Parents across Los Angeles are scrambling to find child care as the Los Angeles Unified School District teacher strikes moves into its fourth day.

Working parents like Vanessa Aramayo, who choose to keep their children out of school, are finding alternative childcare plans.

“My husband has to change his work schedule so his employer is on standby and if he can’t, my mom has canceled her appointments to the doctor,” Aramayo said.

She’s decided to keep her three-year-old twin girls at home to support the educators. Plus she’s worries about who will be at school to replace the teachers in the classroom. But keeping her twin girls at home means relying heavily on family members. 

“It does take a lot of effort and it is going to be disrupting not just to our home, but it’s going to be disrupting to our family’s home also, our extended family,” Aramayo said.

She’s concerned too about how the strike will disrupt her girls academically. They were born two months early and have been making huge developmental strides at school.

“There are benchmarks that they have to meet every week and every month. And so one day even is still impacting,” Aramayo said. “They just got done off a three-week break from the schools.”

She still believes keeping her girls home is the best option, a decision she knows she couldn’t make alone. She’s thankful to have a family network.

"We’re the lucky ones because we have a network we can rely on of people that are close to us and we trust. But not everybody has that."

As the strike extends throughout the week, she will have to keep juggling childcare plans to ensure her kids have a safe place to stay during the day.