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LAUSD facing 5,000-plus job cuts
- 12-08-2009
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified school board is expected to vote on a two-year budget plan today that calls for the elimination of more than 5,000 district positions unless employee unions agree to furloughs and pay cuts. The layoffs could be avoided if all district employees were to take an 11.75 percent pay cut, which could come in the form of furloughs or other cuts. The district is facing a shortfall of some $1.2 billion through 2012, according to a report by Chief Financial Officer Megan Reilly. The layoffs would include nearly 1,400 teachers, which would balloon class sizes in kindergarten through third grade to a student-teacher ratio of 29 to 1 from 24 to 1. A majority of the layoffs though, would come from out-of-classroom positions, including almost 1,000 janitors and maintenance workers, 520 school office workers and 200 school administrators. Schools will also see across-the-board, 20 percent cuts in school nurses, campus aides, counselors, librarians and administrators. (more...)
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