Normont Elementary School

Los Angeles Unified Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly, second from left, and School Board members Nick Melvoin, Tanya Ortiz Franklin and Kelly Gonez, left to right, wave to students and parents waiting in line Monday to enter Normont Elementary School in Harbor City.
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Students and parents wait in line Monday to enter Normont Elementary School to celebrate the first day of in-class instruction.
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Los Angeles Unified Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly reads to students in the second-grade class of teacher Nohemi Sanchez-Heredia on Monday at Normont Elementary School in Harbor City.
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Montara Avenue Elementary School

A medical professional watches as a fifth-grader gives himself a rapid COVID-19 test Monday at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.
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Kindergarteners play during recess on the first day of school Monday at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.
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