LOS ANGELES (CNS)—Gov. Gavin Newsom on July 17 ordered all school campuses to remain closed when the academic year begins in counties on the state’s monitoring list due to spiking COVID-19 cases—including Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, and Riverside counties.
The order means districts across Southern California will begin the new school year with distance-learning programs, as opposed to in-person classes. The state’s two largest districts, Los Angeles Unified and San Diego Unified, had already announced plans to begin the new academic year with online-only courses.
