News Update

Some parents, staff in Los Angeles say they are against schools reopening, according to survey

About 20% of families and 36% of school staff say they are currently opposed to schools in Los Angeles Unified reopening this fall for in-person learning, according to survey results released by the district Monday. Another 21% of families and 20% of staff said they are unsure if they will be comfortable with schools reopening in the fall.

The state’s largest school district is scheduled to begin the 2020-21 school year on Aug. 18, but Superintendent Austin Beutner has said repeatedly that he’s not certain school facilities will reopen by that point. “No decision has been made yet about a possible return to school facilities, but a great deal of work is being done to make it possible if it appears that’s the best course come August,” he said in a televised address Monday.