{"id":119936,"date":"2021-02-06T20:55:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T01:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119936"},"modified":"2021-02-06T21:12:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T02:12:43","slug":"los-angeles-school-officials-call-threat-to-sue-district-to-reopen-campuses-a-political-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-school-officials-call-threat-to-sue-district-to-reopen-campuses-a-political-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles School Officials Call Threat To Sue District To Reopen Campuses A \u2018Political Stunt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flos-angeles-school-officials-call-threat-to-sue-district-to-reopen-campuses-a-political-stunt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=119936&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Hollywood-High-School.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A Los Angeles Democrat said he would soon introduce a motion asking the city to sue the nation\u2019s second-largest public school district to restore in-person learning, but the school board responded with a statement on Friday calling his threat a political stunt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-04\/la-councilman-wants-sue-la-schools-reopen\">According<\/a> to the Los Angeles Times, L.A. City Councilman Joe Buscaino \u201csaid he plans to submit a resolution next week, for consideration by the full council, that would direct the city attorney to file a lawsuit modeled on one announced this week by San Francisco officials,&nbsp;who have initiated litigation&nbsp;against the San Francisco Unified School District.\u201d As The Daily Wire recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\">reported<\/a>, that suit accuses the district of violating California law by failing to have concrete reopening plans in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hopeful to take a page out of San Francisco\u2019s playbook,\u201d Buscaino <a href=\"https:\/\/laist.com\/latest\/post\/20210204\/la_city_council_lawsuit_proposal_lausd\">said<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/achieve.lausd.net\/about\">serves<\/a> more than 600,000 K-12 students, and its boundaries cover 720 square miles. However, almost every student enrolled has been taking classes online since March in an attempt to help contain coronavirus transmission.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I feel obligated to take a stand on opening our schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dKGRoeAbyg\">pic.twitter.com\/dKGRoeAbyg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Buscaino (@JoeBuscaino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBuscaino\/status\/1357479068975833088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Buscaino, whose wife, Geralyn, is an LAUSD teacher, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBuscaino\/status\/1357479068975833088\">said<\/a> he felt \u201cobligated to take a stand on opening our schools.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-04\/la-councilman-wants-sue-la-schools-reopen\">According<\/a> to the Times, Buscaino is \u201calso unhappy with his own experience at home, noting that he has a child who is struggling with having to learn math online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His proposal has been met with pushback from the school board, the teachers union, and other public education officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical stunts will not reopen schools in the Los Angeles area,\u201d read a joint statement from L.A. Unified Superintendent Austin Beutner and members of the Board of Education. \u201cThe problem is COVID levels in the Los Angeles area have not for a single day since March met the state standards for the reopening of schools. We cannot break state law to reopen schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News statement by Superintendent Austin Beutner and Board of Education Members on Threatened City Lawsuit \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Eac06ApoaD\">https:\/\/t.co\/Eac06ApoaD<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JParLF2xup\">pic.twitter.com\/JParLF2xup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Unified (@LASchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASchools\/status\/1357760338624532481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf Mr. Buscaino had called any of us asking how the City of Los Angeles might help schools, we would have suggested they redouble their efforts to reduce the level of the virus and make sure teachers and all who work at schools get immediate access to vaccines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buscaino\u2019s announcement came the day after new CDC Director Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/cdc-director-teachers-vaccinated-order-reopen-schools\/story?id=75662299\">told<\/a> reporters, \u201cVaccination of teachers is not a prerequisite for the safe reopening of schools.\u201d As the Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2021-02-06\/beutner-lausd-lawsuit-reopening-political-stunt\">points out<\/a>, the Biden administration and Gov. Gavin Newsom also \u201cspoke of the importance for schools to swiftly and safely reopen\u201d earlier this week. Still, the head of the teachers union has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/live\/?v=3617442761658339&amp;ref=watch_permalink\">said<\/a> members need to be inoculated before returning to school buildings.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. Unified Superintendent Beutner also issued a separate individual statement on Friday accusing \u201cthe City of Los Angeles\u201d of \u201cscapegoating schools\u201d for politicians\u2019 failures at every level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">News statement by Superintendent Austin Beutner on City of Los Angeles Lawsuit Threat \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BB4vXkzUOe\">https:\/\/t.co\/BB4vXkzUOe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V4nl8IvVFg\">pic.twitter.com\/V4nl8IvVFg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Unified (@LASchools) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASchools\/status\/1357761290270175233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cGrandstanding political stunts like this are precisely why schools in Los Angeles remain closed,\u201d Beutner <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASchools\/status\/1357761290270175233\/photo\/1\">said<\/a>. \u201cElected leaders from Sacramento to Los Angeles City Hall need to put deeds behind their words and take the steps necessary to actually put schools and the children they serve first.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSan Francisco authorities worked together and brought the rate of infection under control and the area has for some time met the state standard for school reopening, but Los Angeles is a national example of how governmental dysfunction has allowed the virus to rampage out of control.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/san-francisco-sues-its-own-school-district-over-re-opening-plan\">\u2018Enough Is Enough\u2019: San Francisco Sues Its Own School District Over Re-Opening Plan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles Democrat said he would soon introduce a motion asking the city to sue the nation\u2019s second-largest public school district to restore in-person learning, but the school board &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892804,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4231,3676,4810,3638,3924,4104],"class_list":["post-119936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-angeles","tag-call","tag-district","tag-officials","tag-school","tag-threat"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}