News - United Teachers Los Angeles
By Melissa Pamer Teachers at Dolores Street Elementary School in Carson continued their appeal this week to parents to help oust Principal Anna Barraza, whom they term a "lemon." On Wednesday night, about 200 parents and teachers attended a packed meeting at Scott Park, where union officials urged Barraza's critics to take their fight to remove her to school district officials and to stick with it into September, if necessary.
By Harrison Sheppard Los Angeles Unified School District has agreed to share space on its campuses with charter schools, settling a lawsuit by charter groups that said the district was violating state law.
By Naush Boghossian, Daily News, Los Angeles Nov. 10--Los Angeles Unified offered its teachers a 3 percent raise on Thursday -- a proposal that was immediately rejected by the union president, who has promised to strike unless demands for a 9 percent pay hike are met.
By Susan Abram, Daily News, Los Angeles Nov. 8--The Los Angeles Unified School District's $19 billion construction program is responsible for most of the increase in its nonteaching work force over the past five years, the school board said Tuesday.
By Naush Boghossian, Daily News, Los Angeles Aug. 15--Stepping up the pressure on Los Angeles Unified, leaders of a half-dozen unions representing 90,000 district employees called on the school board Monday to reach a new contract before classes start next month.
