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Judge tentatively OKs plan to spread the pain of L.A. Unified layoffs
- 12-09-2010
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By Howard Blume/Los Angeles Times
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge tentatively approved significant changes to the "last hired, first fired" rules that govern teacher layoffs to keep campuses with young staffs from bearing the brunt of budgetary cutbacks in the nation's second-largest school district. The preliminary decision addresses a ground-breaking court challenge to layoffs that devastated the staffs of three middle schools during job cuts over the last few years in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The case was filed against the district by the American Civil Liberties Union and others, and alleged students were being deprived of their constitutional right to an equitable education. The plaintiffs argued that the schools — and their students — suffered disproportionately because many of their teachers lacked seniority, a problem particularly acute in impoverished areas where turnover is high. One of the schools, John H. Liechty Middle School near downtown Los Angeles, lost more than half its staff to layoffs in the last two academic years — even as test results suggested students had been making strong strides. (more…)
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