Plans include opening regional food distribution operations and day care food banks and day care centers — but it is contingent on community volunteers.
The planned three-day walkout by support staff and teachers in L.A. Unified would shut down schools. Supt. Alberto Carvalho said he is prepared to bargain around the clock.If enough employees choose to work on Tuesday, the school system could reevaluate whether it could provide supervision and food on campus for Wednesday, she added.
The union said it is waiting for state labor officials to set up a fact-finding panel as part of the negotiation process. If L.A. Unified wants to jump-start talks before that, the district would have to agree to the union’s demand for a 30% raise plus a $2-per-hour additional raise for the lowest-paid workers, said Executive Director Max Arias.Across the school system, principals held online meetings Thursday using a slide deck provided by the central office.
At one school presentation, worried parents wanted to know: Will the strike last longer than three days? Will the missed days be made up? “The slides included all the wealth of academic links with work that the kids ‘could’ do as they don’t want them sitting around not working,” said parent Frankie Bean, from the Reseda area, in a parents Facebook group. “Bottom line, it is NO substitute for the work assigned by their beloved teachers. It’s busy work and I am so grateful to our [vice-principal] for telling us parents that it was not mandatory.
Goldberg said the district would try to provide these centers with food, although food-service workers are represented by Local 99. “We can’t take everybody,” Lansing said. “We just don’t have the capacity. But anyone that’s a member will be able to come for free,” he said. Yearly memberships are $25.plans to open its community center on Whittier Boulevard in Boyle Heights, providing educational activities, homework support and meals — breakfast, lunch and snacks — throughout the day.
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