Officials with the William S. Hart Union High School District have purchased over 1,200 commercial-grade air purifiers that are set to be deployed in every classroom and office area to prepare for the return of small cohorts to campus.
On Wednesday, Hart District officials announced the purchase of the air purifiers, which were bought using federal COVID-19 relief funds.
“We are excited to be able to acquire and deploy these units in the continued effort to do all we can for staff and student safety during these times,” said Dr. Collyn Nielsen, chief administrative officer for the Hart District, in a statement Wednesday.
The units purchased reportedly have high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filtration for allergens, bacteria, dust, viruses and common volatile organic compounds, and only need to have their filters changed once every two years.
“The award-winning HealthPro Plus features four advanced filtration technologies, including HyperHEPA filtration of particles of all sizes, plus V5-Cell advanced filtration of gases and odors. Excellent all-around filtration for allergens, bacteria, dust, viruses and common VOCs,” reads a statement from the website of purifier manufacturer IQAir.
Officials say that every classroom and communal office area in the district will have a HEPA filtration system in place before small cohorts of students return to campuses on Feb. 8.
See Related: Hart District Approves Temporary Restrictions To In-Person Learning
Currently, all K-12 schools in California counties that are in Tier 1 of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, including Los Angeles County, are prohibited from reopening for in-person instruction, with the exception of four types of on-site programming.
These are:
- Day care for school-aged children and/or child care programs located in schools
- Specialized services for defined subgroups of children who need in person services and supports
- On-site instruction of children in grades TK-2 by schools that have received a Department of Public Health waiver for in-person education.
- Students may come on campus for supervised administration of college admission tests, including PSAT, ACT, and SAT exams.
For all four types of on-site programming, students are required to be organized and proceed through the day within cohorts, which the county defines as “a stable group of no more than 12 children or youth and no more than two supervising adults in a supervised environment in which supervising adults and children stay together for all activities and avoid contact with people outside of their group in the setting.”
Additionally, the total on-campus population may not exceed 25% of the total student body at any one time. However, the 25% limit does not apply to school-age children on campus receiving day care while engaged in distance learning activities, nor does it apply to students in grades TK – 2 returning after their school has been granted a waiver.
All guidelines can be found here.
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