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LA mayor dismisses teachers union challenge to seniority change
- 10-08-2010
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By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
Los Angeles Unified officials and L.A.’s mayor have vowed to move forward with a sweeping change to seniority-based teacher layoffs at the school district. The comments at a City Hall news conference today came after the teachers’ union threatened to go to court to stop the changes. The settlement agreement between L.A. Unified and civil rights lawyers stipulates that nearly four dozen low-performing campuses with improved test scores would be shielded from layoffs. That means veteran teachers at other district schools who’d otherwise be protected could lose their jobs. (more…)
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