Glendale Unified has tentatively abandoned its plan to lay off up to 125 employees — including teachers, nurses and counselors — after a round of negotiations Friday with its teachers union, which must still sign off on the deal.
Officials cited a more optimistic budget proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown and a sense that the district would be able to pull out of its $15-million deficit by cutting costs elsewhere.
“We're still going to make reductions, it just won't be with the teachers,” Glendale Unified Supt. Dick Sheehan said.
As part of the proposal, the pink slips would be avoided only if the union agreed to a district proposal to postpone four furlough days until the 2014-15 school year.