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In L.A.'s COVID school reopenings, some classes are near empty

Print The first week of in-person school at Warner Avenue Elementary in Westwood rolled out like a joyous sigh of relief. Families lined up around the block, exchanging hugs as children chased one another on the grass. Parent Dina Cohan was “ecstatic,” she said, before flying into an embrace with Principal Agnes Kamau just outside the entrance gate and shouting, “This is the best day in a year!” About 95% of students at Warner Avenue Elementary were back on campus, Kamau said. That makes it something of a rarity among L.A. public schools. There are only four communities where more than 40% of students were expected to return to in-person school, according to district data collected in a parent survey: western Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, Westchester and Venice. Each is a higher-income community, with majority white populations in which COVID-19 has not had the same magnitude of impact as neighborhoods with larger Latino and Black populations.

Book of Rep. John Lewis' last thought to be published in July

Final thoughts from Rep. John Lewis to be published in July The publisher says the book includes comments from Rep. John Lewis on “courage, faith, activism, humility, forgiveness, marriage, death, the pandemic and much more.” Author: HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer Published: 5:37 AM EDT April 14, 2021 Updated: 5:37 AM EDT April 14, 2021 NEW YORK Some last thoughts from Rep. John Lewis will be published this summer. Grand Central Publishing announced Tuesday that Lewis “Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation” will come out July 13, almost a year after he died at age 80. The book includes comments from the civil rights activist and longtime Democratic congressman from Georgia on “courage, faith, activism, humility, forgiveness, marriage, death, the pandemic and much more.”

Book of Rep. John Lewis' last thought to be published in July

Book of Rep. John Lewis' last thought to be published in July

John Lewis's final thoughts to be published this summer

Print this article The final thoughts of the late Rep. John Lewis are set to be published this summer. Carry On, with a foreword by civil rights activist Andrew Young, will become available to the public on July 13, Grand Central Publishing announced on Tuesday. The book will contain Lewis s memories, beliefs, and advice . as a message to the generations to come, according to a summary from the New York-based publishing company. “I consider it one of the great privileges of my professional life to have been able to work with this extraordinary man in memorializing his last words for posterity,” Young said in a statement, according to multiple outlets.