THEIR PARENTS. NBC’S MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS
NBC’S MIGUEL ALMAGUER HAS DETAILS FROM LOS ANGELES.
DETAILS FROM LOS ANGELES. >> RACHEL?
>> RACHEL? >> 16.
>> 16. >> Reporter: AT MORE THAN 900
>> Reporter: AT MORE THAN 900 SCHOOLS ACROSS LOS ANGELES, THE
SCHOOLS ACROSS LOS ANGELES, THE WRITING APPEARS TO BE ON THE
WRITING APPEARS TO BE ON THE ROAD.
ROAD. A STRIKE SEEMS IMMINENT AS
A STRIKE SEEMS IMMINENT AS 25,000 TEACHERS GET READY TO
25,000 TEACHERS GET READY TO WALK AWAY FROM THE
WALK AWAY FROM THE SECOND-LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT
SECOND-LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE NATION THURSDAY.
IN THE NATION THURSDAY. >> I’M HAPPY THAT THEY’RE
>> I’M HAPPY THAT THEY’RE STRIKING.
STRIKING. I THINK THEY NEED TO.
I THINK THEY NEED TO. >> Reporter: TEACHERS ARE ASKING
>> Reporter: TEACHERS ARE ASKING FOR MORE MONEY, SMALLER CLASSES,
FOR MORE MONEY, SMALLER CLASSES, MORE NURSES, COUNSELORS, AND
MORE NURSES, COUNSELORS, AND LIBRARIANS, AND BETTER
LIBRARIANS, AND BETTER REGULATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.
REGULATION OF CHARTER SCHOOLS. WHICH THE UNION ACCUSES OF
WHICH THE UNION ACCUSES OF SIPHONING TAXPAYER MONEY AWAY
SIPHONING TAXPAYER MONEY AWAY FROM TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS.
FROM TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS. >> THE RAINY DAY IS NOW.
>> THE RAINY DAY IS NOW. AND OUR KIDS DESERVE THIS
AND OUR KIDS DESERVE THIS INVESTMENT.
INVESTMENT. >> Reporter: WITH 640,000
>> Reporter: WITH 640,000 STUDENTS ENROLLED IN K-12, THE
STUDENTS ENROLLED IN K-12, THE LOOMING STRIKE COULD THRUST THE
LOOMING STRIKE COULD THRUST THE DISTRICT INTO CHAOS AND LEAVE
DISTRICT INTO CHAOS AND LEAVE PARENTS SCRAMBLING.
PARENTS SCRAMBLING. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH SAYS
THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH SAYS IT’S NEGOTIATING TODAY IN GOOD
IT’S NEGOTIATING TODAY IN GOOD FAITH, APPEARS TO HAVE HUNDREDS
FAITH, APPEARS TO HAVE HUNDREDS OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS READY TO
OF SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS READY TO CROSS THE PICKET LINES.
CROSS THE PICKET LINES. AND THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL BOARD
AND THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL BOARD EMPLOYEES READY TO REPORT TO THE
EMPLOYEES READY TO REPORT TO THE CLASSROOM.
CLASSROOM. TONIGHT, AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS
TONIGHT, AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS, L.A. TEACHERS
OF NEGOTIATIONS, L.A. TEACHERS ARE JUST THREE DAYS AWAY FROM A
