L.A. Unified and teachers union reached a tentative deal on the district’s ‘Acceleration Days’ for lagging students – staving off a union boycott.
The Los Angeles Unified School District and United Teachers Los Angeles have tentatively agreed to change the dates the district will offer four Acceleration Days to students struggling with pandemic-related learning losses – a move that would not lengthen the school year and that would stave off a boycott the union had threatened to stage.that were originally set for four Wednesdays throughout the school year would instead be offered to students during winter and spring break – Dec.
“We are pleased that UTLA has accepted our proposal for the Student Acceleration Days, and we look forward to continued discussions with other labor partners,” Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said in a statement Wednesday, Sept. 27, a day after the parties came to a tentative agreement. District officials previously said they had scheduled Acceleration Days at critical points for students — during the 10-week mark of first and second semester, as well as near the end of the grading period in first semester and during the 15-week mark in second semester. Those are times in which staff can identify the students who need more help and give those students opportunities to master concepts or improve their grades, before the end of the term.
The Acceleration Days won’t be regular instructional days, and details about their content and format will be finalized based on recommendations from a committee of UTLA and district representatives, according to the tentative agreement.