LAUSD board rescinds 1,400 layoff notices, OKs plan to shorten school year
By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified school board Tuesday unanimously approved rescinding layoff notices for more than 1,400 teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians, sealing a tentative deal reached between local educators and the district earlier this month. The board's vote finalizes the agreement that was approved this weekend by more than 80 percent of United Teachers Los Angeles members who voted in favor of taking 12 furlough days over the next two years to save the jobs of pink-slipped colleagues. The agreement also calls for shortening the school year by a week this year and next. (more...)