Protesters block DeVos as she tries to enter a DC public school
On Friday, on her third day as President Donald Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos visited Jefferson Academy, a middle school in southwest Washington, D.C.
When she got there, she was surrounded by protesters from various parent groups, the local teachers union and the Movement 4 Black Lives. A video shows protesters blocking DeVos and her security detail as they shouted, "You do not represent anything that we stand for," and, "Shame, shame, shame."
During DeVos' confirmation process, many questioned her support for public schools. She had in the past called them a "dead end" and has spent years promoting school vouchers and charter schools.
One male protester was arrested Friday for assault on a police officer, said Margarita Mikhaylova, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Department. "Allegations that the U.S. secretary of education was assaulted are still under investigation," she said in an email.
On Friday, protesters held signs that called for the protection of public schools. Some held Black Lives Matter signs.
After protesters blocked her way into the school, DeVos and her security detail got into a black car, which one protester briefly tried to block.
DeVos eventually made her way inside the school, The Washington Post reported. She was joined there by D.C. schools Chancellor Antwan Wilson, who recently left the top job at Oakland Unified.
_Los Angeles Times
