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With Brookfield Elementary’s Fate Uncertain, Parents Wait in Limbo

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December 15, 2022

During a recent community meeting at Brookfield Elementary school, Oakland Unified School District’s Director of Continuous Improvement, Jen Corn, let parents know that the district’s enrollment system will not allow […]

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Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools

By Tony Daquipa

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Education

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February 2, 2022

An African American woman with glasses is smiling, next to a young boy wearing a hat.

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

By Katharine Davies Samway

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COVID-19

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November 5, 2020

"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.

Empowering Oakland Families

By Tony Daquipa

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2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

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March 6, 2017

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