The massive three-day strike begins, with LAUSD teachers, bus drivers, custodians and other workers shutting down Los Angeles public schools.
With service workers striking across LAUSD campuses, sports programs will not be able to hold practice or play games except at charter schools.
A group of about a dozen Spanish-speaking parents spoke at Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, calling for an end to the strike. Some placed equal responsibility on the unions and the school district; others put heavier blame on the unions, while also expressing sympathy for the workers, especially the low-wage employees represented by Local 99.
The leaders of the union group have said they are committed to bargaining but are waiting for the next official step, the convening of a fact-finding panel.“The one thing I think is important for everyone to know is that we keep hearing that we should go back to the table and negotiate,” Carvalho said. “We agree. We have an open invitation to the union leaders to come to the table.”LAUSD teachers and staff unions plan three-day strike beginning Tuesday, shutting schools down.
In South L.A.’s Florence-Firestone neighborhood, Cynthia Salazar walked up to Parmelee Avenue Elementary to check her 8-year-old son into the site’s day-care program — which also was far from busy. About 8:15 a.m., she dropped him off with the Beyond the Bell staff. He was one of only three students.
Besides child care, many families and officials were worried how children would get essential meals typically provided by schools.throughout the county. On the Eastside, there was a steady stream of parents arriving amid a downpour. Volunteers filled bags with oranges, apples, celery and carrots. Parents got a pack filled with meals to tide them over during the three-day strike.
Back at Eagle Rock, high schoolers Romy Griego, Willow Ryu and Izzy McBride joined the roughly 70 to 80 teachers and staff picketing in front of the school. The trio are members of the Students Deserve local youth coalition, which focuses on the empowerment of Black students in the district.
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