[kcvl]

Ron Gochez teaches world history at Santee.

A community organiser in South Central LA, he is a mentor to many of the high school students organising against the teacher lay-offs.

“If we don’t stop this now, we’re going to open up the floodgates, they’re going to completely destroy public education, they’re going to privatise any sort of education,” he says.

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Jose Lara is a social justice educator at Santee High School.

He has led dozens of teachers in a hunger strike to protest against cuts to California’s education budget and the subsequent teacher lay-offs.

“What we need to change here in California is a revolution of our values,” he says.

[riri]

Anyone here really think this guy is an anomaly?

[aruanan]

“What we need to change here in California is a revolution of our values,” he says.

No, Jose. What we need to change there in California is your status from public school employee to unemployed.

[Lurker]

Jose Lara is a social justice educator at Santee High School.

Well there's your problem right there....