Tag: Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

About 180,000 LAUSD Students Absent from First Day of Spring Semester

LOS ANGELES—Amid a surge in COIVD-19 cases, almost one-third of students were absent on Jan. 11, the first day of the spring semester in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The district serves over 600,000 students, of whom 30 percent—about 180,000—did not go back to school on Tuesday, mostly because of testing positive or…


20 Law Enforcement Employees Sue LAUSD Over Vaccine Mandate

LOS ANGELES—Twenty school law enforcement officers are suing Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), alleging they were either wrongfully fired or facing termination despite filing for exemptions to the district’s coronavirus vaccination mandate for employees. The plaintiffs in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit brought on Monday are a mix of school safety officers, police officers,…