The COVID Vaccine
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The COVID Vaccine is available to anyone 5 years of age and older.
The COVID vaccine is safe, effective, 100% free and the best way you can protect yourself, your child, and our community.
Click here for locations of vaccination sites.
Staff, Volunteers, Contractors:
Effective Tuesday, September 7, 2021, all OUSD staff, contractors, and volunteers (including remote workers) will be required to be fully vaccinated, or alternatively, get at a COVID test at least once a week.
Students and Other Adults:
OUSD Board of Education Votes to Institute Student Vaccine Requirement Starting January 1, 2022
On October 27, 2021 the Board of Education voted 4-3 to adopt Board Policy 5141.29 - COVID-19 Student Vaccine Requirement, which implements the Resolution the Board previously adopted requiring COVID-19 vaccines for all students ages 12 and up as of January 1, 2022 to attend school in-person, unless otherwise exempted. A final version of the adopted Policy is available here. ** Update: OUSD Board of Education implementation date vote: No student shall be unenrolled under this Policy prior to January 31, 2022. **
We are working with Alameda County, the City of Oakland, and the California Department of Public Health to set up vaccine pop-ups at schools in high-priority zip codes/census tracts.
Learn More:
- Click here to watch the OUSD video about vaccines (available in multiple languages)
- Click the image below for a video about the vaccine and variants from Infectious Disease Expert, Dr. Monica Gandhi.
Updated 12/03/21