L.A. school bus drivers circle city hall honking horns, demand funding to reopen schools safely

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Bus drivers from the nation's second-largest public school district paraded around downtown L.A. to demand funding to help schools in the state reopen safely. On Thursday, California became the first state to report over 600,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Earlier in July, the LAUSD announced, alongside the San Diego Unified School District, that school in Los Angeles would resume on August 18 but online only.

"One fact is clear: those countries that have managed to safely reopen schools have done so with declining infection rates and on-demand testing available. California became the first state to surpass 600,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.School buses sit parked in a lot at First Student Charter Bus Rental on July 14, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Bus drivers for the L.A. school district paraded around City Hall on Thursday demanding for more funding to reopen schools safely.

 

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School bus drivers lead protest to safely reopen Los Angeles schoolsSchool bus drivers from the second largest school district in the United States led a noisy protest caravan through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, demanding federal and state funding to help reopen schools safely amid the coronavirus pandemic. If it isn't safe, going back could literally be a life or death matter. I stand with the bus drivers ✊🏾
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