Posted on 04/05/2007 3:01:02 PM PDT by blam
Detroit votes to close 34 schools
DETROIT, April 5 (UPI) -- The Detroit Board of Education voted to close 34 schools by fall and said another eight schools could close next year.
Audience members disrupted Wednesday night's meeting, shouting and humming. One person hit Board Vice President Joyce Hayes-Giles with grapes, The Detroit Free Press reported.
The closing of the 34 school buildings will save the city school district an estimated $18.6 million a year but displace tens of thousands of students, the Free Press reported.
The board approved the closings on a 6-5 vote.
Detroit school officials have said the district has as many schools now for 119,000 students as it did 10 years ago when it had 180,000 students. Parents who object to the closures say they prefer smaller schools.
Detroit's school plan calls for the creation of 23 theme schools, such as high schools just for boys and just for girls and a technology school.
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A drive-by fruiting, lol!
The closing of the 34 school buildings will save the city school district an estimated $18.6 million a year...
And you just knew that would be closely followed by how they would end up spending 10 times that much:
Detroit's school plan calls for the creation of 23 theme schools
They probably did these kids a favor.
PARENTS: HOME SCHOOL YOUR KIDS OR SEND THEM TO PRIVATE OR CHURCH SCHOOLS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0lR1KQq2-U
They should save the taxpayers money and turn them into prisons.
Afterall, they already have metal detectors and fences with barbwire, and security guards and...
location, location, location.
With the population loss in Wayne County, it’s no wonder! There was a post recently about houses < $29K!
Another American city destroyed by liberalism.
Pittsburgh is going the same way. But here in the Central Valley of California the towns are growing. It’s pretty conservative here, too.
I assume the grapes were not sweet.
Not for long.....unless they convert to Spanish Language Only schools!
Let me know when they close Detroit..
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