Oakland High School and Williams Settlement
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
Length: 04:35
IN 2004, A LANDMARK LEGAL SETTLEMENT GUARANTEED A BILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN LOW PERFORMING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
FOUR YEARS LATER, STUDENTS AT OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL SAY THEY'RE STILL SITTING IN CLASSROOMS WITH POOR VENTILATION AND USING DIRTY BATHROOM WITH OVER-FLOWING TOILETS.
PON THOUMMAVONG (PAHN TH-OH-MA-VONG) OF MILLS COLLEGE HAS THIS STORY ABOUT THE STUDENTS' FIGHT TO GET THEIR SCHOOL'S PROBLEMS FIXED.
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IN 2004, A LANDMARK LEGAL SETTLEMENT GUARANTEED A BILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN LOW PERFORMING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. FOUR YEARS LATER, STUDENTS AT OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL SAY THEY'RE STILL SITTING IN CLASSROOMS WITH POOR VENTILATION AND USING DIRTY BATHROOM WITH OVER-FLOWING TOILETS. PON THOUMMAVONG (PAHN TH-OH-MA-VONG) OF MILLS COLLEGE HAS THIS STORY ABOUT THE STUDENTS' FIGHT TO GET THEIR SCHOOL'S PROBLEMS FIXED.
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PT01: Tyesha Johnson is standing inside one of the girls? restrooms at Oakland High School.
[Sneak BathAmbi up & under - sound toilet flushing and peeing.]
There's graffiti all over the walls, and no paper towels. But Tyesha says that's not the worst thing.
TJ01: ?It smells like period and bowel movement? (giggle). (:08)
PT02: Some students say the bathrooms are so gross; they wait until the end of school to use a bathroom somewhere else.
TJ02: ?It's dirty. The soaps are watered down and sometimes we don't have paper towels? it'll be trash everywhere and the toilets be leaking on the sides. Water be coming out everywhere therefore if you lay your stuff down, it'll be all wet. And the doors, some of the locks don't work, and they be coming open. We need toilet seat covers because it?s nasty." (:25)
[Fade BathAmbi under PT03]
PT03: There isn't a whole lot your...
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IN 2004, A LANDMARK LEGAL SETTLEMENT GUARANTEED A BILLION DOLLARS TO PAY FOR BASIC EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN LOW PERFORMING CALIFORNIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
FOUR YEARS LATER, STUDENTS AT OAKLAND HIGH SCHOOL SAY THEY'RE STILL SITTING IN CLASSROOMS WITH POOR VENTILATION AND USING DIRTY BATHROOM WITH OVER-FLOWING TOILETS.
PON THOUMMAVONG OF MILLS COLLEGE HAS THIS STORY ABOUT THE STUDENTS' FIGHT TO GET THEIR SCHOOL'S PROBLEMS FIXED.
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