Manhattan Beach parents rally for school reopening
A newly elected school board member, a newly elected Beach Cities Health District board member, two Manhattan Beach Education Foundation board members, a Mira Costa High coach, and two first-year Mira Costa students were among speakers who addressed an estimated 300 parents and their children at a rally Wednesday evening for the “safe opening of schools and sports activities.” Tiffany Wright, a parent of three Manhattan Beach school children and founder of the South Bay Open Schools Facebook page, and actor and sports enthusiast Vince Vaughn organized the rally, held at the pagoda at Polliwog Park. The “Dodgeball” star, a self-described “very average” high school football player and wrestler, told the masked, socially distanced gathering, “Kids don’t want to just do drills. They want to compete. The pro athletes are back. So, let the kids play.” Parents ask for schools to be given priority. Photo by JP Cordero Mira Costa head basketball coach Neal Perlmutter followed up by noting, “It’s already happening. Sixty percent of the kids in my program are flying out of state to compete. I drove down Grant Avenue this week and 40 people were playing soccer. There’s volleyball on the beach…
Read this story on easyreadernews.com