“Could the replacement teachers actually do a better job?”
Well, they couldn’t do any worse!
The la teachers are typical “not-paid-enough, overworked, unappreciated educators” who fail at their profession. I never have met an “educator” who didn’t spout that...and whine. They only “work” 8 months a year, get well-paid, get all sorts of holidays, have great benefits and retirement packages. What spoiled children. Fire them all. Close the schools for illegal aliens. Probably some of the teachers are illegal aliens. What a pathetic mess.