{"id":1972,"date":"2012-06-09T23:08:48","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T23:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2012-06-12T03:26:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T03:26:10","slug":"more-citizens-voice-opposition-to-closing-of-anna-yates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"More Citizens Voice Opposition to Closing of Anna Yates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-1976\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?attachment_id=1976\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1976\" title=\"anna yates 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/anna-yates-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a>More than 50 people sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/emery-unified-school-district-do-not-close-anna-yates-elementary-school\">Change.org petition<\/a> to save Anna Yates Elementary School; Seek more information about school operating and construction costs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The number of signatures is growing on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/emery-unified-school-district-do-not-close-anna-yates-elementary-school\">Change. org petition<\/a> opposing the School Board\u2019s plan to eventually close Anna  Yates and combine both elementary and high school students on the campus  of the Emeryville Center of Community Life (ECCL). While the  construction of ECCL is expected to take years, the new school buildings  are slated for completion in 2013-14. Construction will begin soon on  the site of the existing high school, which will be torn down this  summer.<\/p>\n<p>The citizens\u2019 group is also requesting construction and operating budgets for all city school sites.<\/p>\n<p>School Superintendent Debbra Lindo denied the group&#8217;s request to be heard at the June 11 School Board meeting, saying there was no room on the agenda. She said she &#8220;is working to find a space&#8221; on the June 25 agenda but is making no promises.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=1869\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are some names and comments of those who signed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/emery-unified-school-district-do-not-close-anna-yates-elementary-school\">Change.org petition<\/a>:<\/p>\n<div id=\"reasons_content\">\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20556057\">Amy Simpson<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Parent, Triangle Resident, property tax  payer, ECDC Advisory Committee Member. I&#8217;ve been opposed to many facets  of this project from the outset. I want to retain Anna Yates as an  anchor to our Triangle neighborhood, don&#8217;t want young children  co-located on the same campus as big kids and teens, and think such a  large project is financially irresponsible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20658989\">Jabari Jones<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I am not a parent but I support community  control of education and development driven by student&#8217;s and community  needs not money.  The ECCL project is over-centralizing students like  it&#8217;s a warehouse.  The money should go to hiring, reducing class sizes,  and making existing schools and communities resilient through this 2nd  Great Depression that is seeing no real &#8220;recovery&#8221; in sight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20558035\">Michael Webber<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Anna Yates is in a wonderful side street in  Emeryville that somehow manages to escape the urban feeling of nearby  San Pablo. Maybe it is the fact that residential housing is on both  adjoining streets and  the school&#8217;s garden is on Adeline, another mainly  residential street with many single family homes. In contrast, Emery  Secondary is across from the AC Transit yard and will front right on San  Pablo! Let&#8217;s keep Anna Yates in its nicer setting, and keep older high  school students away from our younger kids! ~ Michael Webber, resident  with 3 school ages kids, and City Council candidate in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/15850391\">shirley enomoto<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>15 year resident, former measure j citizens oversight committee member, r.u.l.e. member<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20590151\">Margaret Fisher, Ph.D.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I, too, have thought of the school as an  anchor to a family-oriented neighborhood during my 35 years in  Emeryville. There is an elementary school on San Pablo in Berkeley, with  an institutional feel, fronting on lots of traffic and business. Just  drive North on San Pablo toward Berkeley to see it on the right side of  the street and consider the advantages of the nestled Anna Yates. In  Italy the word used for nursery school and lower grade levels is nido,  or nest. The children need this intimacy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20618090\">Stuart Pettigrew<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>24-year resident of Emeryville<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20552344\">Alice Rico<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Elementary school students need their own  campus, not the anxiety of being in corridors with older students.  The  ridiculous cost of the ECCL is coming at the expense of all the quality  educational programs in Emeryville.  Sincerely, Alice Rico, Friends of  ECDC President<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/15764163\">Joseph Cohen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Teacher, writer, 22-year Emeryville resident<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21241159\">MS BOYKINS<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>I FEEL THEY SHOULD KEEP ANA YATE SCHOOL IM A  PARENT AND THIS IS A GREAT SCHOOL MY KIDS LEARNED THEIR FIRST MATH  SPELLING AND ALL ACADEMIC AT THIS SCHOOL. CLOSING THIS SCHOOL WOULD BE A  DISGRACE AND IN HUMANE IN MY OPINION. I SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY IN  KEEPING THIS SCHOOL OPEN. IHAVE SPENT MY TAX PAYING DOLLARS TO SUPPORT  EMERY SCHOOLS. MY FAMILY WENT TO SCHOOL IN EMERYVILLE\/  AND HAVE MADE ME  PROUD WITH THE EDUCATION THEY HAVE ACQUIRED FROM THE SCHOOLS.  MY  YOUNGER GENERATION ARE PLANNING TO GO THRU OUT THEY SCHOOL SYSTEM AS  WELL.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20628987\">Eric Gascoyne<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>This entire project should have been scraped  when the property at AC Transit was not acquired.  This is way too  ambitious of a project on way too small of a piece of land.  Anyways, my  son loved going to Anna Yates not for the building, but for the  teachers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>As a former City Council Member this  project, and now Director of the Emeryville Property Owners Association  (EPOA) I can say this project has had many problems from its inception.  It is a top down project. It is not something the community asked for.   It is something a small group of elected officials decided we were going  to have. They The concept of the project is sound. But the  determination to have their way is the issue. They are not going to  listen to any other ideas. The voters were provided with false  information during the Measure J campaign. The bond counsel misled the  voters into believing the city could sell a $95 Million Bond. The bond  counsel and the developer of the project financed the campaign. for  personal gain. A definite conflict of interest. The campaign consultant  refused to provide any information to property owners about this  project. The voters adopt it, and property owners pay for it.<\/p>\n<p>The recent decision by the State to take the City redevelopment money  set aside for this project means its not the same project. The current  design plans are no longer applicable without the City portion of the  project&#8230; DA&#8230;..  It is certainly time to reevaluate this project.  Without the full amount of money. the resulting phased project, with no  real idea of when additional bond money would be available, means this  project will be on going for too long. Future construction would be  disruptive. With only 5% of residents with kids in school, 20% of city  staff time is devoted to ECCL.    WE HAVE NO REAL IDEA HOW MUCH WE HAVE  PAID FOR THIS PROJECT.?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to think about simply rebuilding the high school and making  further improvements to Anna Yates. We need to shift the focus away  from the project, with more focus on the kids.  We need a business plan,  and definite answers about the future of this project., including the  future of Anna Yates, and Ralph Hawley Schools. The Emeryville Property  Owners Association is watching this project very carefully. We will  provide updates on this project and other information of community  interest at www.EPOA.US.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20586794\">Enid Folger<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Believe young children should grow with<br \/>\nyoung children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d22r54gnmuhwmk.cloudfront.net\/assets\/images\/global\/default_user_icon-dc6cdc7f01bcc60a4d6c3523377a1098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/20546043\">James Sams<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Time to start thinking frugally!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Others who have signed the petition:<\/p>\n<div id=\"recent_signatures\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21335624\">Richard D. Ambro<\/a> <small>(Emeryville, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/14603343\">KEN BUKOWSKI<\/a> <small>(EMERYVILLE, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21310719\">Amanda Klobas<\/a> <small>(Emeryville, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21310665\">Mary Malec<\/a> <small>(Oakland, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21310500\">Ian Malec<\/a> <small>(Oakland, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21245434\">karyl nakamura<\/a> <small>(Sacramento, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21242165\">Elizabeth Altieri<\/a> <small>(Emeryville, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/21237785\">Rachel Brown<\/a> <small>(Emeryville, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/members\/1786371\">Juanita Carroll Young<\/a> <small>(Emeryville, CA)<\/small><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Sign the petition: <a href=\"http:\/\/chn.ge\/SaveAY\">http:\/\/chn.ge\/SaveAY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>or contact via regular mail at:<\/div>\n<div>Save Anna Yates Elementary<\/div>\n<div>4333 Holden St. #51 Emeryville, CA 94608<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>or at (510) 654-0166 or (510) 717-1281<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>To receive more information and future updates via e-mail, join the mailing list at:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/save-anna-yates\">http:\/\/groups.google.com\/group\/save-anna-yates<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>(If viewing this story from the homepage: To make a         comment,  or to read the comments of others, click on the headline to go         to the  story page, then scroll down to the bottom.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesecretnewsonline.com%2F%3Fp%3D1972\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 50 people sign Change.org petition to save Anna Yates Elementary School; Seek more information about school operating and construction costs The number of signatures is growing on a Change. org petition opposing the School Board\u2019s plan to eventually &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/?p=1972\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[31,36,33,17,35,45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1997,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/1997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thesecretnewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}