Comments on: Lakeview Elementary protesters mark 16 days with film screening, tightened security

By: Oakland Police Raid Lakeview Elementary Occupation. Threaten To Use Chemical Weapons On Children. | Occupy Portland News

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:52:21 +0000

[...] had happened to trigger the police response? Why, setting up a “People’s School” to teach children over the summer… Radical teaching, after all, requires a radical response. To celebrate the first two weeks of the [...]

By: Lakeview Elementary encampment shut down; protesters vow to return – Oakland North : North Oakland News, Food, Art and Events

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 19:35:10 +0000

[...] the Oakland Housing Authority and the California Highway Patrol, came a day after the protesters celebrated 16 days on the site by letting members of the public enter the school’s auditorium to watch a documentary. On Monday, [...]

By: livegreen

livegreen — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:15:45 +0000

Good, well balanced article with interviews from both sides.

Two questions:
–Why does the District need an additional building for their Facilities Dept. to work out of? (as opposed to working at OUSD HQ, now or when the new building opens);

–During the screening the front door is locked from the outside…I guess this is for security from potential burglars? Is there still a way to escape in an emergency?