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The Los Angeles Unified School District said Monday that any failing grades from this pandemic-marred semester will be deferred until at least Jan. 29, giving students additional time to avoid receiving an F in their classes, according to a newspaper report that was confirmed by NBC Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Unified School District campuses would be an ideal setting for administering COVID-19 vaccines to students and their families, Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday, while again imploring elected officials to provide financial support for schools to prepare for an eventual return to in-person instruction.

In-person classes and childcare have been suspended for the remainder of the fall semester, Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Monday.

LAUSD started offering in person one on one tutoring after school and on weekends, but that program, along with free childcare for district employees, and school athletics are all coming to an end on Thursday. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7, 2020.

It’s clear students in the LA Unified School District aren’t going back to school anytime soon. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 16, 2020.

Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that methods of returning students to schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District amid the COVID-19 pandemic will include a combination of at-home learning and in-person instruction. “In order to maintain the appropriate distance between people on campus, we will need to have fewer students in the classroom at any one time,” Beutner said….

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced a tentative agreement Friday with the union representing principals and administrators, outlining protocols for the eventual reopening of school campuses.

Félix Quiñónez, a Hispanic teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District, was named “Teacher of the Year 2020.”

Voters in the LAUSD weighed in Tuesday on Measure RR, a $7 billion bond measure aimed at improving school facilities, upgrading technology and implementing COVID-19 safety standards.

More students are failing and the challenges that come with distance learning are becoming obvious, especially for students experiencing homelessness and those from lower income families. Kim Baldonado reported on NBC4 News on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020.

There’s no telling when students in the LA Unified School District will go back to in-class learning, but the district is taking steps to try and make sure they reopen safely. Kim Baldonado Reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.

Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Tuesday that the Los Angeles Unified School District will invest $1 million to support students experiencing homelessness and those who are part of the foster-care system. The program will provide a supervised place to study, access to child care and one-on-one tutoring, additional instructional materials and other support.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is being sued by a former special needs student who alleges he was sexually abused and provided alcohol by a teacher’s aide whose job was to assist him getting to and from class during the 2018-19 school year.

Los Angeles school teachers will be offering tutoring after school and on campus. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC4 News on Oct. 9, 2020.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner declined Wednesday to add a letter from President Donald Trump about COVID-19 to the food assistance boxes the district is sending to people in need.

Los Angeles Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that the school district has created a COVID-19 testing system in anticipation of students returning to its campuses. “We continue to put in place plans to have students back in schools as soon as health conditions in the area allow,” Beutner said. “Unfortunately, the overall level of the virus is still too…

Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday that public schools in Los Angeles are not yet ready to reopen for in-person instruction amid the coronavirus, even as he detailed some of the challenges in virtual learning. “It’s now been more than six months since students were in schools, and the learning loss for some may be significant. But schools have to...

Nine parents filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that the Los Angeles Unified School District’s distance learning program implemented during the pandemic fails to meet state educational standards and disproportionately harms Black and Latino students.

Los Angeles Unified School District is looking at options to reopen schools when it is safe to do so amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but Superintendent Austin Beutner said Monday implementing those plans won’t be easy. Referring to county and state health guidelines, Beutner said kindergarten through fifth-grade in-person instruction will likely be easier to manage, with classes that could...