Maybe this situation rings true for families with school-aged children: You drop off your children on the first day of school. You meet your child’s teacher. And then, several weeks later, you learn your child’s teacher has been displaced — shuffled to another classroom.

“Norm Day” — the process by which a district re-aligns its teacher workforce to account for changes in enrollment — is a long-standing practice that’s rankled parents and educators for decades.

The day “strikes fear in the heart of administrators,” said LAUSD Board Member Scott Schmerelson, a former middle school principal at L.A. schools for more than a decade. He now represents the West San Fernando Valley and North Hollywood and is president of the district school board.

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