IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

CPC is on the front lines of the fight in California

Over the weekend, Parent Union founder and president Cecilia Iglesias spoke out against Governor Newsom's latest decree that hurts not only our students, but the most vulnerable among them.  

"Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt California’s low-income and minority families a blow when he announced that nearly all the state’s schools won’t reopen their doors this fall due to COVID-19. The lack of in-person schooling disproportionately hurts the most vulnerable who lack the means for distance learning and can’t make interim educational arrangements. Adding insult to this injury, a close look at the evidence suggests that schools can indeed reopen safely.

Decades of research demonstrate the importance of in- person schooling for students’ academic and social development. Classrooms offer a safe environment to encourage collaborative and secure learning, with immediate feedback and socialization.

These benefits are especially profound for minorities."

You can read the entire piece here in the Orange County Register. 

In short, despite all evidence that students are at low risk and classrooms can and must reopen, many minority and low-income students will get no proper schooling this fall.
 

Help us reach parents and educate them on their rights. 

Help us get minority and low-income students the education they deserve!

Help us take the fight to Sacramento!