A teachers’ union in Los Angeles approved an agreement with the local school district on March 21 to physically reopen schools starting in mid-April. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced that after four days of voting, 89 percent of union members approved an agreement with the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) on safe physical return to classrooms and hybrid instruction. UTLA and LAUSD reached a tentative agreement on March 9; the LAUSD Board of Education ratified the agreement on March 11. Currently, the district is tentatively planning for a physical return for students from transitional kindergarten (TK) to 6th grade starting mid-April. And for students in grades 7 to 12, the return time is expected to be by the end of April or early May. The agreement (pdf) states that all adults and students—including students in Early Education and from TK to grade 2—must wear masks at all times …