OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Unified parents, students and teachers pushed back Saturday afternoon protesting the school board's decision Friday to stick with its planned school closures.
"The fight is not over," said Moses Omolade, one of two educators hunger striking for nearly 20 days."A lot of elders stepped in and and said we're going to need you for the long-haul," said Omolade, facing a crowd of dozens of supporters. "I do want to let folks know San-chez is still on a hunger strike y'all," said Omolade."San-chez is a fierce spirit and they aren't going to stop until they feel like there is some movement."
Corrin Haskell's been teaching for 25 years and said students are getting caught in the closure chaos. "The kids at school kind gets mixed up it all this the teacher's energy kind of gets shifted and it's really starting to become frustrating."closing or merging nearly a dozen schools"We have families who have multiple children multiple jobs and so closing our middle schools means their basically going to have rearrange their entire lives," added Jaz Fortes, a teacher and parent.
Oakland teachers threaten strikes. Education staff members self harm with starvation. Students constantly walk out and are also threatening self harm now. There are anti law enforcement attitudes. Oakland is heading for self destruction.
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