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LAUSD’s first day of school: Parents, teachers, and school board weigh in
LAUSD’s 2021-2022 school year kicked off today. Some parents, students, and teachers experienced long wait times entering campuses due to the district’s new Daily Pass program, but are confident the kinks will get worked out.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenLAUSD’s 2021-2022 school year kicked off today. Some parents, students, and teachers experienced long wait times entering campuses due to the district’s new Daily Pass program, but are confident the kinks will get worked out. Faculty and staff must be fully vaccinated by October 15, and some middle and high school teachers are encouraging their students to get the shots. Routine testing sites are set up on campuses for students and staff, regardless of vaccination status.
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3 stories‘I'll do whatever it takes’: Parents are thrilled to send their kids back to LAUSD
“I have faith and I'm hoping that the procedures LAUSD has in place will mitigate those larger scale outbreaks. Perhaps it's a bit of a false sense of security, but I'm seeing back-to-school photos of friends and families from other states and cities, and the differences are striking," says Misty LeGrande, whose kindergartener started her first day of school in Los Feliz.
Read the story10 minLA history teacher aims to help students emotionally process their COVID experiences
"I'm gonna have students sit around and talk about the experience they've had with COVID. How they feel about coming to school, how they feel about where we're at right now, just allow those emotions to come out and give students opportunities and space to be able to deal and process what's going on," says David Rodriguez, a teacher at Bravo Medical Magnet High School.
Read the story8 minLAUSD board member plans to ‘motivate, agitate, aggravate’ his colleagues to get vaccinated
As someone who grew up in the American South during segregation, LAUSD school board member George McKenna knows why it’s so hard to get the students and teachers of South LA vaccinated.
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