The Theft of a Great American School: José Meléndez Ayala Elementary
They came in the early morning like thieves in the night.
The predawn chill was still in the air.
But employees of Puerto Rico’s Department of Education (DOE) were already at work closing a beloved public school.
They sneaked into José Meléndez Ayala Elementary Tuesday around 4 a.m. taking out desks, chalkboards and any equipment that could be repurposed. Then they loaded it all into trucks and zoomed off.
By the time the sun had risen, it was all over.
In the morning light, parents and children staggered to their neighborhood school in the Manatí region of the U.S. territory to find it an empty shell.The Theft of a Great American School: José Meléndez Ayala Elementary | gadflyonthewallblog:
