Alleging Discrimination, San José Parents Try to Fight School Closures

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San José parents are attempting to stop the city’s public school district from shuttering five campuses, alleging in a legal complaint that the plan would disproportionately impact low-income students and students of color.

Families filed the complaint with the San José Unified School District’s school board ahead of a vote on the closure plan on Thursday.

“This process has been discriminatory in its impact, misleading in how it has been presented to families, and procedurally deficient,” parent David Friedlander, who is leading the effort, said at a press conference on Wednesday…

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