L.A. Unified considered closing schools for May Day protests
L.A. Unified considered closing schools for May Day protests
| Sonali Kohli |
Los Angeles Unified school officials want students to be active this May Day — but through conversation inside the classroom, not protests in the streets.
A number of organizations, including the L.A. Unified teachers union, urged the district to close schools Monday so that teachers and students could march. The district decided last month to keep them open.
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Sonali Kohli is a former Los Angeles Times reporter. A product of Southern California, she grew up in Diamond Bar and graduated from UCLA. She worked as a metro reporter for the Orange County Register and as a reporter covering education and diversity for Quartz before joining The Times in 2015.