LAUSD Teacher’s Union Wants More Money
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Board of Education predicts enrollment will drop 30% over the next decade.
Why? Several factors including families leaving LA due to the high cost of living, frustrations over not bringing the kids back to in-school learning sooner nd parents choosing private or charter schools. And since enrollment is declining that also means less money from the state. But that’s in the future. In the meantime, contract negotiations are coming up for the teachers union and they’re asking for a 20% raise over the next two years. And they say it should be no problem considering Governor Newsom says we have the largest budget surplus in state history.
In 2021,The California Reading Coalition ranked the LAUSD 133rd in reading, with only 34% of students meeting or exceeding grade level. https://www.careads.org/full-list
