Shouting “Save our schools” and waving placards with the words “Great Schools are Fully Staffed,” hundreds of demonstrators marched through downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, December 1, hours before more than 1,000 LAUSD employees were set to lose their jobs.

Some 350 protesters gathered to protest the latest wave of layoffs, which took effect today December 2nd. These recent job cuts have hit librarians,clerical staff, nurses and maintenance workers, according to LAUSD, which is facing a $640 million deficit.

Truly upsetting that this should happen, let alone right before the holiday’s. Read the full article for more about the struggle that faces California educators.