Students protest LAUSD teacher layoffs [UPDATED]

by E Wayne Ross on March 16, 2009

Los Angeles Times: Students protest LAUSD teacher layoffs [UPDATED]
11:32 AM | March 16, 2009

A large group of students from Roybal High School and Miguel Contreras Learning Complex in downtown Los Angeles have walked out of class to protest teacher cuts, authorities said today.

At 10:35 a.m., about 200 students walked about a mile toward the Los Angeles Unified School District headquarters at 3rd Street and Beaudry Avenue, LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera said.