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To Avoid Crossing Picket Lines LAUSD Parents Opt for Parks, Rec Centers

3:13 PM PST on January 14, 2019

Los Angeles-Downtown, CA – Jan. 14: 3rd grade teacher Andrea Estrada of Vermont Avenue Elementary School with her La Huegla/The Strike loteria card sign during the rally in Downtown LA for the LAUSD Teacher Strike on January 14, 2019. (Brian Feinzimer)

[dropcap size=big]N[/dropcap]othing is normal in Los Angeles this morning.

It’s pouring rain and teachers have walked out of their classrooms and on to picket lines across the city. Now parents are left figuring out where their kids will go, and whether they should cross the picket line in front of their kid's school.

Protestors march over the 110 Freeway in downtown during the LAUSD teachers strike on January 14, 2019. All photos by Brian Feinzimer.

Some stay-at-home moms and dads are volunteering to take in the children of working parents and non-profits are opening their doors to kids without a place to go during the walkout. L.A. parks and libraries are pitching in, too.