Los Angeles Unified school officials shut down all of the district’s vital online systems over the weekend in an attempt to contain a ransomware cyberattack.
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The Los Angeles Unified School District will begin a phased-in reopening on Monday after more than a year of pandemic-forced school closures. The youngest elementary school students will be welcomed back to campus first. Middle and high school campuses will reopen on April 26. Supt. Austin Beutner has laid out the safety measures that will be in place.
SCHOOL SAFETY
All students and staff to wear masks and practice social distancing
Double the regular campus custodial staff
Improved air filters installed on all campuses
Added hand sanitizer stations at schools
Markers and plexiglass barriers in place to keep people separated
Melody Petersen, and it’s
Monday, April 5. In ordinary times, I write about healthcare and business. But these aren’t ordinary times, and for the last year, I’ve written mostly about the pandemic. Now I’ll be writing this newsletter for the next couple of weeks. Let’s get started with a look at what’s happening with the coronavirus in California and beyond.
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The Los Angeles school district plans to open 25 community vaccination centers, starting with three this week, an effort to reach families through their local schools trusted places of daily interaction, Supt. Austin Beutner said Monday.
The first two clinics are set to open Tuesday at Washington Preparatory Senior High School in South Los Angeles and Lincoln Senior High School in East Los Angeles. The district is collaborating with St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, which will provide the doses of vaccine and the clinical staff to administer the inoculations. L.A. Unified will oversee community outreach and provide operational support.
March 12, 2021 11:30 AM
L.A. Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner (center-left) and United Teachers Los Angeles president Cecily Myart-Cruz (center-right) lead reporters on a tour of Panorama High School on March 10, 2021, to show off safety preparations made to welcome students back in the spring. (Kyle Stokes/KPCC/LAist)
Juanita Garcia doesn t think her opinion counted for much in Los Angeles Unified School District s decision to reopen campuses next month. Garcia, whose adopted grandchildren attend San Fernando High School, believes LAUSD students are returning because parents from areas more affluent than the East Valley have demanded it. What we can see from this district and from the union is that our students don t count, Garcia said in Spanish through an interpreter. And we don t either. What really counts for them is the money.