LAUSD airs television special celebrating Class of 2020

To celebrate about 30,000 district graduates, the Los Angeles Unified School District aired an hour-long television special Monday evening for the Class of 2020. The telecast featured several special guests who gave brief remarks, including California Sen. Kamala Harris, Los Angeles Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts, Ellen DeGeneres and Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“You are graduating into a very different world than where we were just a few months ago. And I know you know that,” Harris said during the telecast. “There are real challenges facing our country over the coming months and years. But do not let the moment of this crisis dampen your ambitions or your hopes or your dreams. When you set out on your mission, know that your country needs you.”

Roberts added: “You guys were denied a prom, graduation, all these things that we got to experience in our senior year. And I’m sorry for that. But I look at things as a manager when situations arrive, as a positive, as an opportunity. … We’re counting on each and every one of you guys to lead us through all of these difficult times in our country.”

The television special aired live on KLCS, a local television station operated by the district, and will re-air on June 21 at 7 a.m. It can also be viewed in its entirety here.