The San Francisco Unified School District on Friday announced plans to ease the requirement to wear masks on campus over the next several weeks.
Soon after the state’s announcement,, despite announcements by Mayor London Breed and the San Francisco Department of Public Health that they would align with the state’s new guidance.
SFUSD officials on Friday also announced that group contract tracing would go into effect later this month, allowing students who are close contacts to stay in school and test unless they develop COVID-19 symptoms.The district also announced that COVID-19 test kits would be distributed to all SFUSD students and staff ahead of Spring Break, scheduled for the last week of March, with the expectation that all would test before classes resume in the first full week of April.
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