Los Angeles Unified Freezes Hiring, Considers Campuses Closures as Federal COVID Aid Expires

California’s largest school district has enacted a hiring freeze for some positions and is considering closing or merging some school campuses in anticipation of the loss of federal pandemic funding and declining enrollment, according to district officials. Los Angeles Unified District Supt. Alberto Carvalho told education news outlet LA School Report last week about the changes, but said that the district is in relatively good financial standing and that enrollment declines are slowing. He said the district has spent the past two years “reorganizing” positions to streamline school support services, which has saved the district millions. However, he warned that the district “is not out of the woods yet” financially....