California's two largest counties will not allow public-school students to return to campus next month
The empty Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in Los Angeles in March. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images California’s two most populous counties weighed in on the unprecedented dilemma facing school systems throughout the country when the superintendents for Los Angeles and San Diego counties announced on Monday that their students would not return to the classroom next month.
The decision to close campuses is close to impossible, considering the health of students and teachers paired with the educational and social needs of children and the ability for parents to work. In Southern California, the immediate public-health emergency appears to have overridden other considerations.
As the Trump administration pushes for a full return for students, the country’s largest school districts will likely set the true course of action. Los Angeles Unified — the second-largest district with around 700,000 students — and San Diego Unified, with over 100,000 students, could determine how states with ongoing outbreaks handle the campus question.
With cases continuing to spike in California, Governor Gavin Newsom also announced on Monday that bars must close all operations, while restaurants, wineries, movie theaters, and museums must close indoor operations statewide — the most substantial rollback of activity in this summer’s renewed surge of cases.
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