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In its report entitled The Systematic Disenfranchisement of African American and Latino Communities through School Takeovers, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools writes about how these takeovers and privatization of public schools fragments political power and local oversight, increases segregation, undermines financial stability, and eliminates community-based institutions.
Years of shortfalls in Congressional appropriations have led to hundreds of jobs being eliminated, community centers being shuttered and rents increasing for the highest-income households.
The Trump administration will slash more than $6 billion in funding for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and eliminate community development grants, according to a budget outline obtained by The Washington Post.
Randi Weingarten, president of the teachers' union, said in a written statement, "Parents should have a voice when it comes to their children's education, and by eliminating community schools without public hearings, the D.O.E. is taking away that voice".
Advocacy groups representing minorities said that it was too soon to take a position on eliminating community school boards, and that their support would depend on what alternative mechanisms for parental involvement were developed.
"We served the two communities with the highest poverty rate in the city," said Biarni Burke, the council's acting president, who led the fight to stay in P.S. 99. "Just because schools are a problem, that doesn't mean the only solution is to eliminate community services.
In addition to recent layoffs, Hercules has slashed basic services and eliminated community events, such as the Farmer's Market and the annual tree-lighting ceremony.
It is difficult to eliminate community discrimination of HIV and homosexuality.
And when you eliminate community-based programs, you increase the likelihood that these people are going to end up in nursing homes.
But Samuel Levine, the camp's educational coordinator, said the district has been trying to eliminate community-run programs, and deliberately withheld a camp site.
