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Five days after the
Los Angeles Unified School District announced it was shutting down all campuses for limited in-person instruction, two children’s advocacy groups have asked the state’s highest court to require the system to partially reopen to serve its youngest students and those with special learning needs, according to court documents filed Friday.
In a petition filed with the California Supreme Court, the Alliance for Children’s Rights and the Learning Rights Law Center allege that L.A. Unified violated a state law that requires education agencies to offer in-person instruction “to the greatest extent possible.”
LAUSD had offered limited in-person tutoring and assessment for students with disabilities, reaching less than 1% of 465,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. And then on Monday Supt. Austin Beutner announced a hard shutdown of all campuses amid the unprecedented spike in cases.
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The emotional push and pull over schools intensified Friday as advocates filed litigation to pry campuses open in Los Angeles, even as teachers in Orange County pleaded for them to shut down.
many students faring poorly and failing multiple classes in online learning,
it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a tolerable middle ground among school leaders, parents and teachers in the nine-month education crisis that has all but shut down campuses.
Days after the Los Angeles Unified School District announced it was closing all campuses for limited in-person instruction, two children’s advocacy groups asked the state’s highest court to order a partial but still substantial reopening to serve the youngest students and those with special needs, such as students with disabilities and those learning English.
The push-and-pull drama over school reopenings reaches fever pitch in L A and Orange counties msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Morning Brief: LAUSD Sued
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An example of what an LAUSD classroom could look like. Chava Sanchez/LAist
Good morning, L.A.
My colleague Kyle Stokes reports that Beutner’s announcement came just three months after a small number of high-risk students – including those with special education needs, English learners, foster youth and homeless children – were welcomed back into the classroom. Calling the current status of the pandemic “dangerous,” Beutner added that the district “will not reopen schools [for any students] until it’s safe and appropriate to do so.
The groups represented in the lawsuit, the Alliance for Children’s Rights and the Learning Rights Law Center, claim that Beutner is in no position to make that decision. Alex Romain, a partner at the firm Milbank LLP, which is handling the case, said that public health officials have deemed it acceptable for those small groups to remain on campus.