Today’s momentous decision by Superintendent Ramon Cortines and School Board President Steve Zimmer to close all of the schools in the Los Angeles Unified School District will likely be on the minds of your students as they return to school.
For some in your school community, the school closure brought up emotions ranging from fear to excitement.
Given your classroom and your students, if you are going to talk about the school closure, what does that conversation sound like? Where do you begin? What do you need to keep in mind as you prepare to facilitate this conversation with your students? What questions will you ask your students to reflect upon?
We wanted to open a space for the educators in our Facing History community to respectfully share ideas, thoughts and questions with each other. Please share how you plan to engage with your students around the LAUSD school closure in your reflective classrooms in the comments section below.
