The Louisiana Department of Health sets statewide school immunization requirements, but districts can request permission to include additional vaccines for their students. As of Tuesday, St. Tammany, Jefferson, St. Bernard and NOLA Public Schools have no plans to make that request.
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New Orleans schools offering cash to students and staff who get tested for COVID
The school district is offering $25 for an initial test, then $10 for subsequent tests.
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New Orleans schools report 453 cases and 4,657 quarantines among students, staff
Following full approval of the Pfizer vaccine, LDH has no timeline yet for adding COVID shots to the required vaccine list for K-12 schools.
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Parents and activists confront OPSB to demand expanded virtual learning options
District schools reported a dramatic spike in cases and hospitalizations this week.
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OPSB committee advances employee vaccine mandate, final vote on Thursday
If approved, the policy would require about 200 people directly employed by the district to be fully vaccinated by the end of next month. Several charter school operators have already adopted similar policies for their employees.
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More than 3,000 students, school staff in quarantine as active cases jump
The district has reported 370 cases in the early weeks of the school year, nearly half the total for all of last school year.
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OPSB to vote on employee vaccine mandate this week
The policy would require central office staff to get vaccinated by the end of September.
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NOLA Public Schools proposes vaccine mandate for central office staff
The district is encouraging charter schools to consider mandates as well.
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OPSB kicks off hunt for superintendent search firm
Orleans Parish public schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr. is set to step down next summer.
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As schools open, New Orleans district reports 116 COVID-19 cases and 638 people quarantining
One New Orleans campus had to close its middle school due to a COVID-related staffing shortage. St. Tammany Parish schools reports 54 student cases, 26 staff cases.