In six weeks, an Oakland community-based organization will be making history opening The FREEdom School. But instead of getting lesson plans ready, the staff were making calls for a locksmith after being burglarized over the weekend.
The FREEdom School set to open next month in Oakland was burglarized over the weekend, with laptops, several projectors and microphone stolen.The staff at a new high School set to open next month in Oakland is now scrambling after being hit by burglars.in East Oakland were making calls for a locksmith.
Over the weekend, the independent high school in East Oakland, serving gang-impacted youth was burglarized. Eight laptops, several projectors and microphones were stolen. The school's co-founder, Cesar Cruz says they are not taking it personal."I think it's indicative of hunger. Lack of resources and that is bigger than a neighborhood because we are seeing crime happen in downtown to everywhere else," said Cruz.
"We are building a different kind of school. A school that you don't sit at school the whole day. You travel every day. Amazing experiences," said Cruz.worked in the community doing after school programs, community outreach and feeding those in need. In six weeks, they're making history opening the Freedom School.
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