"Hundreds of students, parents and community members rallied at the San Jose Unified School District district office Tuesday evening to protest the potential closure of up to a third of the district's elementary schools. Announced last week, the proposed school closures are part of the district's Schools of Tomorrow initiative, which was started in fall of 2025 to address a loss of nearly 6,000 enrolled students since 2017. The district's school board is expected to vote on the closures by March 12."
"I worry about what this could mean for the lower income communities and our families, said Lizeth Hernandez, a parent at Lowell Elementary School. We are already facing a very difficult time. We're struggling with different things, fearNot only are we coming out from COVID that our kids are barely stepping up academically, emotionally and mentally, these changes are now going to put our kids at risk to suffer more, coming into schools where they're not welcome."
Hundreds of students, parents and community members rallied at the San Jose Unified School District office to oppose potential closures of up to a third of the district's elementary schools. The proposed closures are part of the Schools of Tomorrow initiative, started in fall 2025 to address a loss of nearly 6,000 enrolled students since 2017. The district's school board is expected to vote on the closures by March 12. An implementation committee of parents, district staff, school employees and educators must recommend how to implement closures, consolidations or attendance-boundary changes. Community members voiced concern about impacts on lower-income families and students still recovering from COVID-era setbacks, and many attended an over-capacity meeting holding signs in support of neighborhood schools.
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