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Parenting During a Pandemic: Oakland Mom Dina Kenna Says Services for Autistic Child Are Limited

November 5, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

“It shouldn’t be a struggle. I shouldn’t have to go through no sleep and a migraine because I have a child with autism.” – Dina Kenna, parents of two elementary-school children.

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Alameda County in Red Tier; OUSD likely won’t open classrooms before Jan 2021

September 24, 2020 Momo Chang

While we move to the red tier, for now, OUSD schools will continue distance learning through the end of 2020.

Free Meals for all Oakland Students; Mayor’s Town Hall on Distance Learning Today

September 3, 2020 Momo Chang

Starting today, the meals will again be open to all Oakland students, including those attending charters and schools outside of Oakland.

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Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa

“We will continue to work to improve crisis distance learning and organize to get the funding and resources for a safe school reopening. We have an opportunity to make schools better than they were pre-COVID.” – OEA President Keith Brown

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Alameda County will pay those with COVID to stay home; OUSD trying address tech gap

August 6, 2020 Momo Chang

OUSD schools and the district are offering to fill the technology gap, including loaning out Chromebooks and WiFi hotspots, while the clock is ticking closer to first day of school on August 10.

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Seven OUSD teachers give sneak peek of first week of school

August 5, 2020 Debora Gordon

7 OUSD teachers respond to distance learning, and what the first week of school might look like.

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While Students Were Learning at Home, OUSD Board Gives Favorable Deal to Charter School on Public Land

April 22, 2020 Tony Daquipa

View agendas, meeting details, and videos of past and present OUSD Board meetings here. The District is required to publicly notice meetings at least 24 hours in advance. In the midst of an unprecedented global