As preschools and school districts close for the holidays, working parents are scrambling to find child care and provide additional meals for kids at home.
L.A. schools Supt. Carvalho had been looking for ways to lengthen the school year, and he finally achieved that. But he had to give up an attempt to shorten winter break from three weeks to two.
An L.A. schools program that officials portrayed as a success for helping struggling young students improve academically is being substantially dismantled.
Local 99 will announce the dates of a three-day walkout on Wednesday. United Teachers Los Angeles will join in. Schools will be closed if the strike takes place.