October 21, 2011 – On Saturday, October 22, at 4:30 p.m., teachers from across California will walk from the California Teachers Association (CTA) conference at the Bonaventure Hotel to speak and rally at the site of the Occupy LAUSD encampment in front of LAUSD headquarters. (Read more) »
Media Availability, Randi Weingarten at Cochran Middle School, Friday, October 14
October 13, 2011 — On Friday, October 14, AFT President Randi Weingarten will visit Cochran Middle School. Cochran, which is one of LAUSD’s Public School Choice 3.0 schools, made significant improvements this year in several key measures of performance. (Read more) »
Union holds District responsible for rocky start to school year, including overcrowded classrooms and laid off teachers.
October 4, 2011 — 0n Thursday, October 6, at 7:30 a.m., at Manual Arts High School, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) will hold a press conference to put the Los Angeles Unified School
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October 3, 2011 — On Tuesday, October 4, 2011 after 4:00 pm, Licensed Vocational Nursing (“LVN”) students will be speaking at the Los Angeles Unified school board against the closing of the LVN program at East Los Angeles Occupational Center LAUSD.
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September 23, 2011 – 0n Friday, September 23, at 8:00 p.m., LAUSD has planned a Student Recovery Day, a semi-annual event where administrators and other partners join in a one-day effort to reach out to students who are not attending school. (Read more) »
Sept. 19, 2011 -- Below is a statement from United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) regarding the decision today by Judge James Chalfant to allow the giveaway of Clay Middle School and Jordan High School, despite the Charter School Act requirements for lawful conversion and against the stated desires of the local teachers, parents and community :
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Sept. 13, 2011 -- United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) is demanding that LAUSD re-hire the remaining 1,209 teachers and health and human services professionals who were laid off last year, in reaction to LAUSD’s release late last week of revised budget numbers showing a surplus of $55 million in unrestricted funds from the 2010-11 school year now available for the 2011-12 school year. (Read more) »
Class size and jobs restored. Fewer school days expected to be lost next year.
June 4, 2011 -- United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced today that its members voted 83.2% to 16.8% in favor of a tentative agreement with LAUSD that would maintain class size and save an initial 3,400 and eventually over 5,000 positions for the 2011-12 school year. With 24,556 members voting, 20,429 voted in favor of the agreement and 4,127 members voted against the agreement. (Read more) »
May 27, 2011 ‐ UTLA reached a tentative agreement today with LAUSD that would maintain class sizes and
potentially result in the restoration of more than 5,000 jobs for the 2011‐12 school year.
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May 24, 2011 -- UTLA issued the following statement on ongoing
negotiations with LAUSD to rescind layoff notices for teachers and health and
human services professionals.
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