The Los Angeles Unified School District narrowly avoided a strike that could have shuttered schools for nearly 400,000 students. That is the good news.  The bad news is that the price of avoiding that disruption appears to be labor deals costing the district nearly $1.2 billion annually . According to news reports, the final tentative agreement includes: A 24 percent pay increase over three years for SEIU support staff, including custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, aides, gardeners, and