The Fight to Save Our Schools Begins Today
It's not just a school, it's a community that will be lost. Parents trust that teachers and staff will act in the best interests of their children to look after them and to teach them for 6 hours a day. It's a stressful and scary situation for a parent to lose the school that is your child's safe haven.
Programs that serve the students can be moved to others schools, but that's pointless if the kids can't participate because of a lack of after school transportation. How can parents without transportation participate in evening events? The board showed a profound disrespect for the concerns of parents when they voted to close schools without a transportation plan in place.
All this for a savings of less than 2 million dollars--budget dust! Our school communities worth more than that. In fact, they are priceless The state budget proposals for the 2012-2013 school year are projecting a 4.3% raise in funding. Why did the board need to close these schools? There will be a community budget forum on March
Programs that serve the students can be moved to others schools, but that's pointless if the kids can't participate because of a lack of after school transportation. How can parents without transportation participate in evening events? The board showed a profound disrespect for the concerns of parents when they voted to close schools without a transportation plan in place.
All this for a savings of less than 2 million dollars--budget dust! Our school communities worth more than that. In fact, they are priceless The state budget proposals for the 2012-2013 school year are projecting a 4.3% raise in funding. Why did the board need to close these schools? There will be a community budget forum on March
Sacramento City district trustees vote to close seven schools
By Melody Gutierrez
Trustees in the Sacramento City Unified School District voted 4-3 to close seven schools at the end of this school year after a lengthy school board meeting Thursday night.
The schools that will be closed are Washington, Maple, Collis P. Huntington, Fruit Ridge, Joseph Bonnheim,Mark Hopkins and Clayton B. Wire. Trustees Jeff Cuneo, Patrick Kennedy, Jay Hansen and Darrel Woo voted in favor of the closures, while Gustavo Arroyo, Diana Rodriguez and Christina Pritchett voted against them.
Board members were scheduled to vote on the closure of 10 elementary schools on Thursday, but three were pulled from the list at the start of the meeting. Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said concerns raised about the closure of Susan B. Anthony, Bret Harte and James Marshall warranted a second look.
Trustees in the Sacramento City Unified School District voted 4-3 to close seven schools at the end of this school year after a lengthy school board meeting Thursday night.
The schools that will be closed are Washington, Maple, Collis P. Huntington, Fruit Ridge, Joseph Bonnheim,Mark Hopkins and Clayton B. Wire. Trustees Jeff Cuneo, Patrick Kennedy, Jay Hansen and Darrel Woo voted in favor of the closures, while Gustavo Arroyo, Diana Rodriguez and Christina Pritchett voted against them.
Board members were scheduled to vote on the closure of 10 elementary schools on Thursday, but three were pulled from the list at the start of the meeting. Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said concerns raised about the closure of Susan B. Anthony, Bret Harte and James Marshall warranted a second look.