McClymonds High School Archives

Get the lead out: Oakland parents demand clean water in schools

November 12, 2024 Kwajo Opoku Ware

Oakland public school parents are urging the district to adopt stricter testing protocols and reduce lead exposure in schools.

a close up of a scoreboard that says "McClymonds Warriors" in orange type. A field lamp post is shining at dusk next to it

The Spirit of Bill Russell Kicks Off McClymonds’ New Season

September 6, 2022 Bill Joyce

In the fading sunlight just before the kick-off for football’s season opener at the “School of Champions,” McClymonds High School paid tribute to the greatest Warrior of all, basketball immortal and social justice activist Bill

McClymonds, Where Do We Go From Here?

March 17, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga

Oakland and Alameda County officials are measuring levels of vaporized trichlorethylene (TCE) at McClymonds High School.

The Black Organizing Project is calling for the elimination of the Oakland Unified School Police force.

Oakland Unified Seeks to Cut Over $20 Million for Second Year in a Row

March 3, 2020 Tony Daquipa

At last week’s Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board meeting on February 26, several big topics were on the agenda: over $20 million in proposed budget cuts and an update on the indefinite closure

McClymonds High parents express concern for students health, education following campus closure

February 26, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga

Following the closure of McClymonds High School due to potentially contaminated water, parents are concerned about the health of their children and the closure will have on their students.

Young Oakland Women travel to South Africa and report back to their community

January 8, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

For Kierra Bassette-Cotton, the experience was transformative. Dane’Nicole Williams was struck by how warm everyone was. Alexis Hill learned a new openness for different foods. The 11 young women from McClymond’s High School who