Teacher Layoff Plans in Los Angeles Pose Broad Implications

By JENNIFER MEDINA

Published: March 4, 2011

LOS ANGELES — Last year, when the school district here handed out thousands of layoff notices, Samuel Gompers Middle School in South Central stood to lose half of its roughly 150 teachers. Now, with the district planning to lay off as many as 4,500 teachers under what school leaders call a doomsday budget, the school could have been even worse off.

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