Early parent survey results show half of LA Unified students will remain in distance learning

About half of Los Angeles Unified students will remain in distance learning even after campuses reopen in April, according to preliminary results from a district survey sent to parents. So far, about 10% of families have responded to the district’s survey.

“While it’s still early and the numbers will change, we see the greatest reluctance to sending their children back to schools in the communities hardest hit by the virus,” Supt. Austin Beutner said in his weekly Monday broadcast. “These also happen to be the same communities where families are struggling to get by and most likely to have had someone in the family who lost work due to the virus.”

In the Jefferson and South Central communities, which have experienced a death rate of 339 per 100,000 and a 7% vaccination rate, 37% of families have indicated support for in-person learning for elementary schools, 35% for middle schools, and 41% for high schools. In West Los Angeles, where the death rate is 81 per 100,000 and the vaccination rate currently stands at 26%, more than three-fourths of families so far have indicated support for in-person learning for elementary schools, 54% for middle schools, and 35% for high schools.