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First four Los Angeles County Schools approved for waivers are private schools

The first four schools were granted new school waivers for TK-2  in Los Angeles County Wednesday. All four are private schools. 

These waivers allow schools to bring pre-kindergarten through second-grade students back into the classroom for the face-to-face instruction that early learners have been missing since the pandemic began and schools were shuttered. The four schools are: Kadima Day School, Holy Angels School in Arcadia, Los Encinos School in Encino and Rabbi Jacob Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Ann.

Los Angeles county, which remains in the most restrictive purple tier, began accepting waiver applications from schools earlier this month. No more than 30 schools, evenly distributed between the five districts, will be granted approvals each week and priority is intended to go to schools with higher percentage of low-income students. Letters of support from groups representing teachers, school staff and parents are mandatory.