Word: jingletown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Meanwhile the experience of Clementina Duron in Oakland, California, is all too typical. When Duron, a public-school principal, joined with a group of Latino parents to form a charter middle school in the low-income barrio of Jingletown, they faced open hostility from the district school board and union. The district refused to allow the proposed school to participate in its self-insurance program, which would have cost only $400. Instead, Duron had to pay $10,000 for private liability insurance. Nor was the district willing to share its legal services or payroll department. The attitude, says Duron...
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