When you abuse students, act stupid, use junk science to harm kids, did you really expect that parents who care about their kids will allow you to continue this?
“More than 10,200 Los Angeles Unified students had enrolled in the district’s independent study program for the upcoming school year as of Friday morning, Aug. 6 — a nearly eightfold increase in enrollment compared to before the coronavirus pandemic — according to a district spokeswoman.
LAUSD officials had asked families to enroll by Friday if they do not wish to send their children back to campus for in-person instruction when the school year begins on Aug. 16. The number of students that had signed up for the City of Angels independent study program by the close of the business day on Friday was not immediately available, but as of the morning, 10,280 pupils, or just over 2% of district students, had enrolled, the spokeswoman said.
The problem is not the 10,000 kids that refuse to attend schools where they are forced to wear worthless masks. No the bigger problem is the tens of thousands of kids that will not return to LAUSD, even via the Internet or independent studies. Could it be teaching kids hatred and bigotry, misrepresenting history is why parents say NO to LAUSD? Could it be that the schools have become sexualized and sex is promoted when the kids need a math class? The good news is that this will cause the passage of the Educational Choice ballot measure next year.
Coronavirus: More than 10,200 LAUSD students choose independent study, won’t return to campus
The figure represents just over 2% of district’s student population but a nearly eightfold increase in enrollment as compared to before the pandemic
By Linh Tat. LA Daily News, 8/6/21
More than 10,200 Los Angeles Unified students had enrolled in the district’s independent study program for the upcoming school year as of Friday morning, Aug. 6 — a nearly eightfold increase in enrollment compared to before the coronavirus pandemic — according to a district spokeswoman.
LAUSD officials had asked families to enroll by Friday if they do not wish to send their children back to campus for in-person instruction when the school year begins on Aug. 16. The number of students that had signed up for the City of Angels independent study program by the close of the business day on Friday was not immediately available, but as of the morning, 10,280 pupils, or just over 2% of district students, had enrolled, the spokeswoman said.
Before the pandemic, 1,322 students were enrolled in City of Angels, she said.
Assuming the enrollment numbers do not change significantly from Friday morning, that means about 98% of students are expected to return to campuses this fall. For many, it will be their first time back in a brick-and-mortar classroom since March 2020, when the pandemic forced schools to abruptly close.
Although the percentage of students planning to learn through the independent study program is low, the nearly eightfold increase in enrollment signals that thousands of families aren’t yet willing to send their children back to campuses, despite repeated insistence by district officials that schools are safe spaces during the pandemic.
Stephanie De La Cruz and her husband decided to keep all four of their children home this coming school year because one is immunocompromised, and they did not want to take a chance that any of their children might bring the coronavirus home from school.
The decision not to send their children back in person was particularly hard on De La Cruz’s oldest daughter, who, while understanding of her family’s situation, was hoping to return to campus her senior year of high school.
The most difficult part about giving up the in-person experience, De La Cruz said, is that her children won’t be able to participate in their regular school’s extracurricular activities. De La Cruz’s oldest daughter was active in student government, she said.
But De La Cruz is taking the pandemic seriously, having lost six family members to COVID-19 last year, the East L.A. resident said.
“I am not for the kids returning right now,” she said, noting that even though LAUSD will be having staff and students undergo weekly COVID-19 testing as a precaution, there’s no guarantee children won’t contract or transmit the virus.
To date, six children in L.A. County have died due to the coronavirus, including a child under the age of 12 with an underlying health condition who died just this week.
In the grand scheme of things, it’s extremely rare for a child to die from the coronavirus. And LAUSD officials maintain the district has adopted the highest health and safety standards and using multiple mitigation measures to reduce the risk of virus transmission. This includes masking requirements, regular COVID-19 testing, upgraded air filtration systems, improved cleaning regimens and making vaccines available to those in the community who want them.
Still, some families are still uncertain about sending their children back to campus.
While Friday was the deadline to sign up for independent study, families can switch from in-person learning to the online program throughout the school year. Officials, though, are encouraging families to wait until the end of the semester if they plan to switch.
“While it may be possible for students to switch between the in-person and online programs at any time, this may cause disruptions to a student’s learning because they may be learning with different teachers and different lessons,” the district said in a statement.
