Cortines' Plan for L.A. Would Cut or Restructure 800 Jobs
Ramon C. Cortines, the interim superintendent of the Los Angeles schools, wants to cut or restructure more than 800 administrative jobs in hopes of giving greater decisionmaking authority to schools and preparing the vast district for a new leader.
He revealed last week the details of his plan to reconfigure the central administration of the 700,000-student district, a plan he first announced in February. It would affect about 40 percent of the administrative positions in the nation's second-largest district.
Mr. Cortines told school board members March 14 that 800 jobs would eliminated or restructured, and 470 positions added, for an overall reduction...
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