T here are 80 public school districts in Los Angeles County alone, including the nation's second-largest, Los Angeles Unified. Together, these local districts serve over a million children.
This year, kids are going back to campus: California lawmakers decided that in-person instruction must be the default mode in schools this year. They also passed a statute that requires school districts to provide independent study programs for students “whose health would be put at risk by in-person instruction.”
There will be some universal safety guidelines that all California schools must follow — though the law allows districts or local health officials to enact stricter guidelines.
Some local school districts have already reopened for fall, while others are about to open their doors — in some cases to students who haven't been on campus since early 2020.
Here's a guide to what is opening when, with links to each district's website for details (in alphabetical order).
Full List Of LA County Public School Reopening Plans
ABC Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 23 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 24 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Alhambra Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Antelope Valley Union High School District
Arcadia Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Azusa Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Baldwin Park Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Bassett Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Bellflower Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Beverly Hills Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 13 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Bonita Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 23 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Burbank Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 16 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Castaic Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Centinela Valley Union High School District
First day of school: Aug. 16 Charter Oak Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Claremont Unified School District
First day of school: Sept. 1 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Compton Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Covina Valley Unified School District
Culver City Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Downey Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Duarte Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study East Whittier City School District
Eastside Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 9 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study El Monte City School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study El Monte Union High School District
First day of school: Aug. 17 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study El Rancho Unified School District
El Segundo Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Garvey School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Glendale Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Glendora Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Gorman Joint School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Hacienda La Puente Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 4 Ha wthorne School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 (preschool and K-8), Aug. 19 (HMSA) Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Hermosa Beach City School District
First day of school: Sept. 3 Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District
First day of school: Aug. 23 Inglewood Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 23 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here) Keppel Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) La Cañada Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 16 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Lancaster School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Las Virgenes Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study through Las Virgenes Independent School (details here ) Lawndale Elementary School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Lennox School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Little Lake City School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Long Beach Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 31 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Los Angeles Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 16 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Los Nietos School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Lowell Joint School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Lynwood Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Manhattan Beach Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Monrovia Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Montebello Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 16 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Mountain View School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Newhall School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Palmdale School District
First day of school: Aug. 5 Instruction plan: In-person or virtual instruction Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Paramount Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) Pasadena Unified School District
Pomona Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (primarily asynchronous, details here ) Redondo Beach Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Rosemead School District
Rowland Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 9 Instruction plan: In-person or alternative learning options San Gabriel Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 23 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) San Marino Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Saugus Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 South Pasadena Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) South Whittier School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Sulphur Springs Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 12 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Temple City Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 25 Instruction plan: In-person or at-home options Torrance Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 26 Instruction plan: In-person or online learning option Valle Lindo School District
First day of school: Aug. 18 Instruction plan: In-person or virtual independent study Walnut Valley Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 9 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study (details here ) West Covina Unified School District
First day of school: Aug. 19 Instruction plan: In-person or online learning academy/independent study options (synchronous/asynchronous mix, details here ) Westside Union School District
First day of school: Aug. 4 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Whittier City School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 (6th grade), Aug. 11 (all other grades) Instruction plan: In-person or independent study virtual learning option Whittier Union High School District
First day of school: Aug. 11 (grades 9 and 10), Aug. 12 (all other grades) William S. Hart Union High School District
First day of school: Aug. 10 Instruction plan: In-person or Learning Post Academy independent study (details here ) Wilsona School District
First day of school: Aug. 9 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Wiseburn School District
First day of school: Aug. 31 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Schools Run By The Los Angeles County Office Of Education:
International Polytechnic High School (IPoly)
First day of school: Aug. 16 Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA)
First day of school: Aug. 11 County Community Schools
Bermudez Community Day School (Pico Rivera)
First day of school: Year-round Instruction plan: In- person or independent study Boys Republic (Monrovia)
First day of school: Year-round Instruction plan: In-person only El Monte Union High School Community Day
First day of school: Aug 17 Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Mujeres y Hombres Nobles (Monterey Park)
First day of school: Year-round Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Jonas Salk (Hawthorne)
Tri-Community (Compton)
First day of school: Year-round Instruction plan: In-person or independent study Visions Learning Center (Whittier)
First day of school: Year-round Instruction plan: In-person only LAist reporter Kyle Stokes contributed to this report.
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