With the school year rapidly slipping away, the issue of vaccines for teachers is at the center of negotiations between Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers.Many district leaders in low-income communities said their neighborhoods had felt the devastating impact of COVID-19 — and that that was key to their decision-making., focusing on reopening isn’t necessarily the solution for addressing educational inequities, said Shaun R. Harper, executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center.
But because local coronavirus case rates are higher than average for L.A. County, the district has opted to stay closed, save for 400 students who attend in-person learning pods. Those students are the ones who have struggled the most with distance learning, or whose parents need child care while they work, said Supt. Maribel Garcia. The district is about 80% Latino, and more than 90% are from low-income families.
“A judgment call had to be made about how long it would take us to get to a point where this community would be comfortable with students coming back on campus,” Hamilton said. The district may, however, revisit that decision if case rates continue to fall, she said. “We took the stance long ago that we were going to progressively reopen in alignment” with the Department of Public Health, Johnson said. “When it’s allowed, we are going to reopen.”
When were they in quicksand to know how that feels?hmmm
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That's only because unions rule the day in non-prosperous areas, banking on minority population not to fight back. Those in white, richer areas do fight back and unions relent.
A lot of this is strong unions in urban areas stopping the schools from reopening
Pul leeze.
More money usually goes with access to more resources so your pointing out the inequalities thanks we weren’t aware
Can we just come out and say that people in more affluent areas followed the protocols more closely and are reaping the benefits of those efforts Not everything is a racial slight