Los Angeles district wants workers to take 12 furlough days next year

From The Los Angeles Daily News: The Los Angeles Unified school board is urging its employees to quickly agree to an emergency budget plan that could save the district up to $304 million next school year. The plan asks all district staff to take 12 furlough days next year--a move that would require cutting the school calendar by a week for the third year in a row. Facing a deficit of $408 million for the 2011-12 school year, district officials have already approved sending tentative layoff notices to more than 5,000 teachers, nurses, counselors and librarians.