Some schools stay open as COVID hits record numbers

California on Monday recorded its highest number of new cases since the pandemic began — more than 13,000. Most of the state is now in the most restrictive tier in the governor’s reopening plan.

But some schools will be able to stay open. “The logic to it is that schools are not necessarily where people are spreading the virus, and that the harm of keeping students out of school is so significant that it is worth some degree of risk,” says LA Times education reporter Howard Blume.

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