LAUSD approves pink slip notices
By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Unified Board of Education on Tuesday unanimously approved sending nearly 5,200 layoff notices to teachers, administrators, counselors and nurses, as the district looks to close a $640million budget deficit for the next school year. The latest layoff figures include pink slips for 2,252 teachers, 574 counselors, librarians, school nurses and psychologists and 2,370 administrators. That would virtually eliminate school nurses and librarians, increase class sizes in fourth through eighth grade to a potential high of 44 students in middle school, and boost counselor loads to 1,000 students each. In coming weeks the district will also study whether to order layoffs for nearly 1,000 custodians and janitors and more than 500 office workers. (more...)