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Superintendent Austin Beutner Suspends School-Based Instruction And Childcare Due to Dangerous Increase of COVID-19

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 7, 2020

With COVID-19 case levels in Los Angeles at record highs – nearly three times higher than those in San Francisco and twice those in New York City – Superintendent Austin Beutner today announced the suspension of all school-based instructional and childcare programs for the rest of the Fall semester.

Los Angeles Unified has been providing one-on-one and small-group tutoring for students, and those efforts will now shift to online. Los Angeles Unified is also temporarily suspending childcare which was provided on campus for children of school-based employees and high-needs families, as well as athletic conditioning programs for student athletes. The changes on school campuses will all be in effect by December 10.

COVID-19 News

Beutner: COVID-19 Numbers Still Too High to Reopen LAUSD Schools

City News ServiceOctober 1, 2020

Superintendent Austin Beutner said today that public schools in Los Angeles are not yet ready to reopen for in-person instruction amid the coronavirus, even as he detailed some of the challenges in virtual learning.

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LAUSD To Open Student Food Centers as Coronavirus Closures Continue

City News ServiceMarch 19, 2020

The Los Angeles Unified School District will open 60 “Grab & Go” food centers tomorrow to provide students with meals during the district’s coronavirus-prompted closure, while the governor warned that schools across the state may remain shuttered for the rest of the school year.

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Lack of Approvals Means LAUSD Family Resource Centers Will Be Food Centers

City News ServiceMarch 17, 2020

Beutner said the centers, which were expected to open Wednesday, will instead open on that day as “Grab and Go Food Centers,” 20 of which were already planned in addition to the 40 Family Resource Centers. The switch means a total of 60 Grab and Go centers will be available between 7 and 10 a.m. weekdays, beginning Wednesday, and each child will receive two meals.

Education News

Superintendent Austin Beutner Unveils ‘Birth to Eight’ Roadmap To Accelerate Achievement for Young Learners

Sentinel News ServiceDecember 13, 2019

Superintendent Austin Beutner unveiled the Birth to Eight Roadmap, a bold initiative to accelerate learning and ensure Los Angeles Unified’s youngest students are academically and socially ready by third grade.

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LA School Board Votes to End Random Searches

Associated PressJuly 5, 2019

The nation’s second-largest school moved Tuesday to end random metal-detector searches of students at secondary schools, a daily procedure that critics called ineffective, intrusive and offensive.