Author: Jonaki Mehta

Jose Centeno hands food to LAUSD student Jesus Sanchez at Hollenbeck Middle School on Friday, Jan. 10. Jireh Deng for NPR hide caption toggle caption Jireh Deng for NPR More than 600,000 students in and around Los Angeles have had their schooling disrupted by the historic fires this week. School districts across the region started announcing school closures on Tuesday and Wednesday. That includes the second-largest school district in the nation, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), which serves more than 500,000 students. The Pacific Palisades neighborhood is part of LAUSD, and saw significant damage from the fires. LAUSD Superintendent…

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