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    Got a cold, runny nose, the sniffles? No worries! Come to school, LAUSD says

    by Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Aug 12, 2023 4 minutes
    Alberto Carvalho, right, goes through the contents of a gift backpack from the school system to Mya Morales, left, a 10th grader, and her sister, Amanda Garcia, middle, an eighth grader. Carvalho was visiting their North Hollywood apartment on Aug. 11, 2023, to encourage them to attend school regularly this year. The start of the school year is Aug. 14.

    LOS ANGELES — In a reversal from recent pandemic-era school years, Los Angeles schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho is urging students to come to school sick — at least if they are just a little sick — to combat high rates of absences that officials fault for harming mental health and holding back learning.

    If a student has a fever, however, they need to stay home.

    For parents and employees, the reversal is a sort of cognitive whiplash for a school system that took pride in having among the strictest school safety in the nation: mask mandates, 10-day illness quarantines, weekly COVID-19 testing — and directives to keep students home at any sign of illness.

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