LA teachers' strike on Day 3: Even lower school attendance and no talks
LOS ANGELES - Tensions remained high between the teachers' union and Los Angeles Unified School District officials as the first L.A. teachers' strike in 30 years continued into its third day Wednesday with no resolution in sight.
United Teachers Los Angeles President Alex Caputo-Pearl repeatedly called Superintendent Austin Beutner a liar during an early-morning news conference. He also accused Beutner of sending mixed messages about whether students who missed school during the strike would be punished.
"He is trying to create chaos and confusion and fear," he said.
Student attendance Wednesday, meanwhile, dipped to its lowest total yet.
The preliminary count, which includes nearly all schools, was 132,411, about 27 percent of
