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L.A. School District Tells Librarians: You're Not Teachers : The Two-Way : NPR

L.A. School District Tells Librarians: You're Not Teachers : The Two-Way : NPR
Teachers and librarians demonstrate against thousands of proposed job cuts in the Los Angeles Unified School District Tuesday.
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Teachers and librarians demonstrate against thousands of proposed job cuts in the Los Angeles Unified School District Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Unified School District plans to lay off thousands of employees, as it faces a budget shortfall of more than $640 million. The cuts include 85 school librarians — who have been told that they no longer count as teachers. The change in classification would make it easier for the school district to cut the jobs.

The librarians have been facing questions from the district's