The Los Angeles Unified School District voted to move forward with its cost-cutting plan to layoff 657 employees.
In a narrow 4-3 vote, the board approved sending initial notices to impacted employees by March 15 and finalizing the decisions by the end of the school year in May or June. In addition to the 657 layoffs, 74 employees could see their hours reduced.
The cuts account for about 1% of the district’s workforce of over 83,000 people…