Hermosa Beach schools to close for at least a week [updated]
Both Hermosa View School, above, and Hermosa Valley will be closed starting Monday for at least a week. The Hermosa Beach City School District announced Friday that campuses would close for at least a week, and are likely to remain closed through at least the end of the district’s spring break on April 13, in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Instruction will shift online during the closure, making use of platforms that are already part of instruction in Hermosa, including Canvas and Google Classroom. The Manhattan Beach Unified School District, Redondo Beach Unified School District, El Segundo Unified School District, and the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, have also announced that they are closing campuses. In a statement issued Friday morning, Hermosa’s district said that teachers would be spending part of the day providing students with materials and guidance for the remote learning to follow, and recommended that parents and teachers be in contact by email. The closure will also include district offices and the on-campus extended day programs that precede and follow the instructional day. Parents may come to the campus during the closure…
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