The Los Alamitos Unified School District unanimously voted to implement an ethnic studies class and textbook June 1, despite an outcry of opposition from the community. The ethnic studies course is a year-long elective class for juniors and seniors in high school who either are currently taking, or have taken, American history. The meeting was held virtually after the board was advised by the police to do so. “The police advised us that the best way to keep people safe was to go virtual and that was why we made the decision,” board president Marlys Davidson said during the meeting. “It was not COVID. The only part COVID played in this was that it forced us to socially distance in our meetings.” The previous meeting May 11 was also held online, during which more than 150 protestors gathered outside  the district office to oppose the district’s new social justice standards. The ethnic studies course comes at the …