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EFerrari

(163,986 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:46 AM Apr 2012

TUSD's Arce voted out amid protest

Source: Arizona Daily Star

Alexis Huicochea Arizona Daily Star | Posted: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:00 am

A split TUSD Governing Board voted late Tuesday not to renew the contract of the Mexican American Studies director, after throngs of protesters had delayed the vote nearly an hour.

After a disruption including chants and students tying themselves together with plastic ties, the board left the room but eventually came back and voted 3-2 not to renew Sean Arce's contract. Dissenting were Adelita Grijalva and Alex Borges Sugiyama.

After the vote, students set off a smoke bomb in the board meeting room at TUSD headquarters, 1010 E. 10th St. Approaching midnight, student protesters were gathered in the street outside.

Earlier, the board had extended the call to the audience portion from the standard 45 minutes to three hours in order to hear as many constituents as possible.

Read more: http://azstarnet.com/news/local/education/precollegiate/0c151184-f523-540f-8f94-ad95f48777ca.html

Sean Arce was recently honored with the national Zinn Education Award.

http://blogs.alternet.org/speakeasy/2012/04/02/national-zinn-education-award-given-to-tucsons-mexican-american-studies-director-sean-arce/

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TUSD's Arce voted out amid protest (Original Post) EFerrari Apr 2012 OP

Only the educated are free. Octafish Apr 2012 #1

The DoJ is supposed to be monitoring this school district. EFerrari Apr 2012 #2

This kind of thing is happening nykym Apr 2012 #3

ultimately this is because of the assholes in Maricopa County Kali Apr 2012 #4

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

1. Only the educated are free.

Reply to EFerrari (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 10:58 AM

Apr 2012

Three of the TUSD need more than a remedial education. Opening their minds may require a re-boot.

EFerrari

(163,986 posts)

2. The DoJ is supposed to be monitoring this school district.

Reply to Octafish (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:04 AM

Apr 2012

They've had a little problem with racism there.

nykym

(3,063 posts)

3. This kind of thing is happening

Reply to EFerrari (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 11:17 AM

Apr 2012

in all states across the nation, the ultra right wing has infiltrated all the school boards with an eye on changing the curriculum to a much more conservative ideology. Time to oust these educational neanderthals and take back our schools.

Kali

(55,019 posts)

4. ultimately this is because of the assholes in Maricopa County

Reply to EFerrari (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 12:21 PM

Apr 2012

who vote for the likes of Joe Arpaio and Tom Horne...he is the dickhead who went after the Mex Studies at TUSD. The Board is simply doing craven ass-covering so they can keep some money. The cause/evil is in Phoenix.

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