To combat that, Ella created a virtual reality game to simulate different scenarios that students may face in an emergency.

That’s led to the virtual disappearance of yellow school busses from urban districts like San Diego Unified, which now almost exclusively use busses to transport special education students. Statewide, ...

Encouraged by Freeland’s decision, other groups filed lawsuits or threatened to sue to speed up school reopenings in other districts, including San Diego Unified and Los Angeles Unified, the state’s ...