Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles-area students on Monday are returning to campus for the first time in more than a year — a moment marked by pandemic-driven anxiety as well as by joy and relief after children’s lives have been devoid of a sense of normalcy for so long.
, which poses ongoing risks during a pandemic that people had hoped would have mostly subsided by now.“We’re finally here. The first major step on the way to normal,” said Mandel in a Facebook post. He directs the Pacoima Singers at the Pacoima Middle School Film, Media and Performing Arts Magnet. “Yes, there’s a lot of trepidation; yes, there’s a lot of uncertainty. But the only thing we know is that we’re going to be back with our kids, in our classrooms, on the way to returning to normalcy.
The safety protocols at L.A. Unified are being touted as among the strictest in the nation, relying onThese measures also embody a degree of complexity, as they must be carried out across a system with about 465,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade and more than 75,000 employees.
Why are they still masked,this is ridiculous!
Covid_19 DeltaVariant Doom awaits the City of Los Angeles! We should expect upwards of 1000 dead students by the end of September. These deaths will be the responsibility of antivaxxers & antimaskers. Those who promote this recklessness believe they are culling the herd.
What could go wrong? 🤷🏻♂️
This is a disaster waiting to happen