{"id":405,"date":"2009-12-07T20:19:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-08T04:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=405"},"modified":"2009-12-07T21:12:57","modified_gmt":"2009-12-08T05:12:57","slug":"why-i-am-marching-on-beaudry-tomorrow-an-open-letter-to-the-manual-arts-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theamericancrawl.com\/?p=405","title":{"rendered":"Why I Am Marching on Beaudry Tomorrow: An Open Letter to the Manual Arts Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following letter was part of a series of emails sent to the faculty and staff at my school. Though it may be short notice, I’m encouraging anyone else reading this to join me tomorrow (I’ll be the one wearing red!). More info here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Call it na\u00efve optimism, but I didn\u0092t think that my UTLA shirt saying “A War Budget Leaves Every Child Behind\u0094” would still be so relevant as we turn the corner into the year 2010. In terms of nationwide, statewide, and citywide policy and legislation, it\u0092s clear that our students and our community here at Manual Arts continue to be the last concern.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, I will march with my union sisters and brothers because daily I am humbled by the efforts our community goes through to provide the best we can with the little we have. I will march and yell and oppose because our students are being silenced in political life. \u0096 Each student that is placed in a class that\u0092’s too big with outdated materials or drops out or doesn\u0092t pass the CAHSEE is another incident of our government and LAUSD and our school board turning their backs on those that have been ignored for too long.<\/p>\n

I\u0092m honored to march on Beaudry with such an amazing community of educators. I look forward to seeing you there.<\/p>\n

Antero Garcia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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