However, teachers’ unions in Los Angeles, as in some other big cities nationwide, remain opposed to returning to work. Students in other nearby districts have already begun returning to school. Older students will be allowed to return to campus once the county reduces case rates even further. As KTLA 5 reported:įor five consecutive days, the county has seen an adjusted case rate of less than 25 new cases per 400,000 people - meeting California requirement to allow in-person classes for students in grades K-6 for the first time, officials said. ftX9dA63gfĮarlier this week, Los Angeles County public health authorities announced that coronavirus cases had dropped enough to allow elementary schools to reopen. Beginning Monday, they will not sign on to Zoom courses, and will instead walk with their children to the front of their schools to protest w/ signs.
NEW: LAUSD parents who are fed up with UTLA’s demands & refusals to reopen schools are organizing a blackout campaign. The strike was reported by Bill Melugin of local Fox affiliate KTTV: 22, and will picket in front of schools instead.Ĭhildren across the district have been participating in classes via Zoom for a year. A parent sent a copy of the text to Circling the News on February 18.Parents who join the strike say that they will refuse to allow children to participate in remote classes, starting Feb. The notice, being spread from parent to parent, by email and texts, tells parents that instead of signing on to ZOOM, they should walk with their kids in front of their school. Now some parents have had enough and are spreading the message: “LAUSD ZOOM BLACKOUT–Starting Monday, February 22 for as many days as it takes! Enough is enough! We can no longer sit by and wait for UTLA to come up with more excuses to keep our schools closed.” The total projected enrollment for 2020-2021 is 652,648, with the Latino population at 74 percent, white 10 percent, Black 8 percent, Asian 4 percent and Filipino, Native American and “not reported” the remainder of the population. Schools have stayed open in foreign countries.Īlthough much lip service is given to providing education to brown and black pupils, LAUSD is continuing to stay closed. Private elementary schools in Los Angeles County have already opened. Times prep columnist Eric Sondheimer wrote on February 17 (“It’s Time for Sports Parents to Leave LAUSD in Droves”). “On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health put in writing that schools are allowed to hold athletic competitions in cross-country, golf, tennis and swimming in the state’s most restrictive purple tier. High school sports are being played across the country. The CDC has based this advice on information from public schools that have been opened since last fall in states such as Missouri, Wyoming, Texas and even New York. The Centers recommend masks, hand cleaning and disinfection, proper ventilation, and spacing of desks. The CDC has said that schools can reopen and that teacher vaccination for those under 65 is not a necessary requirement. County public health officials said that Covid-19 cases had dropped enough to allow elementary schools to reopen-the California requirement to allow in-person classes for students in grade K-6 had to have an adjusted case rate of less than 25 new cases per 400,000 people. LAUSD school parents are urged to protest by not attending Zoom classes, starting next Monday.Įarlier this week, L.A. Parents at LAUSD Schools, such as Palisades Elementary, are urged to participate in a Zoom walkout starting on Monday.