POLITICIZING COVID-19

New Lawsuit Against LAUSD Jeopardizes The Health Of Families

If successful, the suit would reduce social distancing and prohibit the district from requiring COVID-19 testing as campuses are reopened.

“Many LAUSD students reside in low-income communities of color that are disproportionately affected by the pandemic.”

- Aannestad Andelin & Corn LLP

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is the second-largest school district in the country with “nearly 600,000 students in grades transitional kindergarten through 12”. Parents for seven of these children are suing the district to loosen the safety procedures as campuses begin to reopen after a year-long shutdown due to COVID-19. If the court rules in their favor, the LAUSD would not be allowed “to enforce mandatory 6-foot distancing provisions” or require “mandatory…student COVID-19 testing provisions”. Without providing any proof that these precautions inflict any harm to their seven children, these four parents want to create conditions that other parents will feel are less safe than what exists with the district’s plans. This could needlessly endanger their children and their families.

My wife and I with our two LAUSD students.