The Seattle School Board committee spared it self of half of the controversy by choosing to keep Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary on the list for schools to close and removing Thurgood Marshall Elementary sparing from the finale preliminary list of schools proposed by the advisory committee earlier in the week.Nearly 50 attended, the second meeting called to order at Mount Zion Baptist Church by the Central Area Motivation Program (CAMP) to help draft a scheme of preserving and improving the conditions of Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary school, so the school would not be closed in July by the School Board or in the near future. Attendees of the meeting also discussed different avenues and plans of getting the Superintendent Raj Manhas as well as the Seattle School Board attention that would help keep MLK open and that would be beneficial to the district. The goal of the meeting was to continue to increase public awareness of the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary to our community explained Tony Orange, executive director of CAMP. “We want people to be clear on what were fighting for with MLK, a building and a name.”Acting as the facilitator of the meeting once again was CAMP board member and community activist Elma Horton along with Professor Carl Livingston, pastor of Grace United Methodist Church they were joined by concerned citizens from across Seattle’s Black community like Rev. Harret Waldon and T. Marie Flowed, that were encouraged to increase public awareness of MLK closure and the significant affect it would have in the community through different media sources through out Seattle. “I want people like the parents and teachers at Martin Luther King to get involved, so they can get the correct information as well as work together to construct a solid plan on how to save this school before it is too late to get involved,” said Elma Horton. Also, present at the meeting were several administrative heads from Seattle Public Schools and board members from the school district like Mary Bass and Sally Soriano came out to support the community.”Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary is a fragile school to the community. People have to be aware that it closing will affect the surrounding families in the community as well as the schools in the area,” said Mary Bass. A tentative meeting will be held on Thursday June 15 at 6 p.m. at Seattle’s Mt Zion Baptist Church. If people want to call or email the school board and the superintendent through email they can contact them at: school board at (206) 252-0040 or schoolboard@seattleschools.org; superintendent (206) 252 0100 or email rsmanhas@seattleschools.org.
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