Public schools in Los Angeles and San Diego, the two largest public school districts in California, will not be sending children back to campuses next month and will instead administer online classes due to concerns over the ongoing threat of the coronavirus.
Why it matters: The two districts, which together enroll about 825,000 students, are the largest in the country thus far to announce that they will not return to in-person learning in the fall, even as the Trump administration aggressively pushes for schools to do so.
– Both President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have threatened to withhold federal funds from schools that don’t reopen, with DeVos arguing on Sunday that the money should be redirected to families who can use it to find other options for their children.
– California, one of several states that have seen a surge of coronavirus infections in recent weeks, reported a seven-day average on Sunday of more than 8,500 new cases per day.
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NEW: The Los Angeles and San Diego unified school districts, the two largest in California, will be online only this fall.https://t.co/c7B3Snhbrz
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