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LA Times Today: Smiles, ‘butterflies’ and a little boy cries ‘I want my mom.’ It’s LAUSD’s first day of school

LA Times Today: Smiles, ‘butterflies’ and a little boy cries ‘I want my mom.’ It’s LAUSD’s first day of school

Watch L.A. Times Today at 7 p.m. on Spectrum News 1 on Channel 1 or live stream on the Spectrum News App. Palos Verdes Peninsula and Orange County viewers can watch on Cox Systems on channel 99.

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As students, parents and educators return from summer break, there was excitement in the air on the first day of school. Yet that enthusiasm was met with the reality of significant challenges facing Los Angeles Unified School District.

L.A. Times education reporter Howard Blume joined Lisa McRee on what to expect as the district kicks off the new school year.

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