Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.

A group of teachers, in collaboration with the community organization Union del Barrio, is launching "teacher patrols" to protect students from potential ICE raids.

Campuses across the L.A. Unified School District are set to open Thursday for the first day of the new academic year with the district implementing measures to ensure the "safe