Redondo Beach: Are We Depriving Them?
Further south in Redondo Beach, the total coronavirus case rate is at one of the lowest levels in L.A. County. The school district there already opened elementary schools over a month ago.
Even so, Valerie Castro is keeping her twin daughters, second graders, at home. We have been fairly conservative with our COVID precautions. We rarely go out, Castro said. Like, I remember at one point I went to Barnes and Noble and walked around for half an hour..and my husband was like, Oh my god that was so risky.
Castro worried about spreading the virus to her in-laws, who they see fairly regularly, with social distancing and mask protocols in place. Plus, she said, her daughters have already done pretty well in distance learning and have each other for company.
Now, the county must keep the daily case rate at or under 7 new cases per 100,000 residents and the county's test positivity rate can't exceed 8% for two consecutive weeks before the state confirms LA County's bump to the less-restrictive red tier.