Friday, January 30, 2009

Seattle board votes to close 5 schools

At a Seattle School Board meeting Thursday night, the crowd was asked to either sit or stand against the wall. James Bible, center, president of the local chapter of the NAACP, was escorted from the room. School District officials said he was standing in an aisle and encouraging others to do the same. He was later invited to return but reportedly did not. At the meeting, the board voted to close five of the city's schools and move all or part of eight others.