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Under State Pressure, School District Rushes to Close Schools Serving Black and Latino Students By Ken Epstein
The Oakland school board majority is rushing to close schools and slash tens of millions of dollars from its budget to meet the insistent demands of the State of California, acting through L. Karen Monroe of Alameda County Office of Education and the state-funded Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT). The list of 14 schools that face merger, consolidation or closure was confirmed by the OUSD spokesperson, who said the list was not final and could be modified and was not meant to be distributed until Friday or Saturday, Jan. 30. Bypassing any attempts at community or school site engagement, the board plans to discuss the closures at a Zoom Board of Education meeting on Monday, Jan. 31, which was the deadline imposed on the district by L. K. Monroe of the Alameda County Office of Schools, to adopt the state’s draconian cuts. The final vote on school closures is scheduled for a special
Profile of Oakland Schools on Draft Closure List School
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Prescott Brookfield Carl Munck Parker Grass Valley La Escuelita Westlake Bunche Street Acad. Rudsdale Com. Day Hillcrest (6-8) Highland Rise
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4.2% 2.3% 7.5% 1.6% 2.1% 20.8% 11.2% 0 1.1 1% 5.3% 14.5% 2.2% 2.8%
board meeting in less than two weeks, on Tuesday, Feb. 8. The schools on the final list would be closed at the end of this school year. The schools on the district’s draft list for possible closure or merger as of Tuesday are: Prescott, Brookfield, Carl Munck, Parker, Grass Valley, La Escuelita, Westlake, Bunche, Street Academy, Rudsdale, Community Day, Hillcrest (grades 6-8), Highland/RISE (merger). How did this all come about so quickly?
%Low Income 91.4% 90.9% 70.6% 92.7% 76.2 91.4% 85.3% 87.1% 86.9% 89% 76% 9.5% 98% 97.9%
The school board voted in October to end its policy of permanently closing schools every year. Within two weeks, the district received a letter from County Supt. Monroe saying OUSD was not a “Going Concern” and demanding closure of schools and $90 million in budget cuts by Jan. 31. Voting unanimously, the board opposed Monroe’s decision and appealed it to State Supt. of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. Thurmond, however, denied
their appeal. At that point, the board was ready to give in. Led by Boardmembers Gary Yee and Shanthi Gonzales, the board then voted 5-2 to follow the directives that they had received from Monroe and FCMAT, to start closing schools again. Boardmembers VanCedric Williams and Mike Hutchinson voted against closing the schools. A Jan. 4 letter from FCMAT to the district underscored what was expected of the district by the state, including: “Affirmative board action to continue planning for, and timely implementation of, a school and facility closure and consolidation plan that supports the sale or lease of surplus property.” Many school advocates view these school closures as a land grab of public property by privatizers. Others see this is a way to force Black and Latino families out of Oakland, making education inaccessible for them by closing the schools in the neighborhoods where they live.
Clock of Justice Moves Slowly
By Rev. Ray Williams
For the many mothers who have lost a child to street violence, justice moves at a snail’s pace. The savage snatching of their sons and daughters has much of the same horror of an unsolved kidnapping: this is the anguish that parents like Carol Jones experience every day. Every gunshot heard in the neighborhood; every siren wailing past their window; the telephone ringing at an awkward hour — all combine to create anxiety as these wounded women await that word of closure, that the “killer has been caught.” Patrick Scott, the affable, playful, 27-year-old disabled man, who ambled about like a child half of his years, has been
Murder victim Patrick Scott, left, with his mother Carol Jones.
gone now nearly four years, and police and investigating authorities do not appear to be any closer to solving the brutal crime than they were on Feb. 3, 2018.
On that day, Scott was ripped from his mother’s embrace as she hurriedly tried to drive his bullet-ridden body to Oakland’s Children’s Hospital, holding on to a thread of life.
The classic Bible character Isaiah asked, “How long, Lord, how long?” Carol Jones joins other brooding mothers in echoing Isaiah’s plea, “Lord, how long?”
cher; brother, Ronald Harvey; niece, Shelley Archer Barron, and her husband Trent Barron and a host of other relatives, godchildren, church family, and friends. Will Harvey’s children have
announced the following services: Rosary and Quiet Hour on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Chapel of the Chimes at 4499 Piedmont Ave; a funeral Mass on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church at 1023 Peralta St.; interment will follow at Mountain View Cemetery at 5000 Piedmont Ave. all in Oakland. The repast will be at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
most difficult times, attended meetings and helped me to ask the hard but necessary questions,” McCray said. “This
is a much needed service that parents who have experienced loss benefit from. It needs to be supported as it elevates the
presence of OPD and shows compassion, which is so important.”
Wilfred Cyprian Harvey, 88 Continued from page 1
wife, Doris; daughter, Nancy Harvey; five grandchildren, Zakiya Mackey, Shakir Mackey, Chinasa Mackey, Rahotep Alkebulan, M.D., and Kaba Alkebulan; sister, Audrey Ar-
OPD Now Offering Assistance to Victims of Crimes Continued from page 1
helpful. “She made herself available to me through some of the
Town Hall Meeting Seeks to Stop Schools Takeover Continued from page 1
The closing of these schools is being implemented by the Oakland school board majority under pressure from L. Karen Monroe of the Alameda County Office of Education and the Fiscal Crisis Management and Assistance Team (FCMAT) on behalf of the state. Speakers at the town hall included OEA President Keith Brown; Kampala Taiz-Rancifer; Dr. Kimberly Mayfield, vice president of External Affairs for Holy Names University; School Board Member Mike Hutchinson; Post Publisher Paul Cobb; and retired ILWU leader Clarence Thomas, who has written a new book (available at www.MillionWorkerMarch.com). Another speaker was Alysse Castro, candidate for Superintendent of Alameda County Schools and currently executive director of San Francisco County Schools and a former teacher and principal. Castro has just received the
sole endorsement of the California Teachers Association, officially shifting support from the incumbent L. Karen Monroe, whom they endorsed previously. In his remarks, Brown spoke against the threats of school closings and state takeover issued by Monroe, who threatened that FCMAT would be placed in charge of the school district if the school board did not immediately carry out cuts and closures. Under pressure, board members had voted 5-2 to begin closing schools this year rather than taking on a fight to defend Oakland’s public schools. “Oakland students deserve better,” Brown said after the meeting. “It is unacceptable that five school board directors will make the decision to permanently close neighborhood schools at this time. “In November of 2020, Oakland voters rejected an agenda of closing schools,” he
said. “Oakland families want robust neighborhood community schools that supports the health and safety of our students. This must be the work of our school board.” Clarence Thomas, who described himself as a retired third-generation ILWU Local 10 member and a labor and community activist, defended public education and discussed the need to fight against the concerted attempt to privatize Oakland schools and city property and drive working people out of the city. “The actions of the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE), demanding the closing (of as many as) 20 community schools and a $90 million cut in the budget of OUSD, is nothing more than an act of extortion, plain and simple,” he said. “More importantly, it is an attack on the democracy of OUSD’s School Board and the community that supports its decision to not close...schools. “These actions on the part
of the ACOE only serve to undermine local school autonomy and the interests of those that will benefit from the dismantling of public education! OUSD has experienced the intervention and influence of privatization/corporatization of its schools through such billionaires as Eli Broad, and Bill and Melinda Gates.” “This attack on our local school district is taking place while democratic Governor Gavin Newsom and State Superintendent of Instruction Tony Thurmond are in power! “It is not a coincidence that the democratically elected officials such as former Assemblyman Rob Bonta (current attorney general, State of California) and State Senator Nancy Skinner, both facilitated the privatization of the Port of Oakland’s Howard Terminal for right-wing billionaire John Fisher, a major funder and supporter of charter schools,” Thomas said.
File photo of Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm announcing her run for president in 1972. WNYC.org photo.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Commemorates 50th Anniversary of Shirley Chisholm’s Presidential Campaign
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13) released a statement Tuesday commemorating the 50th anniversary of the late Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s presidential campaign. Congresswoman Chisholm was a mentor to Congresswoman Lee and the first Black woman to run for president. In 1968, Shirley Chisholm Congresswoman Barbara Lee. became the first Black woman Photo courtesy of lee.house. elected to Congress, repre- gov. senting the New York’s 12th Congressional District in the me in celebrating CongressBedford-Stuyvesant section woman Chisholm’s life and of Brooklyn. On Jan. 25, 1972, achievements in each part of she declared her candidacy for the country she touched. president of the United States “I was fortunate enough to — historic in nature as the first learn from Congresswoman woman and African American Chisholm as a mentor. She to seek the nomination for encouraged me to run for ofpresident from one of the two fice. I take her lessons with major political parties. me every day I go to work on In her closing remarks, she behalf of my constituents in appealed to all those who have California’s 13th Congressiofelt neglected, ignored, and nal district. She was not only shunned to join her “in an ef- a role model and mentor, but fort to reshape our society and she was also a close friend and regain control of our destiny confidant. as we go down the Chisholm “Fifty years after her presiTrail for 1972.” dential campaign, we are still Lee plans to celebrate Ch- facing some of the same chalisholm’s legacy by encourag- lenges she sought to defeat. ing her colleagues to join her From voting rights, to eradiin hosting events along the cating poverty and dismantling Chisholm Trail — locations gender and racial injustice, we across the country that were must keep Congresswoman integral to Chisholm’s life and Chisholm’s philosophy of belegacy. ing ‘unbought and unbossed’ “Congresswoman Ch- with us as we fight for a more isholm was a trailblazer, a just future.” champion of the poor and marChisholm was born in 1924 ginalized, and a role model to in Brooklyn, New York. She me and so many other women served in Congress from 1968 in politics, especially Black until retirement in 1983. She women,” said Lee. “It brings was awarded the Presidential me great joy to celebrate Con- Medal of Freedom in 2015, gresswoman Chisholm’s lega- 10 years after her death in in cy 50 years after her historic Florida at age 80. presidential run. It is my hope This report is from Conthat my colleagues will join gresswoman Barbara Lee’s
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