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When teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District took attendance on August 15, the first day of school, they discovered that a significant number of students listed on their rolls were not there. According to reports, nearly 50,000 students — approximately 11% of the entire student population — were absent.

Despite improvements, the district is still struggling to return to pre-COVID attendance levels. Last year, with COVID protocols firmly in place, chronic absenteeism skyrocketed to nearly 50%, so officials are attempting to address the issue of absenteeism right out of the gate in 2022.

Such high absenteeism "cannot be the case this year," said new district superintendent Alberto Carvalho, "particularly when we talk about black and brown kids, kids in poverty, English-language learners, kids with disabilities."

"They lost so much ground," he added. "Now is the time to accelerate. That's why I'm talking to parents. You need to have your kids in school. Schools are safe, our protocols and protections are in place. Free breakfast, free lunch. Come to school every single day. This is the time. This is the moment."

COVID cases in the area have dropped dramatically, and students and staff no longer have to test weekly like they did last year, though at-home tests have been furnished for students and families. Masks are strongly encouraged but not required. Mercury News reported anecdotally that students and parents at two district schools largely opted not to wear them last Monday.

Though COVID concerns may have kept some students at home, some in the district believe that absenteeism is caused by other struggles, such as mental illness and issues with transportation and child care for younger siblings.

"Mental health is the first priority," said Marian Chiara, the L.A. county office of education attendance coordinator. "We need to take care of the whole child if we want them to feel supported and successful at school. We can’t just look at the fact that they are chronically absent."

"We have to understand why that is the case," she added, "and work with them before it becomes a problem."

Chiara stated that the district is attempting to pivot away from punishing truancy and toward cultivating a safe and welcoming environment where students want to be.

“We are really trying to move away from punitive measures,” she said.

"We know that kids need to feel successful in order to want to come back to school," she continued. "We want to create a supportive environment for students rather than punish them. Especially after the pandemic, a lot of students are going to have arrested development and behavior issues. Let’s understand that and meet these kids where they are at."

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Court affirms postponement of Biden admin's controversial vaccine and testing mandate, calling it 'a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer'



The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit has again come down against the Biden administration's controversial vaccine and testing requirement for businesses with 100 or more employees.

The rule would mandate that such businesses require employees to either be vaccinated against COVID-19 or be tested weekly. According to the White House, employers would need to ensure that employees receive their shots by Jan. 4 and that workers who remain unvaccinated test negative each week.

The court ruling declares that, "rather than a delicately handled scalpel, the Mandate is a one-size-fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers) that have more than a little bearing on workers' varying degrees of susceptibility to the supposedly 'grave danger' the Mandate purports to address."

"The Mandate's stated impetus—a purported 'emergency' that the entire globe has now endured for nearly two years, and which OSHA itself spent nearly two months responding to—is unavailing as well. And its promulgation grossly exceeds OSHA's statutory authority," the opinion states.

"Enforcement of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's 'COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing; Emergency Temporary Standard' remains STAYED pending adequate judicial review of the petitioners' underlying motions for a permanent injunction," the ruling declares.

The move comes after the court last week declared that, "Because the petitions give cause to believe there are grave statutory and constitutional issues with the Mandate, the Mandate is hereby STAYED pending further action by this court."

Many Americans have already been vaccinated, and still some have chosen not to get the shots.

Debate continues to rage in the U.S. over the issue of COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandates imposed by the public and private sectors, as some Americans decry the requirements as tyrannical usurpations of personal liberty.