Dear friends and partners,
This week,
schools were closed, but our work continued. As the coronavirus pandemic has led LA County to issue a "
Safer at Home" order, Angelenos have all been called on to rise to the occasion and adapt in the midst of an unprecedented moment, and everyone at LA Unified is working tirelessly to meet the needs of our families.
We opened
60 Grab & Go food centers in partnership with
the Red Cross, where families who rely on us for food security can still get nutritious meals every day, and thousands of our employees signed up to help staff these sites. Our
amazing teachers and administrators have spent countless hours getting
continued learning up and running for students, while many of them are also suddenly watching their own children at home. For the first time, the District sent text message updates to reach more families. And we are also
redoubling our efforts to close the digital divide for our students by assessing the need and working to fill that need urgently—because in this era, connectivity is not a luxury. It’s a necessity.
I want to say thank you to our employees and countless partners who have stepped up to help us support our families—not to mention to all the families helping their kids adjust to a very different type of school day while they, too, try to adjust.
We are all doing our best to
adapt to an ever-evolving situation, and as we face inevitable bumps in the road, I am inspired by the way our school communities have met this moment and
continue to overcome obstacles. While we don’t know how long this new normal will last, we are preparing for the possibility that these precautions could be necessary for longer than two weeks. I will continue to
push for rapid, transparent communication with all stakeholders, and provide updates as we have them.
Read on for more on all these efforts, useful resources, and
how you can help.
