Los Angeles Teachers’ Union Approves Plan to Reopen Schools in April

A YMCA staff member assists a child as she attends online classes at a learning hub inside the Crenshaw Family YMCA, as schools remain closed to in-person instruction, in Los Angeles on Feb. 17, 2021. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A teachers’ union in Los Angeles approved an agreement with the local school district on March 21 to physically reopen schools starting in mid-April.

United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced that after four days of voting, 89 percent of union members approved an agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on safe physical return to classrooms and hybrid instruction.