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Alameda County, CA November 7, 2006 Election
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Closing Schools

By Gwen Estes

Candidate for Governing Board Member; New Haven Unified School District

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Closing schools does not raise student achievement.
I voted against school closures because there was no justification for closing them. Most particularly closing a middle school was not in the best educational interests of our children. As a classroom teacher, I know the importance of a small learning environment. Schools that have higher performing students are not stuffed to the gills with 1400+ students. The answer to improved student achievement is found in the quantity and quality of resources for success which we provide to our children.

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