school reopenings

Four Los Angeles County schools have been granted waivers to resume in-person instruction for students in pre-kindergarten through second-grade, the first campuses to receive such approvals since the waiver-application process began earlier this month.

As counties apply for waivers for in-classroom instruction at local elementary schools, the state has guidance on what school officials, parents, teachers and others should know about the process. Only school districts that haven’t been on a local health monitoring list for 14 days can reopen under guidelines, according to state guidelines. All others must continue to do distance learning…

Monday was the first day back in school, on campus, for some students in the Inland Empire. Over the past few weeks, state and county health officials granted waivers for at least 10 schools to reopen because they met certain safety requirements. Tony Shin reports Aug. 31, 2020.

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.

Until this week, the Bush family feared that their son, who has autism, would not be allowed to return to campus after Labor Day. Now, the state has announced guidelines that will make this possible. Vikki Vargas reports for NBC LA at 5 p.m. Thursday Aug. 27, 2020.

A new study out of Seoul National University suggests that children can shed the coronavirus for up to three weeks, even if they are asymptomatic.

There is good news for students and their parents who felt left out when one school district got a waiver to allow children back early, and that’s because there are now new opportunities for even more students to return to in-person learning.

It’s back to the classroom for more elementary schools in Southern California. The state has granted seven more reopening waivers. Two of those schools are in Riverside County. Tony Shin reports Aug. 26, 2020.

In just 48 hours, Orange County could become the first SoCal county to clear the state’s COVID-19 watch list. Hetty Chang reports for NBC LA at 11 p.m. Thursday Aug. 20, 2020.

Students and teachers will return to Lucerne Valley Elementary School. Mekahlo Medina reports for Today in LA on Thursday Aug. 20, 2020.

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Texas leaders who grappled with coronavirus testing shortages for much of the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: not enough takers

Back to school means back to learning, but this is a new virtual world, and some kids do not have access to resources required. Kathy Vara reported on NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.

Reopening schools will be easy

The first wave of college students returning to their dorms aren’t finding the typical mobs of students and parents. What they found Friday were strict safety protocols and some heightened anxiety amid a global pandemic where virus infections are growing in dozens of states. North Carolina State University staggered the return of its students over 10 days and welcomed the…

Foo Fighters musician and former Fairfax County Public Schools student Dave Grohl weighed in Wednesday on how school should be conducted as the coronavirus pandemic continues.  In a nine-minute reading of an essay he wrote for “The Atlantic,” Grohl endorsed remote learning and said teachers who devote their lives to their students for low pay should get “a little...

School districts around the U.S. are grappling with whether to bring students back to classrooms in the fall, and how to keep them and their teachers safe from the coronavirus if they do

As the schooling dilemma continues to daunt millions of parents, some with the means to front the steep costs are hiring private educators and tutors.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond said to proceed with “an abundance of caution” in reopening schools amid the pandemic.