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Children in Southern California have wildly different beginnings of the school year. By LAUSD, students started online classes on Thursday, May important differences in learning experiences about racial and socio-economic groups.
Meanwhile 24 private schools and one public school district in Orange County, along with one school district in San Bernardino County, were approved to open in person and did so this week.
So what do these deviations mean? Now, as with most things pandemic-related, no one really knows. Some LAUSD parents consider legal action against the neighborhood for what they see as a stupid failure to hold teachers accountable for … well, learning. But some educators are optimistic that this school year will go better than how the last one ended.
“If we really understand what our children need,” said teacher Daisy Leon of Canoga Park Elementary School KPCCs Kyle Stokes, “We can close what the needs are.”
Keep reading for more on what’s happening in LA today, and stay safe there.
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Erick Galindo reports for his weekly column on a Bakersfield radio DJ who has become an invaluable resource for the farm worker community during the pandemic, visit get essential information to the most essential of workers – the people who pluck our crops.
The start of LAUSD’s school year also means it’s time for about 22,000 young children to start early in the district’s early childhood, pre-school and transition school programs. Mariana Dale looks at what to expect, and what educators have learned since last spring.
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The past 24 hours in LA
Police shooting: The Pasadena police department released images of the fatal shooting on August 15 by an officer of a passenger who fled the scene of a traffic stop and – according to police – pulled out a gun.
California Kids: Online classes started at LAUSD, and we heard from one teacher about what she has learned since the pandemic began. Some schools in Orange County and San Bernardino have successfully filed a petition hold classes in person, and welcomed students back this week.
Currencies: Immigrants who do not have legal status cannot access pandemics federal incentive money as unemployment benefits, so lawyers are pinning their hopes on a new state bill. Some US movie theaters begin with opening on the heels of Canadian theaters doing the same. Customers pick up Chinese herbal medicines that claim strengthen immunity when treating fever and other symptoms of Covid-19.
The National Stage: The third night of the Democratic National Convention featured LA restaurateur Lien Ta, owner of All Day Baby in Silver Lake and recently shook Here you look in Koreatown.
Here’s what to do: Get Married at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, capture flicks at the American Black Film Festival online as Method Fest, read the works at a music-themed group show, and more this week best online and IRL events.
Photo of the day
White circles in the grass mark where lower students must stand before entering a Lucerne Valley Unified school in San Bernardino.
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