LA schools close as New York schools begin to open

New York City schoolchildren returned to in-person classes Monday after a two-week period of virtual learning, while the Los Angeles Unified School District will close down all in-person tutoring and special services on Wednesday amid a growing coronavirus surge.

The Los Angeles school district’s move to remote-only classes will affect about 4,000 students from kindergarten through 12th grade in the nation’s second-largest school district. It also dims prospects that the district will fully reopen before 2021.