LAUSDs first day of school: coffee cake, new algebra books, chess and looming layoffs

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Set us as preferred Teacher Raquel Chacon put out copies of Algebra 1 workbooks for each of her seventh-graders.Justin Cole inspected school uniforms set aside for unhoused students.

Florian Ospina, in the school library, made sure no chess pieces were missing.Scott Mandel steeled himself to fundraise $60,000 for a student trip to Washington, D.C.Pacoima Middle School was ready.Los Angeles Unified opened its 1,300 schools Wednesday as educators showed off classrooms and student programs and touted academic goals in a show of stability for a year that will be marked by uncertainty and transition.

Looming ahead for L.A.Unified are painful cuts, including the possibility of more than 6,000 job losses, needed to offset a future deficit projected to reach as much as $3.6 billion if the cuts are not made.

Enrollment continues to shrink at a faster pace than in most California school districts — even though academic performance has been improving.And fears persist among families about federal immigration enforcement as the school system does legal battle with the Trump administration on several fronts.

Families in and near Boyle Heights are sending their children off to eight schools within one mile of the Lineage warehouse fire after a hot, miserable summer in neighborhoods beset with toxic smoke, ash, the stench of rotting food, fly swarms and rats.Amid ongoing concerns, district officials have assured parents schools are safe, campuses have been sanitized and high-grade air filters installed.This school year also opens after months of leadership upheaval.

Last year at this time, the seven elected board members were about to vote unanimously to rehire nationally recognized Supt.Alberto Carvalho for an additional four years.

This year, he’s gone after the FBI raided his home and office in February as part of a broader in...