Los Angeles School District, the second largest school district in the country, is closing all schools effective Monday, March 16. The shutdown is for two weeks as district officials “evaluat…
Los Angeles School District, the second largest school district in the country, is closing all schools effective Monday, March 16. The shutdown is for two weeks as district officials “evaluate the appropriate path forward”. The measure impacts more than 600,000 students. Teaching is expected to continue remotely.
The closure of Los Angeles’ public schools comes days after most private schools in the city shut doors over the‘These next two weeks will be difficult, and we are not certain what lies ahead after that,”Superintendent Austin Beutner admitted in his message to parents Friday morning, stressing that the school closure is the only reasonable option to help slow the spread of the virus.
Preparation for the school break already had been underway, with teachers providing instructions to students over the last two days about distance learning and collecting information about each student’s access to computer and Internet.and keep your inbox happy.
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