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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...

It’s not clear when students will be able to return to campus at Los Angeles Unified schools, but the district wants to be ready when that does happen. LAUSD is launching its own COVID-19 testing program Monday. LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner believes the key to getting students back to campus is the coronavirus testing program he’s been talking about for months....

Los Angeles Unified has launched its COVID-19 testing program for students and staff. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA at 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020.

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who was fatally beaten the day after Christmas in 2019 is suing Los Angeles Unified, alleging the school district negligently hired, retained and supervised her son’s accused killer in an after-school program. Kenya Taylor, the 38-year-old mother of Dayvon Taylor, filed the lawsuit Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages. An LAUSD…

Brushing their teeth and combing their hair won’t be the only morning rituals for students and staff once LA Unified schools reopen; they’ll also have to screen themselves for COVID-19 using a new app. LA Unified’s superintendent Austin Beutner offered more details on the district’s plan for reopening schools, including the “Back To School” app Tuesday.

Getting all students, teachers, and faculty tested for COVID-19 before school campues reopen is a massive undertaking, but L.A. Unified School District says it has a plan to do it. Kim Baldonado reports Aug. 31, 2020.

LAUSD is hoping to help parents that cannot stay at home and have essential jobs. Kim Baldonado reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020.

Los Angles Unified School District is working with three universities, Microsoft, testing providers, and health insurers to make widespread coronavirus screenings available at all LAUSD schools. Darsha Philips reports Aug. 24, 2020.

The Los Angeles Unified School District will launch an aggressive coronavirus testing and contact tracing program for all students, staff and their families as part of a broad plan to safely reopen campuses. No date has been set for reopening schools in the nation’s second-largest district. The academic year formally begins this week with distance learning. The spread of...

In order for students and teachers to return to campus, the superintendent of LAUSD said testing and contract tracing would be needed. Kim Baldonado reports for NBC LA at 4 p.m. Thursday Aug. 20, 2020.

Parents and the school district are working to overcome the district divide. Beverly White reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020.

Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner announced Sunday the launch of a program that will provide regular COVID-19 testing and contact tracing to school staff, students and their families. As part of the plan, research will begin to study the impact and effects of reopening, and that data will be available to the general public, Beutner announced. “Extraordinary…

Students and staff are logging in to classes from home, but LAUSD is looking ahead on how to bring everyone back., including testing all students and staff. Kim Baldonado reports Aug. 17, 2020.