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Oakland school closings plan takes next step
- 09-28-2011
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By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle
A standing-room-only crowd of 400 angry and tearful parents, children and teachers railed against the Oakland school board Tuesday night as it pushed forward a proposal to close five elementary schools and eliminate eight others through consolidation. After about four hours of emotional public comment, the board members sent the plan out to the community for a month of public comment at school sites before they take an expected final vote on the mergers and closures in late October. "You're psychologically damaging these children," said Mercedes Harrison, whose grandchildren attend Lakeview Elementary, one of the five on the closure list. (more...)
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