For the first time in more than a year, some Los Angeles Unified schools reopened for in-person classes Tuesday, starting with the youngest students, who will be followed in the coming days by other those in higher grades.
Safety standards and mandatory coronavirus tests were in place, but many parents still opted for distance learning for their kids.
“It’s a good day for us,” said schools Supt. Austin Beutner during a visit to Heliotrope Elementary School in Maywood. “It’s a happy day. We’re here to celebrate the students back in schools. But this is the first step in what will be a long path to recovery.”
Heliotrope Avenue Elementary School
Kindergartener Matteo Rodriguez, right, gets a coronavirus test from EMT Claire Chou before entering Heliotrope Avenue Elementary School in Maywood.
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Kindergarten student Franky Cervantes has his temperature checked by aide Selena Aguirre before entering campus.
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Leilany Gonzalez waits with mom Elizabeth to start her first in-person day of first grade.
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9th Street Elementary School
Teacher Lilia Guerrero directs kindergartners to class as they demonstrate social-distancing space at 9th Street Elementary School in Los Angeles.
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Monica Garcia, an LAUSD board member, asks kindergartner Melinton Velasquez his age.
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First-grader Chris Aguilar works on an English exercise.
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Maurice Sendak Elementary
Kindergartner Angel Hernandez looks for his mother as his first day back at school comes to an end at Maurice Sendak Elementary in North Hollywood.
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Jesse Magana sits at a school desk for the first time inside Alicia Pizzi’s kindergarten classroom.
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District employee Amanda Anguiano is tested for the coronavirus as she arrives to work at Maurice Sendak Elementary.
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