Cities cut schools first, ask questions later
8:58 AM on 04/19/2010
The vacant Sherrard School is seen in Detroit on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Patricia Beck, Detroit Free Press)
DETROIT, MI - Talk of school closures has the educators of Detroit in a fierce battle against Robert Bobb, the man in charge of turning around Detroit Public Schools' fiscal disaster. Bobb's decision to shut down or consolidate up to 41 public schools by June to balance the budget has come under heavy scrutiny in a series of public town hall meetings. Friday, Detroit's Board of Education can celebrate a small victory as it won a preliminary injunction from the Wayne County Circuit Court to temporarily halt the emergency financial manager's school closing plan. Yet, the debate rages on as Detroit attempts to revamp its public school system.
This situation isn't just the song cry of Detroit. Due to the recession and declining enrollment in many major school districts, other cities are looking to school closures to solve their harrowing deficits and poor
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