Nearly 20 Silicon Valley education leaders tell Liccardo to stop politicizing reopening schools
March 1, 2021
Nearly 20 education leaders across nine school districts are telling Mayor Sam Liccardo to stop politicizing reopening schools. Photo courtesy of Barbara O’Loughlin.
Nearly 20 school board trustees from across the South Bay are demanding San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo stop politicizing school re-openings.
The trustees penned a letter, signed by leaders across nine school districts, criticizing Liccardo’s new advocacy group, Solutions San Jose, which launched a campaign with a petition to quickly reopen schools in the 19 districts across San Jose.
School trustees say Liccardo is being disingenuous when he claims to want to reopen schools in the name of social justice.
Reimagining school safety protest calls for SJUSD campuses to be police-free
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The group gathered outside the San Jose School District headquarters on Thursday. Having a police presence on campus is dangerous for students it doesn t promote a safe learning environment, said activist Kenan Moos.
This equity coalition wants the district to end its contract with San Jose Police and replace it a plan which re-imagines school safety. The resolution is named after Derrick Sanderlin, who was injured by police during last summer s Black Lives Matter protests. They found my call to take police out of schools and implement restorative justice changes resonating, said Sanderlin.
Community leaders: Sedition by a sitting president. Treason by false patriots.
January 10, 2021
President Donald Trump speaks from the South Lawn of the White House on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Over the last four years, we have witnessed grotesque scenes of children torn from the arms of their mothers and fathers at the border or the last breaths of the children who died while in the custody of those who caged them.
Over the last four years, we have witnessed the pleas and tears of our fellow humans begging for asylum because they or their loved ones are callously denied due process and sent back to their deaths.
reporter: this is how san jose s deputy city manager explained it. the city s fiscal reform plan and the actions the city has taken have not been based on pessimistic scenarios, 650 or otherwise. the number of 650 has been used by our mayor. he has responded as to why he used it. reporter: after more than an hour of discussion aye. aye. aye. donnelly? donnelly no. reporter: the audit was approved by a vote of 10-3. the state audit will examine the city s finances over the last three fiscal years. san jose s pension projections and whether or not the city and its retirement boards followed proper financial procedures. no, i think it s fair and time. it s time to do this. is this audit going to interfere? is the purpose to interfere with the reforms that they re putting forth? i m concerned that it is. which is why i voted no. reporter: the committee also voted to give the audit priority status meaning it should be completed by july or august. reporting fr
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