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A group of Oakland activists and parents on Tuesday called on the Oakland Unified School District to suspend all proposed school closures, mergers and charter school co-locations until the novel coronavirus outbreak has ended.

Oakland’s Ella Baker Center for Human Rights held a video news conference with Oakland Unified parents and teachers and members of the Service Employees International Union and American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday to argue that the district should not force them to decide their future plans during a pandemic.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.