Newsletter Get thought-provoking perspectives with our weekly newsletter. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Vaccinating a certain portion of teachers and staff has been a sticking point for reopening public schools in Los Angeles County and other areas of California hit hard by COVID-19, and the state’s plan to earmark a percentage of vaccine doses for educators starting next month won’t do much to hasten the return of classroom instruction. Still, pressure to restart on-campus learning, especially in places where public schools remain closed and private schools are open, greatly increased earlier this week when Los Angeles County announced all elementary students could return to the classroom with precautions, because the overall case rate was low enough.