Local school districts react to CDC s announcement of reopening schools
LOS ANGELES - The director of the CDC announced Wednesday that schools can safely reopen even if teachers are not vaccinated for the coronavirus.
But this news has several local school districts in Southern California puzzled, saying that the CDC’s announcement contradicts what they’ve said before.
At Norco Unified School District, where they were set to reopen schools in mid-January, there is a sense of mistrust. Governor Newsom’s Stay-at-Home order cancelled their plans and even now with the order lifted Riverside County remains in the purple tier, which would prohibit in school teaching.
Mayor Garcetti discusses distance learning impact on students and desire to reopen schools
LOS ANGELES - During a press briefing Wednesday, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti touched on the challenges surrounding distance learning and the need to reopen schools for students. I think our highest priority has to be our children. We ve got cardrooms open and our schools not. Let s get our priorities straight, and don t get me wrong, jobs are important too but our children have been suffering and our children that already suffer the most are suffering the most on top of it. They are literally losing a year of their education and in many ways, maybe sending them on a pathway where they will never be able to recover so I hope all stakeholders, our districts, our federal government, our local governments, our teachers, our school employees are all unified in let s get schools open as quickly as we can and safely as we can, he said.