LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Unified School District will keep its outdoor mask mandate in place for the rest of the week, despite county health guidance that allowed K-12 school systems to lift the requirement on Wednesday, said new Superintendent Alberto Carvalho.
The district is seeking expert advice and will prioritize safety decisions based on science, Carvalho said during a visit Wednesday morning to Fremont High School in South Los Angeles. School districts can opt to enforce stricter mask rules beyond county policies.
“We rely on our medical experts,” Carvalho said in his first news conference since becoming L.A.'s schools chief on Monday. “We are in a process of having additional conversations with medical entities that have advised this school system throughout the process. I am very confident that we will be in a position of making an announcement going into next week regarding the status of mask wearing on outdoor settings.”
