Lawsuit Against Sac City Unified Filed Today to Prevent School Closures
Today there will be a press conference on the Federal Courthouse steps announcing the filing of a lawsuit to prevent the closure of seven schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District. The goal is to obtain a temporary injunction at the hearing which should take place within the next four to five weeks. That will prevent the closures from going forward while the plaintiffs, students and parents, get the opportunity to tell their story in court.
These closures aren't happening in a vaccuum. The same thing is happening in New York, Chicago and Phildelphia. They even use the same double speak-"right-sizing the district'".
SCUSD Supt. Raymond and Board President Cuneo are quoted in this article, complaining that the closures were necessitated by the district's financial position and now the lawsuit could potentially cost the district more. The closures would only save $1.2 million dollars a year. The district will waste more than that moving portables to the receiving schools and trying to upgrade the bathrooms, which are insufficient to serve all the students.
The closures aren't about better serving students or the district's financial straits (which are improving given the state budget). It's about reducing the power of the teachers union by closing schools and shedding jobs.
These closures aren't happening in a vaccuum. The same thing is happening in New York, Chicago and Phildelphia. They even use the same double speak-"right-sizing the district'".
SCUSD Supt. Raymond and Board President Cuneo are quoted in this article, complaining that the closures were necessitated by the district's financial position and now the lawsuit could potentially cost the district more. The closures would only save $1.2 million dollars a year. The district will waste more than that moving portables to the receiving schools and trying to upgrade the bathrooms, which are insufficient to serve all the students.
The closures aren't about better serving students or the district's financial straits (which are improving given the state budget). It's about reducing the power of the teachers union by closing schools and shedding jobs.