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africanaquarian:

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africanaquarian:

africanaquarian:

So all of Detroit public schools are going to close after April 8th if there’s no funding and there’s definitely no money so I guess the school to prison pipeline is now completely removing schools from the equation here.

I just wanted to clarify that by close, what’s actually happening is after April 8th, the district will literally not have the money to pay any of the teachers. At all. None. Unless lawmakers grant them 50 mil in aid, but so far they can’t agree on a plan. And there are already teachers on the news saying they will not be going to work if they’re not being paid. Given the current conditions DPS teachers deal with every day (lack of funding, overcrowded classrooms, limited resources) no one can really blame them or say anything. No one knows exactly what will happen since the district is already about 515 mil in debt but it’s not looking good.

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/03/detroit_public_schools_could_r.html

I’m a senior at a DPS school and I just want to add that since our schools may be closing in April no one is even sure whether or not seniors will even be able to graduate at all. I didn’t spend 4 years working my ass off, barely getting enough sleep and stressing so damn much to just have it all be a waste of time.My teachers were talking to us about all of this and trying to ease our minds but its not okay. We need help and we aren’t getting it.

Spread this!

did it actually happen this is last week?

No, DPS received some government funding but it’s only a temporary solution to a never-ending, already two decade long problem.