Community activists, kids and public education supporters protested at the LA meeting of FCMAT (Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team). They spoke out and shut it down when the FCMAT refused to provide answers.
FCMAT is a “non-profit” funded by the State of California which they said had been used as a tool to destroy public schools in Black and Brown working class communities while expanding charters. The FCMAT tried to keep the community and labor members out but were forced allowed them to speak and later were forced too adjourn the meeting after speaker demanded answers. The FCMAT board is made up mostly of superintendents from rural white districts and also charter representatives. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond has backed FCMAT allowing to push forward with the closure of 11 schools in Oakland and around the state.
Full report: Protest Shuts Down FCMAT Meeting; Protesters Say Stop Closures, Charters/Privatization by Labor Video Project (via IndyBay)
Protest Shuts Down FCMAT Meeting; Protesters Say Stop Closures, Charters/Privatization