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Say No to Merging Peralta Elementary School

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Annette Oliveira
6 years ago

Peralta is a huge asset to our community. Please don't make this change.

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Sally DeHart
6 years ago

Savage Inequalities, by Jonathan Kozol explains exactly how our public schools are diminished and left out.

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Annabelle smith
6 years ago

As a hopeful parent of a Peralta kindergartener next fall, please don’t do this!!

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Julie Camp
6 years ago

It makes Sooo much more sense for Peralta & Sankofa to merge. Kaiser is a sweet stand alone school that serves a great diverse community. Peralta & Sankofa are obviously divided by race & class and they are in the Same neighborhood, this is about a bunch of entitled white and more wealthy ppl not wanting to merge with the “Black & Brown” school. Just say it. Don’t bully Kaiser into closing it’s school.

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Zoe Smith
6 years ago Featured

My daughter went to Peralta in the late 1980's and now Peralta has been the elementary school for all three of her children, the youngest one now in the fifth grade. It is perfect the way it is and will not be made better with a split campus.

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Christina wong
6 years ago Featured

Doing this haphazardly, which right now there isn’t an extensive transition plan, will hurt the education of the school

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Valerie Winemiller
6 years ago

This is creating failure by design.

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Anne Hallinan
6 years ago

Peralta is a unique school--it cannot be merged without losing so much of what makes it special.

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Jennifer Altman
6 years ago

No on the merger!

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Jane Colman
6 years ago Featured

Peralta has been an excellent school at least since my children attended it in the 1970s. It should not be split into two locations.

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Kerry Compton
6 years ago

Resident of North Oakland since 1972; this is another of OUSD misguided actions disruptive to all communities involved.

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Susan Shawl
6 years ago Featured

It didn’t work for Lafayette Elementary or MLK Jr in Oakland so it will fail all at Peralta & Sankofa too.

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Vivian Kleiman
6 years ago Featured

I write as a resident of North Oakland since 1972 and homeowner since 1989. Sankofa needs more resources. That is the solution: not merging 2 schools and creating a nightmare for both. To dismantle our neighborhood school that finally not only is working but is recognized for excellence...after such a long struggle to build it from disrepair... would be pitiful.

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Elliot Parrish
6 years ago

Stop trying to put money in your own pocket from education.

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Kiara Wilder
6 years ago Featured

this merger would disrupt a community that has a solid foundation built over 20 years. The community would be scattered as many families would seek alternatives outside of the area. We are united at our school and as a united front we can help our community and expand that radius-but the a merger would set us way back. Please support our community and it's growth!