![]() “I don’t know what’s going to happen with their safety, but I hope everything goes well,” said Nieto, 35. Her mom, Maria, said today was big day, but still, she’s concerned for her children’s safety. “It’s been like one and a half years since I’ve been on the campus,” said Cindy Nieto, 10, a fifth grader. The lines were long and slow-moving, but as each student entered the school, the “goodbyes” and “I love you’s” drowned out the buzz of the long lines. ![]() The lines around Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate wrapped around all sides of the building as each gate lets in different grades from kindergarten though fifth grade. ![]() “I hope everything goes well and they just stay safe,” says Maria Nieto, 35, mother of Angel, 6, and Cindy, 10 (who’s excited to be around her friends at school again) /MLWgRjLQKb Normont Principal Kim Sheehan, meanwhile, said the morning was “going fantastic.” “I think it’s going to be hard for the kids,” he said. One big change to get used to were the face masks, he said. “Locked up and running wild” was how her dad, Armando Zunliga, described the past year. “Lord have mercy,” one mother said as she and her daughter arrived.įurther up in the line, Zoriya Zunliga, 7, nodded when asked if she was excited for the first day of second grade. The line at Normont Elementary school in Harbor City wrapped around most of a block. Parents lined up along with their children, sharing the mix of anticipation, excitement and worry. It was evident Monday morning as students lined up at campuses, eager to see friends, some excited, some concerned, and others, preparing for COVID-19 testing just to get in to class. Several other surrounding district campuses were reopening this week, including Burbank, Gardena and Glendale Unified. The return is a milestone moment at the nation’s second-largest school district, blended with excitement, fear, hope, some confusion and an awareness that this was a first day of school like no other. “I hope you get lots to learn,” said Interim Superintendent Megan Reilly to a kindergarten class learning about kindness, as she toured different classrooms with an entourage of school administrators and a gaggle of photographers. The teachers taught and the students learned. Inside the classrooms, the teachers and students wore masks, as required.Īpart from the masks and box of PPE in the back corner, class and instruction were practically the same. ![]() It required a great deal of patience,” Hontz said, adding that the problem was “predictable” given the number of people using it at the same time, and the sheer newness and scope of the return after so long. Still, some parents complained of 90-minute waits, said Jenny Hontz, a parent advocate and spokeswoman with Speak UP. Officials considered that demand a positive thing because it meant a great number of students were returning to campus. Related: ‘Excited and also nervous’: LAUSD readies for return of full-time, in-person learningĭistrict officials acknowledged the problems, adding that the system was working but just running slow given the huge Day One workload for the app. It’s unclear how many campuses were impacted. That made the lines longer, Ramirez said, but he added it’s the first day and he doesn’t expect these issues to continue for much longer. Staff at the school had to print out each students’ name with their coronavirus test result before they could enter school. Snarling the first morning back: The LAUSD Daily Pass app, which tracks COVID-19 test results for students, was not functioning properly, according to Montara Avenue Elementary School Assistant Principal Javier Ramirez. Related: Q&A –With updated coronavirus measures in place, here’s what the new school year will look like for LAUSD Facing the uncertainty of a surging pandemic, hundreds of thousands of mask-wearing students and teachers across the mammoth Los Angeles Unified Schools District returned to campuses from Pacoima to the Harbor Area this morning, spurred by the prospect of seeing old friends and making new ones after more than a year of learning in front of computer screens.
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