Construction begins on new Stege Elementary in Richmond after old campus was torn down

Construction begins on new Stege Elementary in Richmond after old campus was torn down

By CBS Bay Area It’s a fenced patch of dirt at the moment, but in time, it will become the school that Lakisha Mitchell and many others in Richmond fought for. “If you don’t have a learning environment where you can feel safe, where you can thrive from the beginning, then what happens when you get to junior high? What happens when you get to high school?” said Mitchell, a Stege Elementary advocate. Two years ago, Mitchell began hearing the same …