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Protesters rally near Lakeview Elementary School to keep it open. By John Alston OAKLAND, Calif.
(KGO) -- Parents fighting to keep schools open in Oakland rallied Sunday night near Lakeview Elementary School -- one of the schools targeted for closure. Even though protesters were kicked out of Lakeview Elementary, they are hoping to keep their movement alive. Lakeview Elementary School supporters host concert and rally.
Over one hundred people gathered at Splash Pad Park on Sunday for a “Celebration and Convergence for Public Education” concert andrally hosted by the supporters of the Lakeview sit-in and People’s School for Public Education.
The park became a home for the People’s School after the volunteer-run program, and the tent city it served, were raided at Lakeview Elementary School in early July. The encampment was an effort to protest the district’s decision to close five elementary schools —Lakeview, Lazear, Marshall, Maxwell and Sante Fe—and keep all neighborhood schools open. Sunday’s concert and rally were meant to galvanize support for continued actions, raise money for the school and thank people for contributing to the protest.
(The People’s School held its final classes at Splash Pad Park last week, but protesters say they will set it up again at a new site.)