""I'm really anxious," said Tania Rivera, the mother of two children who are disabled. "We support the teachers, and we have similar concerns. We need more aides at school. But the impact for our kids is big. Families need to be part of this conversation.""
"Across the nation's second-largest school district, families prepared for a disruption to the delicate balance of work, school and family schedules. They scrambled to arrange for childcare. And many, in a district in which more than 86% of students are low-income, fretted about feeding their kids."
Families in the Los Angeles Unified School District experienced anxiety as a potential strike threatened school closures. While two unions reached tentative agreements, Local 99 of the Service Employees International Union had not settled. All three unions pledged to strike together if any one failed to reach a deal. Parents scrambled for childcare and expressed concerns about the impact on their children, particularly those with disabilities, highlighting the need for more support in schools.
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