United Teachers Los Angeles organizer Mike Gibson leads district staffers in a chant after the Board of Education moved forward with plans to lay off more than 5,000 teachers, counselors, custodians, clerks and other employees. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
LAUSD staffers raise their fists in protest of layoffs. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
L.A. Unified Supt. Ramon Cortines reacts to questions over the teaching cuts. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Teachers protesting their Reduction in Force notices hold red placards with tombstones during the board meeting at Los Angeles Unified headquarters downtown. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
