Women bring vision, resilience, outcomes and a proven ability to foster collaboration in the most challenging of circumstances. They are so often precisely the leaders our school systems need.
Ten Denver schools will close or partially close after the school board voted unanimously to approve a plan to address declining enrollment. The closures will eliminate nearly 4,000 vacant seats in the 10 schools and save the district $6.6 million in the 2025-26 school year, district officials have said.
Declining enrollment, the end of pandemic relief grants and state budget uncertainty have combined to put hundreds of California school districts in precarious financial straits. For some districts, closing schools may be the only way to avoid the state seizing control of operations.
The partnership between the National Alliance of Black School Educators and the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents advocates for policies that benefit all students and leverages our collective knowledge to drive meaningful reform.
