A day of resistance in Newark
More than 200 students burst out of beleaguered University High School in Newark this morning to protest last Friday’s firing of the magnet school’s principal and six vice principals.Chanting “Save our school!” and “Cami must go!” the students marched around local blocks and then headed downtown toward 2 Cedar Street, the headquarters of the Newark Public Schools (NPS) and the office of Cami Anderson, the state-appointed schools superintendent.
Many of the students carried hand-made placards calling for the restoration of principal Regina Sharpe and her vice principals.
“We are tired of our education being played with,” student leader Khadija Bhatti told the students. “We are not commodities. We do not want to be part of privatization.”
Jamani Montague told the students Cami Anderson was a “monster that disrespects the parents and students” in Newark.
“We are walking out today to protest the termination nof our principal, administrators and teachers. We are walking out today to advocate local; control of our schools. And most importantly, we are walking out today to insist on the immediate resignation of Cami Anderson.”
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