Updates for the New Year!

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Happy New Year, Community!

Last month, it seemed that 2021 would be ending on a high note. After 3 months with few positive COVID results, it seemed that we were moving closer to normal in 2022. Our plan was to begin inviting parent volunteers back and possibly bringing back some of the school-wide events that we've missed so much these last few months. However, with the ongoing pandemic, we must put our hopes on hold a little longer as we brace for an uncertain first few weeks of the second semester. Here are a few of the changes that you'll need to know as we return to school:

  • The first day of school for students has been changed to Tuesday, January 11. 
  • A baseline test for COVID-19, received after January 3,  is required of all students and staff before returning to campus. Without evidence of a negative test result, students and staff will not be admitted to campus. Students and staff who have tested positive in the last 90 days and have isolated for the recommended number of days, are exempt from the baseline testing requirement.
  • It is required that all employees wear surgical-grade masks on campus.
  • It is recommended that all students wear non-cloth masks with a nose-wire.
  • All students and staff are required to wear masks indoors and outdoors at school.
  • Per the September, 2021 LAUSD/UTLA bargaining agreement, teachers are no longer required to provide instruction via ZOOM. Please contact me and/or your child's teacher for information on the short-term Independent Study option for students who are absent from 3-14 days due to COVID-related issues.
For the week of January 10th, on-site COVID testing will be Wednesday, January 12th instead of Friday, January 14th            at Community Magnet Charter School.

Updates have also been made to the protocols and procedures regarding COVID exposure management. Stay tuned for Tea Time with Toni when I will present these new isolation and quarantine requirements for close contacts and positive cases.


TEA TIME with TONI  



Join me for Tea Time with Toni on Thursday, January 13th at 4:00 p.m. to inform the school community of the updated COVID-19 exposure management protocols and procedures that go into affect on January 10th. Click here to join!




Important January Dates

Monday, January 10 - Pupil Free Day
Tuesday, January 11 - School resumes for students
Wednesday, January 12 - on-site COVID testing
Thursday, January 13 - Tea Time with Toni, 4:00 p.m.
Monday, January 17 - School Closed - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Monday, January 24 - Community Council Meeting

*Early dismissal every Tuesday-  1:30 p.m.


Please email me at trk2932@lausd.net if you have questions. I will update this blog with any new information as it comes.





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