Divide emerges on COVID school reopening in rich, poor areas
South Whittier schools Supt. Gary Gonzales works seven days a week to move his elementary schools closer to reopening. But the barriers are significant: He’s looking for ways to get vaccines to teachers, negotiating with the union and closely monitoring coronavirus case numbers that show that the virus is still ravaging his community, even as case numbers fall countywide. Gonzales knows his district’s students, almost all of whom are Latinos from low-income families, are struggling under r...
Source: latimes.com