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SFUSD updates fall COVID plan: PAC rollouts, testing expansion and online-program staffing challenges
Summary
District staff told the San Francisco Board of Education that portable air cleaner deployment to elementary classrooms is largely complete and that weekly testing of unvaccinated staff is required; the district plans self-swab kit distribution by Nov. 1 but acknowledged staffing gaps in the on‑demand online program.
At the Sept. 28 meeting the San Francisco Unified School District presented a multipart fall update on safety and learning during COVID-19 covering independent study options, ventilation, testing and vaccination efforts.
Chief Kamala Nathan said elementary classrooms had received portable air cleaners by Sept. 24 and that middle and high school deployment was on track to finish by Oct. 8. The district planned to return to the board Oct. 12 to request additional funding to provide PACs for shared spaces and central offices.
On testing, the district described multiple scenarios: weekly testing is required for unvaccinated staff under…
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