Rally at the Los Angeles Unified School District meeting

Marshawn Martindale, a junior at Crenshaw High, takes part in the rally.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

SEIU Local 99 members line up six hours early in front of the school district headquarters to make their voices heard on the classroom breakfast program.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Board member Steve Zimmer, left, and Supt. John Deasy find something to laugh about during the school board meeting. The board was voting on continued funding for a classroom breakfast program, an increase in the school police force and a new policy on “willful defiance” and suspensions.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Gama Andrade, right, raises a fist in victory while celebrating with other members of SEIU Local 99 after the school board voted to continue funding a classroom breakfast program. Andrade has been working in the Farmdale Elementary School cafeteria for 12 years. “We can breathe a little easier,” he said about the vote allowing him to keep his job.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel makes a statement in support of the classroom breakfast program.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Lindsey Jolon, 8, and her brother Johnny, 15, join parents, members of UTLA and others in a rally outside the school board meeting. Their posters are in protest of school crowding, asking that Proposition 30 funds be used to reduce class sizes.  (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)