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LAUSD Extends The Deadline To Opt Out Of In-Person Schooling To Aug. 6

Parents have until Friday, July 30, to opt out of in-person instruction for their kids in the fall. Online instruction is still available, but it will differ from last year's distance learning.

A teacher in a yellow sweater talks to her students through Zoom.

Was Austin Beutner The Change-Maker LAUSD Was Looking For?

In an exit interview, the outgoing L.A. schools superintendent says he did shake up the status quo as he promised — but by collaborating with the school district’s most powerful interests, not challenging them.

Austin Beutner, outgoing superintendent of the L.A. Unified School District, poses for a picture in the library of Paul Revere Middle School in Pacific Palisades on Monday, June 28, 2021. His three-year tenure ended when his contract expired later in the week.

LAUSD Board Honors Departing Superintendent Austin Beutner

“You were the right man at the right time,” a former critic said.

LAUSD’s Planning A Full-Time Reopening In Fall — But Many Black Families Prefer Distance Learning

A parent poll shows Black parents were most satisfied with distance learning — and concerned about "racism, bullying and low academic expectations" once students return in-person.

First graders at Brainard Elementary demonstrate the very lengthy process of lining up, socially distanced, outside.

LAUSD Will Offer On-Campus Vaccinations In Middle, High Schools

Mobile teams will deliver shots on campuses once before school lets out, and once over the summer.

LAUSD Abandons Plan To Extend The Upcoming School Year

LAUSD school board members have voted on a plan to start the new semester on Aug. 17, 2021 and have a three-week winter break — which is the district's norm.

A man in a navy suit and purple tie bends down to chat with a young girl wearing a shiny pink coat. They are on a cement surface outside a one-story school building, and both are wearing masks.

‘They’re Taller!’ Teachers And Students Are Seeing Each Other In Person After A Long Absence

Because students often leave their Zoom cameras off, one teacher said, “I was afraid I wouldn’t know who they were.”

Few LAUSD High Schoolers Are Returning To Campus — But Those Who Are Need A Place To Learn

For some students, their high school diplomas are at stake: “If I’m at school, I know I’ll finish [the work]."

Students at Simon Rodia High School, an L.A. Unified School District continuation school in South Gate, pose for a photograph with Superintendent Austin Beutner on Tues., April 27, 2021, after a return-to-campus ceremony.

LAUSD Middle And High School Campuses Are Now Reopening. Here’s What To Expect

Older LAUSD students face a choice as campuses reopen: 'Do I stay on Zoom at home, where I can go to the fridge and not wear shoes?' For many, it's a no-brainer.

L.A. Unified School District Superintendent Austin Beutner (left) poses a question to the students in Fleming Middle School teacher Stacey Takamoto's sixth grade Zoom class on Monday, April 26, 2021.

LAUSD Board Names Deputy Superintendent As Austin Beutner’s Interim Successor

Megan Reilly has been with LAUSD for 12 of the last 14 years.

FILE - Megan Reilly, then the L.A. Unified School District's Chief Financial Officer, embraces former LAUSD Superintendent Michelle King during a board meeting on March 14, 2017. Reilly was leaving LAUSD after a decade for a job in Santa Clara County's Office of Education. She returned to LAUSD in 2019 as a deputy superintendent.

Austin Beutner Will Step Down As LAUSD Superintendent In June

Austin Beutner started his tenure by battling LAUSD's teachers' union. He is ending it with high marks from rank-and-file members who had deeply distrusted him.

Everything We Know About LAUSD's Plan To Reopen Schools

Can students keep their teachers? Where will they eat? These questions — and more — answered as LAUSD campuses prepare to reopen.

A small child works at his desk with paper and crayons. He wears a blue and orange mask. The desks in the room are spaced several feet apart.

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