School Closings a Civil-Rights Issue, Activist Jitu Brown Tells Feds

SAGINAW, MI — Several school districts around the Great Lakes Bay Region are closed today. The closures for Feb. 11, which include districts in St. Charles, Merrill, and Chesaning, will make it a four-day weekend for many students across the region

The School Reform Commission will hold a series of public hearings over three days to hear testimony on the proposed school closures before the commission votes March 7. The meetings will take place Feb. 21, Feb. 22 and

Framingham is one of the many MetroWest school districts that is closed on Monday, in the aftermath of the weekend's blizzard. Schools in Ashland, Hopkinton, Milford, Natick and Uxbridge are also closed, as is Tri-County Regional Voc-Tech in Franklin.

In addition to the local protests against the latest round of proposed school closings and the latest budget lies, the CTU voted unanimously Wednesday night to be part of "More than a score" and begin the petitioning, in the

Amber Prine, whose son attends Gardendale Elementary on Merritt Island, reacts to the school board's decision last month to delay voting on closing four schools. / CRAIG RUBADOUX/FLORIDA TODAY file

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