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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

solidaridad: Resist the hostile Green Dot takeover of Henry Clay Middle School!

solidaridad: Resist the hostile Green Dot takeover of Henry Clay Middle School!

Resist the hostile takeover of Henry Clay Middle School!

"The lowest-performing, based on test scores, is the large Green Dot chain." — Los Angeles Times

DO NOT DESTROY HENRY CLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Under the deceptively called PSC 2.0 process, the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education decided to give Clay Middle School (a long-existing middle school) to the Green Dot Corporation against the will of that community. It is tantamount to a hostile takeover and continues a corporatization and privatization trend, flouts State Education Code, has completely marginalized parents and community, and was a direct attack on the Board Member who has most stood up against PSC privatization process, the highly regarded Marguerite P. LaMotte.

SAVE HENRY CLAY MIDDLE SCHOOL
Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 11:30am
Imperial Heights Church of the Brethren
1909 W. Imperial Highway, Los Angeles, CA 90047
Special Guest: Congresswoman Maxine Waters, 35th Congressional District

This is a critical moment in the effort to push back against