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How COVID-19 upended back-to-school shopping

The new academic year starts this week for students across Southern California. Typically, parents prepare by spending hundreds of dollars per child on supplies and clothes.

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KCRW placeholderBy Jarrett Hill • Aug 18, 2020 • 24m Listen

The new academic year starts this week for students across Southern California. Typically, parents prepare by spending hundreds of dollars per child on supplies and clothes. But this fall semester is starting with virtual learning to curb the spread of COVID-19. It’s turned the back-to-school market upside down.

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    Jarrett Hill

    journalist

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    Christian Bordal

    Managing Producer, Greater LA

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    Rebecca Mooney

    Producer, The Treatment

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