We endure board members who attack other board members and try to steer the narrative away from quality.
In a political landscape that is often dominated by incendiary comments to redirect the narrative around school closures in Oakland, logic and reason prevailed last week.to close seven schools, merge two others and remove middle-grade levels from another two. The vote was 4-2, with one abstention.Closing schools where most Black children are failing to read at grade level is a difficult but rational decision. These schools have not been failing for just a few years but for decades.
Unfortunately, the two members of the Oakland school board who voted against the school closings have denounced the city’s public charter schools, which serve 80% students of color and 80% low-income families. Because of their short-sighted views, Directors Mike Hutchinson and VanCedric Williams have also in effect denounced the Black families that chose charter schools for their children.
Instead, we have had to endure board members who disrupt the democratic process by attacking other board members and steering the narrative away from quality. They have rallied public comment on how closing schools will devastate the communities their students come from. I have a news flash for those board members: It is our public schools’ systemic failures that have devastated the community.
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