ATTENTION! The West Contra Costa County School Board is holding meetings to determine which schools will be closed. Richmond's best schools are on the chopping block with little representation or objection. Other cities and communities are showing up in number to these meetings and they are getting a voice about which schools will be closed in our city! There are still some meetings where we can be heard.
All are at 6:30 pm
1/13/09 Crespi Middle School
1/14/09 Helms Middle School
1/15/09 Kennedy High School
1/20/09 Portola Middle School
1/27/09 De Jean Middle School - presentation of closures
1/29/09 De Jean Middle School - presentation of closures
2/4/09 De Jean Middle School - recommendations on closures
2/11/09 De Jean Middle School - approval of closures
School API scores
Coronado - 802 - to be closed - High performing school!
Adams - 624 - to be closed
Lake - 643 - to be closed
Stege - 634 - to be closed
Portola - 679 - to be closed
Kennedy - 580 - to be closed
Wilson - 711
Washington - 791
Verde - 674
Peres - 753
Nystrom - 696
Lake - 643
Grant - 664
Ford - 783
Downer - 633
Dover - 705
Chaves - 695
Joined: Jan 2009
Current Posts: 1
Thank you for posting and trying to get his message out. However you left out another Richmond school on the chopping block - Valley View is Richmond's highest achievement Elementary with an API of 846 and is scheduled to be closed.
Joined: Mar 2009
Current Posts: 22
It's really sad to see that were losing are children I grew up in the City Of Richmond and it all begin the senseless killings in 1991. It use to be a time when North Richmond, Central, and the South Side was 1 big family until the durgs started taking over are neighborhoods, streets corners and homes then it began a turf war of who is making the most money on the blocks and representing hoods. Let me explain myself a little more why they dont understand these street corners they fighting and killing for does not belong to anyone of them they dont own the land the ground or the corners they killing behind when its all said and done them corners gonna be their even after their deaths it use to be in the older generations that the children bury their parents and grandparents now its parents and grandparents burying their children this really need to come to an end. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO COME TOGETHER THE PREACHERS MEN OF GOD CITY OFFICIALS AND PARENTS NEED TO DO A MARCH LIKE MARTIN LUTHER KING DID IN ALABAMA INSTEAD MARCH THROUGH THE CITY OF RICHMOND KNOCK DOOR TO DOOR IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS GIVE OUTLITERATURE ABOUT ARE LORD JESUS CHRIST IF 2 OR MORE COME TOGETHER IN HIS NAME HIS WILL SHALL BE DONE PEOPLE PEOPLE SATAN COMES TO KILL STEAL AND DESTROY DONT GIVE HIM THE VICTORY PEOPLE WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUEOR'S WE NEED TO PRAY HOLD PRAYER VIGILS PRAYER CHANGES ALL THINGS LOOK AT OUR PRESIDENT. WE NEED TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN AN YOUNG PEOPLE DONT LET ARE GENERATION GO ASTRAY GOD ALREADY FOUGHT THE BATTLE WHEN HE DIED ON CALVARY FOR US HE IS A FORGIVING GOD SO PARENTS IF WE ALSO START AT HOME WITH ARE CHILDREN AN TEACH ARE CHILDREN ABOUT GOD WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TO US ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH CHRIST ALL IT TAKES IS AN EFFORT GOD BLESS THE CITIZENS AND FRIENDS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND