When the students of Colegio Saint Jean saw a newspaper ad saying their school would be closed and auctioned off, they thought it was a joke. Little did they know that the school’s board of directors had run up over $320,000US in debt and would use the student’s future as payment.
In a small neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saint Jean is one of the only non-catholic schools that offers Kindergarten through high school class, a school for mentally and physically challenged students, and an undergraduate night school. Despite its 40 years of service to the community, it might be sold and closed forever, leaving its 1,200 students behind.
Watch as the students defend their school, mobilize a community and demand that their voices be heard. They eat, sleep and organize their campaign in the school, but ensure that classes continue. In a country that has been robbed of everything, their fight to save Saint Jean is a movement to preserve education as a human right.
