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Parents, students flood Pasadena Unified meeting to oppose school consolidation; Marshall and Blair singled out
Summary
Dozens of students, parents and alumni urged the Pasadena Unified board to halt consolidation plans and keep Marshall and Blair open, saying recent fires, disrupted learning and program losses make school closures especially harmful.
Dozens of parents, students and alumni used most of the Pasadena Unified School District board’s public-comment period to urge trustees not to close or consolidate neighborhood schools, focusing repeated pleas on Marshall Secondary School and Blair (the district’s IB campus). The board opened the night with routine resolutions and later spent more than three hours listening to residents before taking votes on several unrelated items.
Kirsten Jackson, who identified herself as the parent of a fifth grader at Hamilton and an eighth grader at Marshall, said Marshall’s 6–12 model creates relationships and stability that families…
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