Masks will no longer be required to be worn indoors for all vaccinated persons.
An email was sent to employees at 8:42 a.m., after school had started, on April 11 by Greg Schulz, superintendent/president of Citrus College. The email was not sent to students.
Director of human resources/district chief negotiator Robert Sammis made a presentation on the mask mandate being lifted April 5 at the Board of Trustees meeting.
The district and employee representatives reached an agreement at the meeting to follow the decisions of the Los Angeles County Department of Education to recommend, but not require masks indoors.
Mandatory weekly testing still remains in place for all students and employees on campus Schulz said in the email.
Due in part to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health’s guidelines, LACDPH strongly recommends, but no longer requires indoor masking Schulz said in the email.
“Citrus College will continue to closely monitor the status of the pandemic and will communicate any changes to our safety protocols as appropriate in the future” Schulz said in an email to employees. ”In the meantime, we will continue to follow any requirements issued by federal, state and local public health agencies.”
The email also stated that unvaccinated employees will still have to wear masks per Cal/Osha requirements.
College nurse Shauna Bigby and board of trustee member Anthony Contreras did not respond to emails sent on April 6 by the Clarion for clarification on the mandate.
