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<p> As 5 elementary schools are set for closure at the end of this school year, displacing around 900 children to schools 10 miles away with no transport provided, parents and teachers announce plans to sit-in to save their schools. </p>

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<p> The five public elementary schools set for closure in Oakland, which serve predominantly black children, will be turned into private charter schools and district administrative offices by the Oakland Unified School District. </p>
<p>The pupils from these five schools have been displaced to schools up to 10 miles away, and there is no guarantee of transport provision. </p>

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We’re keeping the schools open the last way left to us, by sitting-in. But we cannot do this alone. We need your support! </div>
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Oakland parents and teachers </div>
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<p><a href="http://libcom.org/news/oakland-parents-teachers-announce-plans-sit-stop-school-closures-12062012" target="_blank">read more</a></p>