Others, especially high school students, rejected the strict limitations on movement, instruction, enrichment activities and socializing and opted to stay with distance learning. The L.A. Unified reopening plan offers both middle and high school students a half-time, on-campus academic schedule that includes no in-person instruction. About 8,000 high school students have returned, while more than 105,000 have not. Although Los Angeles attendance is particularly low, many of California’s largest school districts are struggling to persuade high school students to return. Math and computer science teacher Kelly Flood walks her freshman students around the James A. Garfield High School campus as students returned to school for the first time in more than a year.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 11, 2021 12:02 UTC