City schools easing some COVID protocols

City schools will no longer require that parents fill out daily health screeners for their kids, according to new COVID-19 guidance released Tuesday.

The updated guidance for the upcoming school year also eases some protocols — such as getting rid of random in-school testing — but keeps in place other vaccine-related requirements.

Kids who don’t have the jab will continue to be sidelined during some extracurricular activities, including high school sports,

and school visitors must still show proof of at least one vaccine dose to enter the building.

“Many high-risk extracurricular activities are performed indoors, are strenuous, and entail closer contact than classroom activities,” said Michael Lanza, a spokesperson for the city Health Department.

“The guidance is intended to keep kids safe both in class and within these after-school activities,” he said.

Roughly 43% of kids under 17 are fully vaccinated, according to city data.

Less than half of elementary-school-aged kids have received both doses.

Some of the activities impacted by the requirement include sports, chorus and band, musical theater and dance, cheerleading and step club.