Los Angeles, San Diego schools to resume online classes in fall due to jump in coronavirus cases

California's two largest school districts announced Monday that they would not be opening its facilities to students in the fall but will resume classes online.

In a letter to parents, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner said the nation’s second-largest school district had decided to resume online classes due to a resurgence of the novel coronavirus.

“We made the decision to close school facilities before there was any occurrence of the virus at our schools, and this proved to be the right call,” Beutner said. “Science was our guide then, and it will continue to be. Unfortunately, Covid-19 continues to spread in the Los Angeles area and the virus is going to impact how we start the new school year.”

The new school year will begin on Aug. 18, but without students at school facilities, Beutner said, adding that the “health and safety of all in the school community is not something we can compromise.”

On Friday, the United Teachers Los Angeles union  released a poll of more than 18,000 members, 83 percent of whom said schools should not physically reopen next month, according to Fox 11.... (Read more)

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