The union representing teachers with the Los Angeles Unified School District may call a strike, but money is not the only issue on the table.
United Teachers LA President Alex Caputo Peal says the union will be fighting the District’s contention that it can unilaterally raise class sizes.
The union also wants to cut back on what it considers to be excessive testing.
“A T.K. through six – transitional kindergarten through sixth grade teacher in L.A. currently could face over one hundred standardized tests over those eight years of education. And we want to protect instructional time, not just be teaching kids how to take tests.”
He says money is an important issue.
“There is a $1.7 billion reserve that the district has and we also need the District to step up and use its political weight to get California out of 43rd out the 50 states in per-pupil spending.”
Alex Caputo Pearl was a guest on McIntyre in the Morning.
By Sandy Wells
KABC News
