, the idea with him schooling and separating education from schooling thinking about schooling as one education but certainly not the only one and arguably not the best but the reality of the 21st century the idea is to not shut off those natural drives for learning discovery creativity and curiosity and instead allow those drives to flourish when we think about the needs of the 21st century where we are increasingly competing and coexisting with robots and machines what is it that distinguishes human intelligence from artificial intelligence and it is things like creativity, curiosity, personality, ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit and so often those are the qualities that diminish and we trade originality for obedience in schools we create activities and inform eddies in schools and that only shut off the natural human drive for discovery and learning that are so critical now more than ever. >> what is the downside to homeschool to an schooling. >> it is through upside this is really the moment that families are discovering and not meeting their means and they have not met them o

you had elementary school students, junior high school students -- high school, junior high school students who agreed --. so the focus initially was on the students. it was students who agreed to desegregate public schools. and they inspired a decision on the part of the parents to let the students participate because there will be some type of attack or protest against it. the parents agreed but then the young people had to agree they would be willing to sacrifice a lot of things in order to be the first into these previously all-white public schools. the students who actually -- this un-segregation first were usually very good students. sometimes they were president of student government. they were willing to put all that aside and being the first to desegregate the school. teenagers and young people were called upon and they responded. host: how does your work involving documenting the children and teens --? guest: we have the story of dr. king and the march in selma, birmingham, most of those were male at that time. research began in the 1980's, 1990's, they were -- and civil rights ca

let me go through the school. the school did not do anything.hen it blew up, others found out because i made a big facebook post. everything i sent to the school did not make it because it was so graphic it did not make it through the school firewall. yet it is supposed to be in their hands. he called me and said you did not send me that. the school board meeting, we did posters, the moms put it out and it snowballed. wow, it is not just us and my kids class, it is texas, arizona, north carolina, and that is how i got involved. being a mom paying attention to what books they were reading. [applause] >> good morning, my name is michelle. i'm a domestic terrorist. [laughter] [applause] because i recalled school board members. my story started last fall when the schools were closed, and remained close for months and months. my children go to private school. i could not figure out why can the richest county in the united states not figure out how to open the schools. that is when i got started. if my children could have the opportunity to see their

three students at the school.o, i knew on june 22 how big this was. here i am fighting those books, trying to get more appropriate materials, and there was someone raping a girl in my kids' bathroom at school? i have two teenage daughters there. and when that father at that june 22 meeting that blew up and they did not want to hear from parents anymore, our school board walked off the stage, parents are furious. a fight happened to break out with the father who is the father of that daughter at that meeting. and when they walked off that stage i said, oh, hell no. i got up on my chair and started singing the national anthem. if there was anything that could unify someone in that room it was going to be that song, and i ended up on laura ingraham later that night. >> then you check to get arrested too. >> i wanted to get arrested because i was not going to leave the room. and she may believe. that is when i knew this was big. if it is -- if you have books happening and it is happening at night kids school, and i kn

the schools. who are focused on our children and their success. who are focused on collaboration and working together. who are focused on wanting to hear from different perspectives whether they are in agreement with those perspectives or not. bridge builders. that is what we are going to look for. this is all coming from many of the parents i had an opportunity to talk to. questions that these parents provided me with and want be me to ask of the people that i am going to be interviewing and to be clear. i am going to be meeting with aa number of people to have the conversation around why they think that they would be the best person for the job. you know, i made appointments before for this city on a number of bodies, including school board. this is probably one of the hardest decisions that i have ever had to make as it relates to appointments because of the significants of what this means and what the people of san francisco expect from the people that i will appoint. because of the future and

again school shutdown. and delayed reopening plans now on a practical level. have you been a teacher in a classroom or do you have children who are of school age? so i am a homeschooling mom myself. i have four children who have never been schooled who range in age from 7 to 14. and so the book does tie in some of that sort of personal experience and reflection, but i you know traveled the country and writing the book to visit other homeschooling families as well as self-directed learning centers and other schooling alternatives that are really catered to families looking for something different something more customized for their children's education outside of again the traditional school environment my background, my undergraduate degree is an economics and then i went to graduate school and education policy at harvard and that was really where i became interested in education choice and freedom and alternatives to school and education entrepreneurship really entrepreneurs coming up with new learning mod

i have a child in elementary school and a child in middle school at sfusd. i'm calling with two comments, the first is that the school district clearly inform schools that masking is only required indoors and not outdoors . despite the fact neither sfusd require messing outdoors the large majority of schools are still requiring it and to have our kids wearing masks when it's not considered important for health or safety pretty much anywhere else, we need to give them a break and let them take offtheir masks when their outside and where it's safe . second thing is i really would urge again that board urge the district to move forward on longer-term outdoor planning for the schools at sfusd. however much time it maytake to get the bonds issued , the bond funding that we talk about there's no reason that net needs to delay planning and it has been since october now since the board passed that money, past the bond funding to be allocated foroutdoor use and nomeeting at all has occurred, nothing has occurred in terms of schools for parents that i'm aware of . tha

schools and decreases in otherio schools.tik brought up the questions. how are we allocating students to site? as'k mentioned this idea of full choice. unconstrained choice can cause problems. you know, how are we balancing our enrollment projections based on schools? if we have a school, for example, in a neighborhood with under enrolled kindergarten 15-18 kids and another school over enrolled and expanding the classrooms. it c is logical we would balance enrollment between the e school. i have never -- i know it is not perfect. we see movement. where we can maintain at least two kindergartens at every school, i think that is necessary for every school to be healthy. we know and we have future projections we will see an increase in enrollment. that is why we are building schools, right? we don't want to see any close during this time period when all schools in the state are experiencing enrollment issues. we want to have healthy, you know, cohorts of kids equally distributed as possible. i appreciate those questions. i would

integrate all white elementary schools, high schools. the focus initially was on the students. you know about the little rock nine. there were students who agree to be the first ones to desegregate the public schools in their town, in their city. this required a decision on the part of the town to let the students participate and do it. there may be some kinds of attack or protest against it. then the young people had to agree that they would be willing to sacrifice a lot of things in order to be the first ones to entities previously all-white public and private schools. these were usually very good students. they were honors students, they were presidents of a club. they were willing to make that sacrifice. they were willing to put all of that side and be subjected to whatever may come and be the first to re-segregate those schools. that is one area where those teens were called upon. >> how does your work in documenting children and teens understand public understanding of it? >> we had the story of dr. king and the large campaigns in

of school. by limiting our site to the first, 21 kindergarten class based on the number of families registered by the first round is unacceptable. i'm speaking for the families in our schools neighborhood that cannot attend.they have families that do not speak english as a first language, more than one job that they were to pay bills. they do not have adequate access to technology or wi-fi and most of them don't even know that they can register their child for school as early as februarythe year before their child is old enough to attend kindergarten . sheridan provides a loving, and happy community for ourstudents . the 94112 zip code has the highest concentration of students to attend . do not bar those community members access to our schools. do not less let's sfusd us back to one kindergarten families need us to be accessible to them . >> carol s. >> caller: i'm carol savery and i'm an art teacher.sheridan fully expected to lose a classroom teacher in the 22 13 school year due to declining e

and high school students. the scenario worked extensively and a lot of questions that we've not asked the one behind the issue, not just how do we fix it, but why are we seeing the rapid rise and what do we need to do? the issue in telehealth is very important and also another angle with telehealth that is important and we have to help resolve some of theish issues i some of the days ahead, as well. >> thank you, senator lankford. senator brasso took note, as well. this will be another opportunity for both sides to work together and i appreciate both of you and senator barrasso bringing it up. senator brown is next. >> mr. chairman, i ask that written testimony offered by the director of pediatric psychology and psychiatry be included in the record for today's hearing. >> ordered. >> thank you, mr. chairman. dr. benton, as you probably recall from your time some time ago spent in my state for medical school, ohio has excellent children's hospitals and pretty much almost every part of the state, cincinnati chil

the oakland school board voted to merge or close 11 schools. board member mike hutchinson fought against closing schools and said those voting for it just declared war against the community. >> i hope you all are ready for the action you just unleashed. the lid is about to come off this city. >i don't even care if the recording stopped. you all have made one mistake way too many. for you all to throw breck -- black represent -- black reparations and tell us you are doing this to help thrive our students, you have lost your ever loving mind. kristen: a lot of passion on both sides of the issue. joining us is alameda county of schools leslie monroe -- alameda county superintendent of schools l.k. monroe. miss monroe, you are not on the oakland school board, but you work with the board in your role overseeing the schools in all of alameda county. do you support the tough decision made last night? >> let me give you just a little overview of what my role is with oakland unified. you are correct. i am neither on the board, nor am i the superintenden

schools have germs in them here that has been known ever since schools have started. children go to school, they get sick, spread germs -- host: do you mind if i ask? we, at some point, are expecting vaccines to be approved for the youngest kids, the 0 to 5 year olds. still waiting on the data, but it seems to be moving in that direction. your kids are in that age range. would you get your kids vaccinated when it becomes available? caller: absolutely not. i will not vaccinate myself. i do not believe in these vaccines that were pushed so rapidly. there was no long-term study done about this. everybody who says it is safe, they are lying to you. the government is trying to give you a false sense of security, pushing these vaccines. you cannot vaccinate yourself out of this pandemic. the covid-19 is here to stay. thanks, china, for giving it to us. people need to understand this is going to be here. pharmaceutical companies want to keep a sick. they do not want to keep us healthy, or else they will not make money. host: one more question -- with your children, did you g

the better we are able to bring care to schools through counselors, school nurses, school psychologists, the more easily we are able to identify mental health struggles early and get kids the care they need. that's why i think school-based help is so important and of the investments made in the rescue plan to give millions of dollars to schools in part to help them hire more mental health providers, counselors and schools is so important, but we have to sustain those investments over time. i mentioned earlier that 11 years typically between the onset of symptoms and when a child ultimately gets treatment. we have to shorten the time frame. we can't let kids and their families struggle for 11 years. getting the care to them is one important way to help do that. >> i totally agree. the second piece of that is after they've been identified and are getting help with school if there is no community-based care at all drops off which is why as we talk about certified community behavioral health clinics, this is about institutionally creating parity in the community between physical health clin

you see who is in fact school there back in school and who isn't. some need accommodations. >> laura: who can forget how nasty and sloppy randi's accolades during covid? sitting at home in leisure wear and they felt entitled and superior to the parents asking very inconvenient questions. >> [bleep] if you are going to call me how i'm going to [bleep] you up. sorry, that is just me. speak what they want the babysitter back. >> laura: gosh, i forgot about that one. these clowns say what weingarten think it isn't stupid enough to say out loud. on second thought, she did let slip what she thought of appearance by enthusiastically tweeting out "a washington title, the parents have a right to shape the kids curriculum but they don't." neither does she or activist members think parents have any right to offer input let alone make demands about what they are teaching and how they are teaching it. instead, they act like they are the boss was at the taxpayers who fund their salary. and the democrat politicians, they fund, they just assume. >> the teachers uni

kristen: getting back to schools, i wonder if -- because dr.haley suggested we get the vaccination rate up in two weeks -- is a not high enough in the school-aged population? where do we stand? >> it's not nearly high enough. in kids between the ages of five and 11, we are talking around 30% of the kids are vaccinated. way below where they should be. we don't have most of the kids protected in schools right now with vaccines. so how do we protect them? we protect them by driving the cases in the community so low, that there's very little likelihood that they are going to get exposed. and we keep our masks on until those numbers are so low. but i think that's why the state got it right. kristen: do either one of you think we are already at saturation point in terms of the kids' population? we have the under fives, that is an untapped population because they don't have a vaccine -- but i'm talking about five to 17. thoughts? >> well, i hope that it goes higher. i don't think it may go much higher immediately, unless there's a tugging, as governor

schools and decreases in otherio schools.tik brought up the questions. how are we allocating students to site? as'k mentioned this idea of full choice. unconstrained choice can cause problems. you know, how are we balancing our enrollment projections based on schools? if we have a school, for example, in a neighborhood with under enrolled kindergarten 15-18 kids and another school over enrolled and expanding the classrooms. it c is logical we would balance enrollment between the e school. i have never -- i know it is not perfect. we see movement. where we can maintain at least two kindergartens at every school, i think that is necessary for every school to be healthy. we know and we have future projections we will see an increase in enrollment. that is why we are building schools, right? we don't want to see any close during this time period when all schools in the state are experiencing enrollment issues. we want to have healthy, you know, cohorts of kids equally distributed as possible. i appreciate those questions. i would

so over the school buildings are just not fit for use, but some people won't accept a stutter school. so let me to, the man behind the campaign hashtag gave north education his putting up a fight. nolan showed up all capes. hum, a brighter future. basic education is a fundamental human right. but here in min cheek, a village in northern nigeria is conner state. many children are found on the farm or playing on the street instead of in the classroom. eunice mussa is the co founder of the give north education campaign, which advocates basic education for all. not just the privilege, few. for eunice, helping rural kids, access education is the key to progress i have here. but very bad about education in northern nat. geo had been undoubted sussed. why? because i believed that it's only education that can bring quite people out of darkness. without this indication, there wouldn't be a real quick to any achievement. this education is to bug one of every de beloved nation. those who can afford it to send their children to private schools in the city. but that's not an option here in min chi

upcoming 2022-2023 school year. you will hear from them today. without further ado, let me turn this over to one of the cochairs who really needs no introduction. jose andres is a world-renowned chef and humanitarian and founder of the nonprofit world central kitchen. the mission is to be there on the ground, providing food and hope when disaster strikes. many times even before the government can get there with its assistance, whether it be a volcano off the coast of spain in the canary islands, hurricanes or tornadoes ravishing new orleans, puerto rico, texas, the carolinas, kentucky, and most recently to the people of tonga, he is giving food and assistance. thank you, chef, for finding time in your unbelievable schedule to work with us and your support to the policy work of the task force. chef? chef andres: hello. i forgot to press mute. thank you, bill. welcome, everybody, and good morning to my fellow cochairs, task force members, and the many hundreds of people all around the country. no matter your sector or

schools are asking the governor to change how he funds california schools. as damian trujillo reports, the governor fired back saying he's already given the schools a boost. >> reporter: the governor told me it's now about accountability. he said it's up to school boards and school districts to determine how they're going to spend that extra money. in recent weeks, the numbers are looking a lot better at schools across the state with fewer students out sick due to covid, but the school year has been rough. attendance here dropped to 79% and with school's funding largely based on attendance, that's roughly a half a million dollar loss per day. >> in my job i have to go back and say, oh, my gosh, how are we going to do this? >> reporter: many school districts are asking the state to reimburse them for those lost funds so we took it to the governor in our exclusive interview last friday. >> is there a change to the funding formula for those schools? there's kids missing two weeks at a time because of they have covid. >> well, the schools have never been more fl

i said, i won't step down from my own school. maybe you should find another school.ughter] [applause] >> and what happened is i lost maybe 100 kids from this whole thing, and i gained over 100, way more families, families who moved here from all over the country. at this moment, i have a waiting list for five grades. thank you. [applause] i am actively recruiting teachers and i am really looking for teachers that are passionate about teaching kids. they understand what our country is about. they are against critical race theory, which i am completely against. they are against this crazy transgender stuff they are teaching in schools. i am recruiting from all over the country and new parents are coming in from all over the country. >> you have had other schools reach out to you, saying, how do i start my own academy? >> i have had parents from across the country reach out to me and say, you have inspired me to take control of my kids lives. they have started these schools all over the country, which i admire. the only way to save our future is there are kids. hopefull

>> whose schools? >> our schools. >> the proposal has resulted in protests, petitions, and even an hunger strike. some teachers have refused to eat for 8 days now. some of the staffers had health complications that are being checked out by medical teams. the district meeting got underway about an hour ago. comments from the public are being tied, and it's already getting heated. >> i'm really disappointed, and on a personal level, i am curious that you would choose to do this for the community when there is no justification, and you see the community response. you know that we can afford to not make any of these changes, so how dare you inflict this on my community. you have a choice, and everyone is going to hold you accountable for those choices. >> some parents and teachers argue the closures and mergers would disproportionately affect black and brown students in low income neighborhoods. here is what one 11th grader had to say. >> i am in opposition of school closures and consolidations, because of

the school board members were facing school closures. there was obviously the issue about merritt-based emissions -- admissions. they have renaming of schools is a confluence of factors that is very unique. what we saw with david and the assembly race and the fact that it will be a runoff with haney showing progressives, people who are very much more about identity politics at times, and support additional progressive agenda that has been known in san francisco for decades, that is not going away anytime soon. there is a lot of drama-thumping on the fox news's and conservative right media outlets that does not reflect what is really happening on the ground. kristen: san francisco may not neatly fit into that narrative that you are seeing in some places of this right turn from feta parents. they are unique factors here. the turnout was only 26%. we will see. november, we will learn more. i wonder if you think that the families were turned out, they virgin america -- asian americans who turned out, does that market shift? maybe a longer la

classical school or some of the new school -- charter schools that are springing up. i want to leave you with the i want to leave you with a question, if virtue can be taught how do you do it? >> thank you. our next panelist is doctor david rhodes, professor of economics in st. louis and senior fellow of common sense society. i want to talk about what i think needs to happen to keep america its best chance to have a future, specifically the american civics project. the progressives have eliminated much civic education, deprecated much of what remains and introduced a connecting narrative that tears down rather than build up the kinds of citizens needed to sustain our free-market democracy and constitutional republic. we are living with mounting consequences of their success. can anything be done about this? resurrecting civic education of parents and grandparents failed. it failed as time when cultural inertia was more on our side. we new kind of civic education that makes the moral case for our way of life likes waiting free-market democracy is basically a highly evo

a vehicle to reopen schools. but the states that took her advice are battlingg lockdowns and mask mandates to this day. meanwhile, states likee florida. ,texas, south dakota,te they figured out early on thats the classroom was among the safest places for children. knew that in person english class wasn't any more of a super spreader than in-person shopping at costco.r but randi, she didn't care for her covid was an opportunity and she trieds to squeeze out as many concessions from taxpayers as possible. we need the money for p.e. weth need the money for extrara teachers. we needte the money for extra cleaning and extra busses, pures extortion. of course, even after democrats in washington appropriated billionsen to reopen schools,n the unions just made more excuses to lock kids out of class.. shiftinggoutsts kept will reopen schools if you give us n95 and contactorho thing, we'll only get back to a work when all children are vaccinated or if you redo the entire system in school itly is all ridiculous. it was neve

through eight school and community day high school. this school district says it will be providing emotional support at the affected schools , and it will be helping families now having to look for other schools students can attend after their school shuts down. julie yes. such a hard situation for everyone involved robbed those two educators who are now in the ninth day of their hunger strike is the school district or district administrators saying anything about them. yeah they're very concerned about the health of those two. in fact, the superintendent said today that you know by all means protests and raised questions and do that, but don't don't do something that's going to risk their health, which is what those two men are doing. um the doctor said yesterday that they're entering a critical phase in this hunger strike. so everybody just kind of hoping for the best for them, and at this point, they're vowing to continue right. they're vowing to continue even the school that they're a part of was saved from closure, but they don't

she could see down towards the center of the school on the street in front of the school down towards the center. she could see the white mob. and she could see ringing the school all the way to the corner the national guardsman that the governor of arkansas had called out the night before. in order to tonight before order to prevent. elizabeth eckford and her nine other african american kids from going into the school and defiance of a federal court order. she was 15. now as she was coming up to the line, she could see that the national guardsmen were letting white kids through and in that kind of mind for 15 year old. what she thought was well, they'll let me through to. born she got up to the corner. the guard's been told her that she had to go down to the center of the line all the way down to the main entrance of the school. and so she did she walked along the street along in front of this long national guard's line and as she walked the mob came up behind her trailing along behind her screaming at her shouting at her some of the kids shouting as if it were a football game two fo

to oakland schools will close after the school year ends. parker elementary and community day school following last night's vote. today on the steps of oakland city hall, a plan to fight closures began to emerge. starting with assembly member mia bonta who has introduced ab 1912. emergency legislation to give lusd $10 million to stop the closures and relieve some of the debt from state receivership. >> that would relieve them of the pressure to move to school consolidations and closures in this moment amidst the pandemic. >> it is unjust and unethical to make our students, our families, and our communities suffer to pay back the debts that were run up by state officials. >> reporter: educators are also fighting back, serving lust with a lawsuit over the closures and consolidations and threatening more. >> i am prepared to ask oakland educators to strike to protect our schools, if necessary. >> reporter: for oakland city council president tam the closures are personal. >> if my school was closed, i would have not been able to attend school, b

i'm anais, and i go to lowell high school. what makes this class so enjoyable is the teacher and the constant support she gives to each student. she is the only korean students in sfusd. teachers like her affect lives beyond high school, and she shouldn't be fired because she doesn't have seniority. another teacher is mr. cho. he has gone above and beyond to support students in hard circumstances. thank you to all teachers in sfusd. we love you and appreciate you so much. thank you. >> clerk: hello, hannah? >> i'm hannah [indiscernible] and i'm the secretary of the black student union at lowell. we are here because of you. several times us students have to fight for more diversity in staff, communities, and curriculums. we are tired of fighting for diversity in our staff and curriculums and when we get that, we are tired of it being taken away from us. [indiscernible] younger teachers bring diversity and new perspectives to our schools. we need to keep these teachers that students love because they keep students in school. i'm

in school. this guidance has not been updated since 2003. it is critical for states and education and state medicaid agencies to work together to actually be able to support and resource mental health. sen. cassidy: let me ask you. what is the problem with the current guidance or lack thereof that limits the ability to expand services to the school-based clinic? dr. hoover: just quickly, a lot of states don't want to move forward with implementing the current medicaid support and mental health services in schools. they are hesitant that expanding their programs may put them at risk. the guidance is not updated to reflect improvements in telehealth or the policy reversal in 2014. there are a number of updates to medicaid that would need to be reflected in the guidance for states to feel comfortable. sen. cassidy: i am struck. if you look at adolescent psychiatrist in my state, they are in cities, not rural areas. the infrastructure bill would stand -- expand internet services but secondly, you ha

>>between their school and oakland unified school district. the students say that there is about a $2000 differential per pupil between what los altos elementary students receive compared to oakland unified school district and in high school, the gap is even greater about an $8,000. difference. students say that they want the governor to step in and help and their teacher said that they we're glad to see the students take a stand for something they felt so strongly about. >>started my senior level civics classes. we were talking about the news on monday this monday. we heard the news, of course, was going on in oakland. and people are really upset me as a teacher use me inspires me because these are these are young folks. it did. they walk out like a day. this is not a school sanctioned event. and they did it out of their own conscience. >>in addition to having the governor step in and stop the oakland schools from closing, they want him to equalize funding. all bay area counties except one will lift the indoor mask mandate next wednesday, fol

early this morning too close to schools by the end of the school year. the school set to shut down this summer are parker elementary in east mont and community day school in leota heights next year, five more schools are set to close. others will merge or shrink. ktvu is rob roth is here now, with more on reaction from parents and what the school superintendent to say, rock right, christina, the oakland school board actually closed and consolidated fewer schools and what the superintendent had proposed. still, almost a dozen schools will be affected over the next year and a half in many parents are not happy. outside of brookfield elementary school in east oakland wednesday. the signs students made with crayons are still on the front wall, but they didn't help the school board voted to close brookfield in 2023 1 of 11 schools, the oakland unified school district board of education voted to shut down or consolidate this mother has two boys at brookfield. one of them has special needs. i don't like it. it's outrace hard for my kids to learn, but they shut

. >> now at 5, 8 schools and oakland could be closing depending on a vote by school board members next week to educators. now within the district. we're going on a hunger strike to protest the possibility of those closures. good evening, everybody. thank you for being with us tonight on kron. 4 news at 5, i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis kron four's. rob nesbitt spoke with oakland teachers who are in support of the strike. he joins us now live with their reaction and what mayor libby schaff has to say about school concerns in her city. prop. vicki, the 2 educators on hunger strike are from west lake middle school. they promise not to consume any food. >> or anything. a nutritional substance until the oakland school district promises no school closures or until their internal organs fail. the seriousness of the hunger strike was made. no. andre sanjay announced it during oakland school board meeting monday night. if >> i die, i want the board to know that my death was at your hands. the west lake middle school choir director is joining the hunger strike by the school's program man

>> our school. >> foods school? >> our school. >> reporter: two teachers are on day 8 of a hunger strike to stop the potential closures. today, the physical condition of both worsened. >> they have not eaten anything in 8 days, and because of their pre-existing conditions, the risks and harms of not eating for 8 days is exacerbated. >> teachers shouldn't have to do this to bring attention to the fact that they need resources for their kids. >> reporter: one was taken to the emergency room for evaluation, but says he will not eat until the state with a $35 million budget surplus steps in, and governor nissen comes to oakland to meet with them. >> tell governor newsom to come here. he is here when he has to get photos. >> my babies are worth it. that's why i am here, and that is why i am doing what i'm doing, because i love these kids. >> reporter: in a statement released this afternoon, the district says it respects and appreciates the differences in opinion on the issue of possible consolidation of schools. we know

don't name your school after a person! they tried to change the names of 44 schools.ge -- you can't call your school a person's name because you don't know if they'll end up being a terrible person. just stay away from it, because, like, i can't think of one time i was able to learn my. [indiscernible] varsity jacket. >> greg: you went through a bunch of name changes there at your school. >> i did. i did. i did. >> greg: who would have thought? >> i had the zodiac killer high. it was ok. >> greg: it was ok. you came up with a good point there about the time wasting and the opportunity costs. you don't demo what could have been -- you don't know what could have been done in the space taken up by that effort. >> just like distance learning. >> greg: you could have prevented measuredfer instead you weren't talking -- murder if instead you weren't talking about, i don't know, the covid rhetoric causes crime. there are opportunity costs to everything. coming up, living in fear forever sounds souper to these campus party poopers. -- supup (girls giggling) ♪ (fun music) ♪ th

and what oakland unified school district say an in high school. is even greater about $1000 differential. the students say that they want action. they want the governor to step in and help. they say that the recent issue of closing schools in oakland is prompting them to speak up. the students are here with their social studies teacher who spoke with kron 4. listen in. >> well, to me as a teacher, use me inspired me because these are these are young folks. it did. they walk out like a day. this is not a school sanctioned event. and they did it out of their own conscience. know we pressured him to do this unconscious because they were they felt like basic human rights, the right to high quality eagle funded education played all and so our message on the news would be to sacramento to governor newsome to do they need allocate some of that huge surplus. got to put more funding into schools in oakland in addressing systemic racism. that's at the root with this problem. >> they were talking about that differential and using the surplus that we've been

could schools be next? the heated debate. >>> you can usually only get so close to artwork but here you can almost stand inside of it. we will take you to the first of its kind exhibit. that story is coming up. >>> good evening to you. >>> now at 11:00 on kpix5 and streaming on cbsnewsbayarea. >>> we will give you a live look where a heated school meeting as the board considering closing several schools. >> the meeting started more than six hours ago. kpix5 has more on this issue that led to protests, a walk out, and even a hunger strike. >> reporter: if every single person was allowed to speak this meeting would of lasted more than two days. >> a tense meeting from the start. >> we let the voters decide instead of this lame dumb school board. >> reporter: he tried to delay the vote on school closures to give the community and the district time to provide input and come up with alternate plans. the proposal is to close six schools by the end of the year. >> we don't have declining enrollment even though it

at all of our schools. in addition to parker elementary and community day school closing this year, five more are set to close next year for our elementary schools. brookfield carl b. monk grass valley and horace mann. fred t. korematsu middle school will also close. meantime rise community and new highland elementary schools will merge. also grades six through eight will be removed from law escwa lita and hillcrest elementary schools. you can find the full list on our website. just go to ktvu .com. starting monday bar will return to pre pandemic service hours. so that means sunday service is back until midnight. the transit agency will also be running five lines service every day of the week, including sundays until nine pm after nine pm bart will switch to three line service. but those aren't the only changes that riders can expect. we're seeing more riders traveling from the dublin area down to san jose. so starting february 14th every stan francisco bound blue line train will match with the berryessa bo

the school board voted early this morning to close parker elementary school and community day school by the end of this academic year. as ktvu rob roth tells us the vote is not deterring opponents who are continuing to try to keep those schools open. outside of brookfield elementary school in east oakland wednesday. the science students made with crayons are still on the front wall, but they didn't help the school board voted to close brookfield in 2023 1 of 11 schools, the oakland unified school district board of education voted to shut down or consolidate this mother has two boys at brookfield. one of them has special needs. i don't like it. it's outrace hard for my kids to learn, but they shut the school down. this is good for the district and for i believe for the students at the schools that are affected because so many of the students are really small schools. it's at at a tiny school of 202 150 students. it's really hard to provide the support it and the services that students need to be successful after almost eight hour contentious meeting that began tuesday night, the board