, ▁coun sel ors , ▁parents ▁and ▁other ▁community ▁members ▁r al lied ▁in ▁dow nt own , ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁march ing ▁through ▁an ▁echo ing ▁ 3 rd ▁Street ▁tunnel , ▁right ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁entrance ▁of ▁the ▁Broad ▁Museum , ▁built ▁by ▁real ▁estate ▁magn ate ▁Eli ▁Broad , ▁who ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁earlier ▁had ▁conce ived ▁a ▁plan ▁to ▁turn ▁half ▁of ▁LA US D ▁into ▁char ter ▁schools . ▁ ▁The ▁fact - find ing ▁report ▁failed ▁to ▁resolve ▁matters ▁and ▁U T LA ▁stated ▁that ▁a ▁strike ▁would ▁proceed ▁on ▁January ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁▁ ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 4 , ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁despite ▁tor r ential ▁rain ▁and ▁an ▁attempt ▁by ▁the ▁district ▁to ▁en join ▁the ▁strike , ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁teachers ▁walked ▁out ▁of ▁class ▁and ▁onto ▁the ▁pick et ▁line ▁in ▁what ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁teacher ' s ▁strike ▁to ▁rock ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁in ▁ 3 0 ▁years , ▁not ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 9 . ▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁strike ▁last ed ▁six ▁days . ▁School s ▁remained ▁open , ▁with ▁replacement ▁teachers ▁and ▁administrative ▁staff ▁showing ▁mov ies , ▁filling ▁in ▁for ▁the ▁striking ▁teachers , ▁but ▁school ▁attend ance ▁was ▁estimated ▁to ▁have ▁dropped ▁to ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁during ▁the ▁strike . ▁▁▁▁ ▁Stud ents ▁at ▁Ven ice ▁High ▁School ▁created ▁a ▁bu zz ▁on ▁twitter ▁when ▁they ▁dan ced ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁their ▁striking ▁teachers