Closing a middle school and converting others to K-8 stirs opposition
January 17, 2020
The school board and others in West Contra Costa Unified did not approve a plan to convert six elementary schools into K-8 schools next year.
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Advocates have long called for more school choice, arguing that zip codes, school boundaries and family income should not limit the ability to select a school. Charter and magnet schools are forms of public school choice. Groups are organizing to put an initiative before voters in November 2022 to extend school choice to private schools by funding school vouchers.
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