In January, a new school board comprised of some newly-elected board members decided on the fate of six Oakland schools that were set to be shuttered this school year. Last year at this time, the […]
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 them to enroll their children […]
Throughout most of the past decade, Azlinah Tambu had been active as a parent at Parker K-8 school in East Oakland. She always participated in the bake sales and resource giveaways held on the campus […]
On the first day of school in the Oakland Unified School District, teacher Craig Gordon could not access his district email nor the substitute system, after having worked in the school district as a teacher […]
Parker Community School activists have been engaged in a sit-in protest at a former OUSD school since it was permanently shuttered on May 25. Former Parker students and other students from the larger community attended […]
On Friday, April 29, the Oakland Education Association held a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s lack of an engagement process prior to deciding to permanently close eight schools and truncate two […]
The opposition against Oakland school closures isn’t giving up just yet. […]
Ariel Lloud, mom of two children at Grass Valley and organizer with Reparations for Black Students, says she will leave OUSD when Grass Valley Elementary closes. […]
On a cold Monday night in the middle of a pandemic, almost two hundred members of the Manzanita Community School family and their allies gathered for a watch party on the school playground to witness […]
OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools […]
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