Manhattan Beach parents throw second Kids Need Classrooms! rally
by Donald Morrison More than 100 parents, teachers and concerned citizens showed up for a rally at the Manhattan Beach City Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 24, to protest the pace at which the Manhattan Beach School District is resuming on campus instruction. The “Kids Need Classrooms!” rally was organized by a group of the same name and is the second event of its kind, following a rally in November that included a speech by Manhattan Beach resident and actor Vince Vaughn. Kids Need Classrooms! was co-founded by Tiffany Wright, a parent of three Manhattan Beach school children and founder of the South Bay Open Schools Facebook page. “We’ve been shamed by the media, by the politicians, and by the unions, who continue to instill fear in our teachers and our families in order to keep schools closed,” Wright said. “It is clear each day that school closures have been a costly mistake.” Matthew Brach, the Palos Verdes Peninsula School Board president and Ross Novie, founder of Los Angeles School Uprising, also spoke at Wednesday’s. Tiffany Wright helped throw the Feb. 24 rally and is one of the original parent organizers of Kids Need Classrooms! Matthew Brach, President of the Palms Verdes…
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