Headlines: LAUSD Earns High Marks For “Grab And Go”, Rough Financial Times Coming and More on Elections. – Los Angeles Education Examiner

Headlines: LAUSD Earns High Marks For “Grab And Go”, Rough Financial Times Coming and More on Elections. – Los Angeles Education Examiner

Headlines: LAUSD Earns High Marks For “Grab And Go”, Rough Financial Times Coming and More on Elections.

In addition to providing educational opportunities for students during the shutdown, LAUSD has also been distributing meals though its “Grab and Go” program at schools throughout the district. The program is earning mostly high marks, and was profiled in the LA Times last week as an example of a COVID response program that’s working. There’s also a video version of the story.

If you are in need, visit this link to see where the closest Grab and Go can be found.

Also, a hat tip for the fun #GrabnDough hashtag that features recipes to make better meals out of Grab and Go food bags.

And as we start to look forward to schools re-opening, hopefully in the fall, the question circles around what schools will look like on Back to School Day. NPR has some thoughts based on what is happening at re-opened schools throughout the world.

But all is not well with our public school system. EdSource reports that enrollment is continuing to drop throughout the district and that the crisis is already throwing the district’s budget into chaos.

At LAist, Kyle Stokes looks at the issues facing families with students who CONTINUE READING: Headlines: LAUSD Earns High Marks For “Grab And Go”, Rough Financial Times Coming and More on Elections. – Los Angeles Education Examiner