February 25, 2022
Dear Students,
I hope this email finds you well and enjoying this crisp Friday. As you may be aware, earlier this week聽the Los Angeles County Public Health Department released new聽that go into effect today. The new guidelines permit the removal of masking requirements for vaccinated individuals indoors, subject to specific requirements for verifying individuals’ vaccination status and photo identification upon entrance to the building/facility.
This interim guidance is primarily intended for single site venues such as restaurants, retail, and performance venues.聽It is not workable in a campus setting with multiple buildings as each building is treated as a separate indoor space that requires vaccination and photo ID verification.
Accordingly, Scripps, along with many other institutions of higher education in Los Angeles County, will be maintaining our聽current聽indoor masking requirement聽– meaning surgical mask or higher are still required indoors.聽Masks are not required inside a student鈥檚 individual residence hall room, suite, or apartment. Those areas are considered your 鈥渉ousehold.鈥� Surgical masks will be distributed to students in their mailboxes. Please make sure to retrieve your weekly mask supply by Friday.聽If masks are not picked up weekly,聽they will not be replenished.
If and when Los Angeles County revises its mask requirements, the College will evaluate whether and when to adjust campus masking protocols.聽For further information please visit .
Good luck with mid-terms!
Warmly,
Dean di Bartolo-Beckman
Interim Vice President for Students Affairs and Dean of Students