
LAUSD's Coronavirus Testing Effort Is Key As Schools Reopenįor the first time, the most ambitious school district testing program in the nation is being put to its own test with the opening of more than 1,000 schools throughout the sprawling system. The Department of Public Health on Sunday recorded 3,356 new cases of the virus and eight related deaths but said the real number is likely higher due to weekend reporting delays. Los Angeles County officials on Sunday continued to report a surge in coronavirus cases as schools prepared to open. County Coronavirus Surge Continues As Schools Prepare To Reopen Parents and school officials will be tracking news and data about the surge of the Delta variant, which poses ongoing risks during a pandemic that people had hoped would have mostly subsided by now.

And the first day of school will also be punctuated with the signs of the times: wearing masks all day and lining up for coronavirus testing. The scenes are expected to include the familiar - yellow buses, tearful hugs goodbye between the youngest and their parents, happy reunions with friends. Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles-area students on Monday are returning to campus for the first time in more than a year - a moment marked by pandemic-driven anxiety as well as by joy and relief after children’s lives have been devoid of a sense of normalcy for so long.


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