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Three local school districts continue to provide mental-health and wellness services for their respective students while they shelter at home.

Schools are grappling with the fallout from delayed shipments of coronavirus tests promised by the state amid the surge in Omicron infections.

As the school reopening debate comes inexorably to a head, consider this tale of two Southland school districts. There’s South Whittier School District, where Supt. Gary Gonzales works seven days a week to inch his elementary schools ever closer to reopening. The hurdles he faces are high: getting scarce vaccines to teachers, negotiating with the union, and closely monitoring coronavirus case numbers that show the virus is still ravaging his community, where 118 people have died. Almost all of the district’s students are Latinos from low-income families, and under remote learning, theyâ€...

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 remote learning. And he knows his community is hurting — the pandemic has claimed 118 lives in tiny...