City, state, and labor leaders gathered Wednesday afternoon at Oakland City Hall to speak out against the decision by the Oakland school board to close, merge or reduce grades for 11 schools, a decision rejected by many in the community.
A divided Oakland school board voted early Wednesday to close two schools by the end of the school year. It is not slowing down community efforts to keep that from happening. Meanwhile, five schools have been spared from the consolidation plan, but two educators who are on hunger strike to protest school closures, vow to continue their demonstration.
Sam Davis, Aimee Eng, Gary Yee and Shanthi Gonzales voted in favor, Samantha Pal, Clifford Thompson and Natalie Gallegos Chavez abstained and VanCedric Williams also voted no. Aiming to close schools in Black and Brown communities has been a pattern for the Oakland Unified School District, according to the teachers union, which called Wednesday morning's decision reckless, and vowed to take action.
"And, if it comes to it, I am prepared to ask Oakland educators to strike to protect our schools," he said. "OUSD has the necessary reserves to keep schools running, and that excuse needs to stop now."Starving for a cause: Oakland educators on day 8 of hunger strike to oppose school closures
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