Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. "We are now working with a 30-pound weight gain, he is depressed, he is acting out, I have never seen him like this before," she said. "This is one out of hundreds of thousands and we as pediatricians are seeing this" Ross Novie is the parent of two LA unified students and the founder of Parent Uprising, which is also calling for a return to classrooms. "This is a very destabilizing situation for a lot of families and there is tremendous anger," he said. "At a certain point we have to start accepting the consensus that the science says we we can have in person school that's safe."