a pause on all sports competitions due to surging cases sometimes its not always in new york city you got to go out of town the health department had anticipated the surge and weve taken appropriate measures to try to limit as much of an impact as far as the spread of the virus bill curran director of athletic programs for fairfax county public schools told abc news children wait with their parents for the covid vaccine at arleta high school in arleta calif nov 8 2021 the district is also using this week to upgrade its health and safety protocols to be in compliance with stricter protocols from the county health department in oahu spectators are not allowed until further notice based on the rising number of covid19 cases the hawaiian islands school sports association said teams with four or more linked cases over a 14day period are now required to suspend activities for a week bishop gorman high school plays against st marys high school in phoenix ariz dec 11 2021 weve been creative and supportive and a little safer because we have a better idea of what were dealing with as of wednesday the district did not have an update on its plans a los angeles unified spokesperson told abc news students are greeted by rampage the la rams mascot at olive vista middle school in sylmar calif jan 11 2021 medianews group via getty images in portland oregon the school district made several changes to its covid19 protocols through at least early february to help stem the spread of the virus including requirements that studentathletes wear masks at all times more theres never been an expressed need for shutdown because people know how to deal with it now in washington state all athletes and team personnel in highrisk sports are required to have regular covid19 testing regardless of vaccination status in response to recent sportsrelated outbreaks health officials said after playing abbreviated schedules last school year the school district has returned to its regular sports seasons readjusting schedules and protocols before the los angeles unified school district returned to the classroom tuesday following winter break more than 65000 public school staff and students had tested positive for covid19 for a positivity rate over 14 according to district data they want to play they dont want any risk of what happened before where a shutdown happens and then you know the seasons over he said previously schools were testing unvaccinated students twice a week for competitions spectators ages 5 and up also now must show proof of being fully vaccinated or a negative covid19 test within 72 hours more schools turn to parents for help as omicron surge causes staff shortages all athletes in the new york city public school system the largest in the nation are required to be vaccinated in order to play despite a couple postponements mark is optimistic that this season will continue in fairfax county virginia school officials