With all L.A. campuses closed, the second-largest school district in the country is trying to keep getting food to 550,000 kids who'd had free or reduced-price lunches, and education to 175,000 kids with no Internet at home. hereandnow
At leastMillions of schoolchildren are staying home across the country in states including Alabama, Illinois, Louisiana and Washington. On Sunday, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced New York City public schools are closed effective Monday.are shut down — including all 900 campuses in the nation's second largest school district, Los Angeles Unified Schools. Superintendent Austin Beutner says schools will be closed for at least two weeks with no definitive date to reopen.
“We will not reopen our school campuses until we're convinced they're safe,” he says, “for not only our students, but our families, our staff and visitors on those campuses.” Of the nearly 700,000 LAUSD students, 80% rely on free or reduced lunches and at least 18,000 are homeless. Beutner says the district is working to find safe ways to continue supporting these students.
“We're trying to do our best to make sure we can help be a source of information, be a source of clarity,” he says, “and be a source of some normalcy by continuing to connect students and families with the school community.”“Our focus at this time is really three things. The first is to provide continuity learning for students. We can talk more about that. The second is to make sure we're supporting our students and families most in need.
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