The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved July 12 a motion instructing county departments to collaborate with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and other school districts on increasing campus safety.
The motion was a response to violence in local schools and the recent national spate of school shootings. Specifically mentioned was the massacre in May in Uvalde, Tex., that left 19 students and two teachers dead, and 17 others wounded.
The departments will work with the districts in areas with high rates of violence to support student safety and well-being.
“Too many students across LA County are impacted by violence on campus, in their homes, and in their communities,” the motion said. “This can be in the form of bullying, suicide, domestic and intimate partner violence, and community and gang violence. Increased violence in the county, along with the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in the loss of social and school connectedness … making it difficult for youth to thrive.”…