The teachers union on Monday accused outside forces of trying to “unsuccessfully drive a wedge between educators and the community. It is unclear if parent views have shifted during a deluge of developments over the last three months. Now educators are being vilified for trying to protect our students and our communities.” They prioritized indoor malls, outdoor dining, gyms and card rooms while infection rates soared and school buildings remained closed. “Local and state officials did not create the right conditions to return to schools for in-person instruction. “It is unfortunate that educators are being targeted, and the pressure of preventing an unsafe return falls to us while our students and their families face economic devastation, illness and death,” UTLA President Cecily Myart-Cruz said in a statement. The union leadership is not backing down. And then, LAUSD and UTLA said: ‘Oh no, but it’s still not safe.’ And I think that was a big turning point for a lot of us parents.” County Health Department gave them the clear. Rojas watches the weekly updates from Beutner. Unified and the union are flying a caution flag: They want further reductions in infection rates and vaccines for school staff. While some school systems quickly ramped up, leaders of L.A. I mean, I couldn’t even sleep that night,” Rojas said. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced that the county had met the threshold reopening elementary campuses. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was possible to reopen K-12 campuses safely - even with significant spread of the coronavirus, even without a vaccine for school staff. “For a year now, they’ve been telling us we will open schools when they are safe,” Rojas said during Monday’s demonstration, which drew more than 200 parents and students from more than 20 different schools. Parents such as Rojas simply want the option for their children to return to class.
The county “spans more than 4,000 square miles and communities with vastly different family circumstances where COVID has had vastly different impacts,” he said. Beutner said Monday that the average county coronavirus rate that permits elementary schools to reopen is misleading.
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