tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002170971070950267.post3499632950789125620..comments2024-01-25T16:08:09.760-05:00Comments on Grassroots Education Movement (NYC): The latest list of the 55 schools potentially targeted for closing from the DOEUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7002170971070950267.post-15644633703697714342010-12-05T14:50:04.500-05:002010-12-05T14:50:04.500-05:00It is outrageous that the elementary and middle sc...It is outrageous that the elementary and middle schools on the list are predominantly schools with African-American and Latino populations.<br /><br />Until this list was released the city principally closed high schools with African-American and Latino populations. Now with this list it is also targeting schools with working-class white and Asian populations, as in the examples of Grover Cleveland, John Adams and Richmond Hill High Schools.<br />As I've said at my site, the shuttering of large schools eliminates many programs such as diversity of foreign language choices, arts classes and numbers of guidance counselors, social workers or psychologists.<br /><a href="http://nycityeye.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">New York City Eye at nycityeye.blogspot.com</a><br />We've got to build a movement for a moratorium against the breaking up of these schools.NY_Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096916154657469029noreply@blogger.com