Teachers Say LAUSD's "Terror Tactics" Won't Work
Superintendent: "This is real. I just think that we have to make payroll."
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Gay slurs don't = firing.
The hits just keep on coming for Los Angeles teachers.
On Monday, Los Angeles Unified Schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines said the school district can expect even more cuts next year.
"We've already received a notice from the governor's office that there's probably going to be another hit to the budget after the first of the year. That will be in addition to this. This is real. I just think that we have to make payroll. I don't think any of us want the district to be taken over, to go into receivership," Cortines said.
Cortines says every school union must come to the table by the second week in December and be willing to take four furlough days and a 12 percent salary reduction.
The LAUSD is facing a $480 million budget deficit. Each furlough day would save $15 million and each percentage point of reduction would save $40 million, according to the district.
United Teachers Los Angeles president A.J. Duffy said the district's "terror tactics" won't work.
"We are demanding that the district open up their books to transparency, not just by UTLA, but by the community. It's about time everybody knows what LAUSD is doing. We want to see, for instance, what programs they have they want to bring on board, at what cost. We want to see the expensive and useless mini-districts close down," Duffy said.
Cortines has called the current situation "the worst budget crisis in years."
