About 70% of students in a district of about 450,000 attended yesterday, which means about 135,000 were absent, according to LAUSD’s preliminary numbers.
Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified school district employees rushed to campuses to help cover for absent teachers and staff. Students waited in long lines to get on campus after the health screening system sputtered during morning rush. And in many classrooms, empty desks reflected both a massive increase in positive coronavirus cases among students and pandemic-worried families who kept students home.
About 70% of students in a district of about 450,000 attended on Tuesday, which means about 135,000 were absent, according to the district’s preliminary numbers. Interim Supt. Megan K. Reilly acknowledged the challenges and the morning delays caused when the Daily Pass health screening system failed to work well when it was needed most.
With fewer than half of students in her classes Tuesday, she held off on going over her syllabus, classroom rules and giving out a first assignment.In the East region, which includes Torres High, planning sessions were held to anticipate employee shortages, local staff were deployed and “instruction and safety continue to be our top priority,” said Elvia Perez Cano, spokesperson for the region.
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