Laguna Beach Local News
An areal view of the Laguna Beach High School track. Photo by Cyrus Polk – Sparkle Films.
The Laguna Beach Unified School District is planning to reopen its secondary school campuses for in-person classes on March 17, pending official notice that Orange County has entered the state’s Red Tier for managing COVID-19, according to a statement released Wednesday.
A St. Patrick’s Day reopening means that Laguna Beach High School and Thurston Middle School will have been closed to students for just over a year because of the pandemic.
“Orange County continues to get closer to the red tier county risk level for COVID-19, which will allow us to reopen our secondary schools,” Supt. Jason Viloria said in a statement to parents late Wednesday.
Just $6 billion of the nearly $130 billion earmarked for K-12 schools in President Biden's coronavirus relief package is slated to go out the door before October, according to Congress' official budget scorekeeper. And most of the $113 billion for schools from previous relief packages hasn't been spent yet.