Supervisor CURT HAGMAN 
San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Benefit with
Return Safe, Return Strong
San Bernardino County Update publishes once a week and/also
as-needed to share important County news, currently highlighting our battle
against COVID-19. Starting this week August 06, 2021, the weekly update
edition moves from Wednesdays to Fridays. We remain here for you.
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vaccination page
or call the COVID-19 helpline at (909) 387-3911
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Vaccines Effective
Against COVID-19 and Delta Variant, Vaccinations Rise Nearly 30
Percent
There
is no doubt that vaccines in San Bernardino County are working against COVID-19
and variants of concern, including the Delta variant, with only 4% of cases
since February 1, 2021 occurring among the fully vaccinated.
“The
State makes policy for our local public schools and our local school boards
have the heavy task of implementing those State mandates at the classroom and
student levels,” said Board of Supervisors Chairman Curt Hagman. “The County
has no jurisdiction over schools, and the County has no legal standing to
exempt schools from State mandates. What the County is offering to do is lend
our public and private schools the benefit of our highly trained personnel,
best practices, and other resources to help them achieve their goals.”
San Bernardino
County Back to School Task Force efforts will include:
· County Public
Health teams that will be available to visit school sites and offer advice on
safety measures.
· Making safety
supplies and gear available to schools in need.
· Having health
educators from County Public Health and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
available to visit middle schools and high schools to discuss COVID-19
vaccines.
· Instituting a
quick-response team to provide testing, contact-tracing, and infection-prevention
services to K-12 schools and higher-education institutions in the event of a
COVID-19 outbreak.
“After
almost a year and a half struggling outside of the classroom, all of us owe it
to our students, parents, teachers, and other school personnel to make this
long-awaited transition back to campus as smooth and as safe as possible,”
Chairman Hagman said. “That was the inspiration behind this program.”