Up to 5,200 LA schools workers could face layoffs (Nevada Appeal)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Unified School District’s board voted Tuesday to send notices of possible layoffs to nearly 5,200 teachers and other workers while urging union leaders to negotiate concessions that could make some of the cuts unnecessary. The Board of Education members who spoke at the hearing stressed they were unanimously authorizing the notices to meet a state deadline and …