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Labor/Employment

May 15, 2010

LAUSD Must Stop Teacher Layoffs

Los Angeles Unified School District must stop teacher layoffs at three middle schools serving mostly low-income students, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.

By Catherine Ho

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Los Angeles Unified School District must stop teacher layoffs at three middle schools serving mostly low-income students, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday.

Because layoffs are based on seniority, the schools which had a high number of less experienced teachers were hit disproportionately by layoffs, according to a lawsuit filed in February by the ACLU, Public Couns...

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