circles to help families cope with stress.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For many students, going back to school itself is the start of healing. Seeing the inside of a classroom once again signaled that things are going back to normal. Rico thinks there is something to that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I finally get to see all my friends,” he said. “I get to make new friends and it just feels good just to be in school.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>As students in California prepare to return to in-person instruction, schools are piecing together COVID-19 testing and vaccination measures that are as varied as the state itself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state is \u003ca href=\"https://schools.covid19.ca.gov/\">urging schools\u003c/a> to test students and staff regularly and encourage everyone on campus who’s eligible to get vaccinated. But neither vaccinations nor testing is required, and schools have flexibility as to how they implement measures to prevent COVID outbreaks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The result is a patchwork of safety plans that are likely to change as conditions evolve. \u003ca href=\"https://achieve.lausd.net/latestnews\">Los Angeles Unified School District\u003c/a>, for example, is testing all students and staff weekly, regardless of whether they’ve been vaccinated. \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DKIgwCu4tWuWCijywMNW-pAKDMoA9GhzdPol3bAtjPw/edit\">San Francisco Unified\u003c/a>, meanwhile, is recommending that students and staff get tested if they have symptoms, but is not requiring tests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Testing is an important part of tracking the spread of COVID,” said Dr. Robert Schooley, an infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego's School of Medicine and co-creator of the university’s coronavirus safety plan. “There’s no optimal way for schools to use testing, but we do know that it should be targeted and done frequently enough for school and public health officials to know what’s going on with the school population.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dr. Robert Schooley, infectious disease specialist at UC San Diego's School of Medicine\"]'Testing is an important part of tracking the spread of COVID. There’s no optimal way for schools to use testing, but we do know that it should be targeted and done frequently enough for school and public health officials to know what’s going on with the school population.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rapidly changing safety plans come amid a surge of COVID cases linked to the delta variant, a dramatically more transmissible strain of the original coronavirus that’s now dominant in California. Over the past month, new COVID infections in California grew by more than 400%, with young people leading the surge, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://covid19.ca.gov/state-dashboard/#todays-update\">California Department of Public Health\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a result, many California counties have reinstituted indoor mask mandates, even for people who are vaccinated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many employers, including California-based companies Google, Apple, Lyft, Uber and Twitter, have delayed plans to bring employees back to the office, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/business/vaccine-return-to-office.html\">The New York Times\u003c/a>. Disneyland is requiring most of its employees to be vaccinated. On July 26, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced all state employees are required to be vaccinated or face weekly COVID tests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for most schools, tests are only one part of a broader safety plan. Vaccinations, social distancing, ventilation, regular cleaning, contact tracing and masking are also important ways to stop the spread of COVID, public health officials said. The only measure that the state requires is masking. Everyone on campus, regardless of whether they’re vaccinated, must wear masks indoors, the state announced last month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts \u003ca href=\"https://news.usc.edu/188998/covid-delta-variant-schools-vaccination-mandates-usc-experts/\">predict\u003c/a> a jump in COVID cases linked to schools reopening. Although children are less likely than adults to get sick or die from COVID, they’re also less likely to be vaccinated. Vaccines are only available to those ages 12 and older, and only 11.5% of 12-to-18-year-olds nationwide have been fully vaccinated, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/vaccine-tracker\">Mayo Clinic\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children are also at risk of contracting a rare disorder called multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a potentially deadly condition linked to COVID. So far, more than 300 children in California, and 4,196 nationwide, have been diagnosed with MIS-C, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/mis/cases/index.html\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a>. At least 37 nationally have died.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing in K-12 schools “remains a powerful tool” for preventing transmission of COVID, according to state public health authorities. The state is offering free tests for all public, charter and private schools in California and suggesting schools use one of four \u003ca href=\"https://testing.covid19.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/332/2021/07/School-Testing-Considerations.pdf\">testing protocols\u003c/a> depending on the infection rate in the community or if there’s an outbreak at school:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Low community rate: periodic testing of asymptomatic students and staff\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>High community rate: weekly or biweekly testing of everyone who’s unvaccinated\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Outbreak at school: testing every unvaccinated person who’s been in close contact with someone who’s tested positive\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Symptomatic individuals: testing anyone who has symptoms of COVID\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Another choice facing schools is the type of test to offer: either polymerase chain reaction, also called a PCR test, or a rapid test. Both are done by inserting a cotton swab in the nose. PCR tests are slightly more accurate but take about 48 hours to produce a result. Rapid tests are less accurate but might be more convenient for schools trying to test large numbers of people, Schooley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Vaccination policies are up to each individual district, and in many cases are subject to union approval. Teachers and other school staff are exempt from the state’s vaccination requirement because they’re employees of their districts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, districts are adopting a variety of testing policies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sites.google.com/mercedcsd.org/mcsdcovid-19inforesources/home\">Merced City Schools\u003c/a> is offering free tests to students and staff but isn’t requiring tests unless there’s been an outbreak. In that case, the district will test anyone who’s been in contact with someone who’s tested positive or has symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag=\"coronavirus\" label=\"Related Posts\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision was a collaborative effort between school and local public health authorities, said Sergio Mendez, the district’s director of pupil services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re feeling very confident in the layers of mitigation we’ve put in. Testing is a big part of it,” Mendez said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://sbcusd.com/cms/One.aspx?portalId=59953&pageId=36986778\">San Bernardino City Schools\u003c/a> is assigning “COVID liaisons” to coordinate testing and contact tracing at each school campus. The liaisons, who work for an outside company, will “be responsible for responding to COVID-19 concerns at the school level, providing guidance and information for students, families and staff. Liaisons will also play a key role in mitigation and management,” said district spokeswoman Maria Garcia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Testing will be available for free at each school, but it won’t be required. The district is also asking children and their families to complete a health assessment every day before school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose Unified is \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/news-updates#san-jose-unified-to-require-staff-to-be-vaccinated-or-tested-twice-weekly-for-covid\">requiring\u003c/a> teachers and school staff to get tested twice a week for COVID if they’re not vaccinated. \u003ca href=\"https://www.wccusd.net/cms/lib/CA01001466/Centricity/Domain/3328/REOPENING%20PRESENTATION.pdf\">West Contra Costa Unified\u003c/a>, in the East Bay Area, is strongly encouraging — but not requiring — regular tests for those who are unvaccinated. The district is only testing those who have symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified’s interim superintendent, Megan Reilly, last week announced the district’s requirement that all students and staff be tested weekly, citing recommendations from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. The \u003ca href=\"https://achieve.lausd.net/covidtestingappt\">district is offering free tests\u003c/a> at a dozen locations around the city, as well as a mobile testing clinic that will visit school campuses. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jaime Barrientos, a psychology student at Los Angeles Mission College, was searching for information on fall classes a couple weeks ago when he noticed that coronavirus vaccines were being offered during on-campus registration. He messaged a friend who was also unvaccinated and hadn’t planned on getting the shot, and the two of them spent the afternoon in the school’s library filling out paperwork for their first dose of the Pfizer regimen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What got Barrientos and his skeptical friend out of the house to get vaccinated?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The money,” the duo said in unison.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an effort to increase vaccination among its 250,000 students, the Los Angeles Community College District offered $75 to each student who got vaccinated at two campus events — one July 21 at L.A. Mission and another at Los Angeles Valley College on July 31. Students who brought along a friend or family member could earn $150.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the University of California and California State University have both mandated vaccination for students, faculty and staff who spend time on campus, most of California’s 73 community college districts are choosing instead to encourage or incentivize vaccination. Some are offering money, textbooks or other inducements to get students to sign up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office released an \u003ca href=\"https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/Files/General-Counsel/2021-01-advisory-mandated-covid-19-vaccinations-a11y.pdf?la=en&hash=80473DB866E97BE0A9650603A745C3FC85871377\">advisory\u003c/a> strongly urging all community college districts to adopt vaccination mandates, citing the surge in COVID-19 cases fueled by the delta variant. 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San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton considered a \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/delta/Board.nsf/files/C4NV7N7F61D6/%24file/Delta%20-%20Return%20to%20Campus%20Plan%202021%20-%20070621e.pdf\">return-to-campus plan\u003c/a> that required vaccination, but trustees voted against the mandate in a July 6 \u003ca href=\"https://deltacollege-edu.zoom.us/rec/play/yMB7pSwIrWIsxKSRAS4oO3DhO7BRiAFcoiEkt3ktbpkxfZqKmN8wsKPmQCuSMKIm_AL2V2PBJ5Eflc_G.oAbMomnUhkhLBC4p?startTime=1625617854000&_x_zm_rtaid=e2AEKtdMQQG0CW7o8baRlA.1626905291513.e89be48aaec840fc91c76bfb65518780&_x_zm_rhtaid=856\">board meeting\u003c/a> after community members voiced concern about the safety of the vaccine and a timeline requiring that students be vaccinated by Aug. 13. 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With an hour left in the event, about 35 people had been vaccinated, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the $75, students vaccinated at the event received a free pass to Six Flags Magic Mountain provided by a grant from Kaiser Permanente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More vaccination clinics will be offered during registration fairs at the Los Angeles Community College District’s other campuses on Aug. 7, said district spokesperson William Boyer. But the district, the state’s largest, is not requiring vaccination for students, faculty and staff. Instead, they’ll be required to wear masks while on campus — about half of fall classes will be held in person — and watch a training video on COVID safety protocols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because the vaccine has yet to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Use Administration for non-emergency use, Boyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"William Boyer, Los Angeles Community College District spokesperson \"]‘The best legal advice we had was that you cannot mandate a vaccine that has only been approved under emergency-use conditions.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The best legal advice we had was that you cannot mandate a vaccine that has only been approved under emergency-use conditions,” he said. “There has been no FDA approval for these vaccines to be used in regular life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But LACCD’s understanding of the law is different from that of the UC and CSU systems, which are both mandating vaccination for students before full FDA approval, after first saying that they would wait for it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California State University announced its decision last week, after over 1,000 professors signed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.fresnobee.com/opinion/readers-opinion/article252967388.html\">open letter\u003c/a> to the chancellor’s office calling for the vaccine requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With over 480,000 students, it makes sense to implement a vaccine mandate because we have an enormous impact, not only within our own campus borders but also within the communities in which we’re located,” said Blain Roberts, a history professor at Fresno State and one of the faculty members who wrote the open letter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move came as the delta variant fuels a rise in coronavirus cases nationwide. 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