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Normont Elementary School
![LAUSD board members wave to students and parents waiting in line to enter Normont Elementary School in Harbor City.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/abc46b1/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2496+0+0/resize/2000x1248!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F8a%2F0c%2Fa0240fd84f8abf3327028bf0576f%2Fla-photos-1staff-824951-la-me-lausd-first-day-normont-6-als.jpg)
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.
(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Students and parents wait in line Monday to enter Normont Elementary School](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1769c50/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2417+0+0/resize/2000x1209!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F81%2F18%2F8e009a5e4f429e92ea26ba8691c7%2Fla-photos-1staff-824951-la-me-lausd-first-day-normont-7-als.jpg)
Students and parents wait in line Monday to enter Normont Elementary School to celebrate the first day of in-class instruction.
(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly reads to students who are sitting on a colorful rug](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d71d9f6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2667+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F58%2Fac%2F460d46f14ec8aee01361398052ff%2Fla-photos-1staff-824951-la-me-lausd-first-day-normont-10-als.jpg)
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.
(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
Montara Avenue Elementary School
![Third grade dual language students wear masks on the first day of school at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8b4d3ea/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2684+0+0/resize/2000x1278!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff2%2F78%2F9190d6774285a1e71ff183734a34%2Fla-photos-1staff-824952-me-lausd-first-day-montara-12-ajs.jpg)
Third grade dual language students wear masks and prepare to take a photo with Los Angeles Unified Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly, teachers, principals, school site employees, on the first day of school at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
![Fifth-grader pokes his nose with a long Q-tip while a healthcare worker watches](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7e89f0c/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x3289+0+0/resize/2000x1566!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F91%2F31%2F3af5b2894aa897eb173a98579224%2Fla-photos-1staff-824952-me-lausd-first-day-montara-7-ajs.jpg)
A medical professional watches as a fifth-grader gives himself a rapid COVID-19 test Monday at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
![Second graders wait in line for a snack on the first day of school at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7e36816/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2800+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F07%2F1a%2F18da9b8d44898cc7316721e07e76%2Fla-photos-1staff-824952-me-lausd-first-day-montara-14-ajs.jpg)
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
![A child climbs on playground equipment underneath a giant Welcome Back banner](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e47899a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4200x2843+0+0/resize/2000x1354!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fda%2F29%2F6e34bd5e472c840bdabf22d8cefc%2Fla-photos-1staff-824952-me-lausd-first-day-montara-1-ajs.jpg)
Kindergarteners play during recess on the first day of school Monday at Montara Avenue Elementary School in South Gate.
(Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
Girls Academic Leadership Academy
![London Braga-Stevens flashes the peace sign as she waits with sixth grade classmates to enter their classroom](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bb4b003/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2821+0+0/resize/2000x1411!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F03%2F0e%2F8fda44284e5495a4ee028e9b341b%2Fla-photos-1staff-824953-la-me-lausd-first-day-stem-1-als.jpg)
London Braga-Stevens flashes the peace sign as she waits with sixth grade classmates to enter their classroom at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy in Los Angeles.
(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
![Sophie Foot raises her hand to ask question in the CORE History and English class at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/a8eef86/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x2609+0+0/resize/2000x1305!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fec%2Ff1%2F7b212f1e435ca97920ab07b7d4be%2Fla-photos-1staff-824953-la-me-lausd-first-day-stem-9-als.jpg)
Sophie Foot raises her hand to ask question in the CORE History and English class at the Girls Academic Leadership Academy in Los Angeles.
(Al Seib/Los Angeles Times)
Arleta High School
![LAUSD Interim Superintendent Megan K. Reilly is greeted by cheerleaders upon arrival at Arleta High School in Arleta.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/0a78f62/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5622x3779+0+0/resize/2000x1344!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F17%2Fb5%2F36ce85cc472b8e620fce745d47ea%2Fla-photos-1staff-824959-me-lausd-first-day-arleta-01-mjc.jpg)
(Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times)
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