LAUSD CLASS SIZES PUT ON TRIAL BY TEACHERS UNION
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UTLA Secretary speaks at mock trial (Gracie Zheng)>>
October 6, 2011 - The union that represents Los Angeles' public school teachers held a mock trial Thursday to blame the school district for allowing excessive class sizes, which the union said has led to falling class attendance, less time for personal instruction and fewer resources for students.
"Order in the court!" David Lyell, the secretary of the United Teachers Los Angeles, shouted as he acted as the prosecutor and hammered a fake judge's mallet on the podium top, kicking off the "trial" outside Manual Arts High School in South LA."This is a civil rights issue," he said. "We need real reform, not the kind espoused by