Los Angeles and San Francisco schools could reopen in April

School boards of Los Angeles Unified and San Francisco Unified, two of the largest school districts in the state, voted to approve deals with their teacher unions that would return elementary students to classrooms by mid-April.

Teachers still have to vote whether to approve the deals.

Under the San Francisco agreement, children in preschool through 5th grade, special education students and vulnerable older groups could go back to in-person school on April 12. Depending on how many students want to return to in-person learning, some students would go to school four full days and one partial day every week, while others would attend in-person school two full days and do three days of distance learning.

Under the Los Angeles agreement, elementary-school students could return to in-person class five days a week for three hours a day. Children could also stay on campus for the rest of the day for child care.

Middle and high school students would still not return for in-person learning in either district, though they could attend child care in Los Angeles.