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Oakland schools to drop student mask mandate, though still ‘strongly recommended’
Oakland students will no longer be required to wear masks indoors as of April 25, but masking is still "strongly recommended."Read More
OUSD offers paltry response to criticism over school closure, merger decision
Officials with the Oakland Unified School District issued a brief, two-sentence response Saturday to criticism from the teachers’ union and community members about the board’s decision Friday to uphold...Read More
District works on reforms after grand jury finds Castlemont High ‘failed’ students
Oakland Unified School District is working to reform an online program designed to help failing students following a scathing civil grand jury report last month that accused the district...Read More
Fundraiser keeps Oakland students, families fed as it turns attention to distance learning technology
The Oakland Unified School District, Oakland Public Education Fund and the city of Oakland announced Tuesday that more than $1.5 million has been to support students and their families...Read More
Teachers, community members to virtually protest school closures, charter co-locations
Oakland public school teachers and community members will hold a virtual protest on Tuesday seeking to halt permanent school closures and charter school co-locations that they say would further...Read More
Mount Diablo Unified, Oakland Unified school districts announce campus closures
In an automated call to parents Friday morning, Mount Diablo Unified School District Superintendent Robert Martinez said that all schools will be closed to student instruction as of Tuesday....Read More
McClymonds High School students to attend other campuses during contaminant testing
Oakland Unified School District officials said Monday they hope to reopen McClymonds High School next week following a multi-day campus closure due to concerns of a toxic chemical in...Read More
Lead contamination shows up in Oakland school soil samples
Two Oakland high schools sit atop land contaminated with lead, according to Oakland Unified School District officials. The “elevated lead levels” were discovered under pavement on the campuses of...Read More
Oakland teachers approve strike by record numbers, superintendent vows to find solution
Oakland teachers voted Monday by an overwhelming margin of 95 percent to 5 percent to authorize a strike, union leader Keith Brown announced at a boisterous news conference at...Read More
Loaded gun locks down Fremont High
Fremont High School in Oakland was on lockdown Wednesday morning after a student brought a loaded gun to campus.Read More
$1.8M grant for ‘newcomer students’ in Oakland
The Oakland Unified School District has secured a $1.8 million grant to support refugee, refugee and newcomer students. Read More
Intel to spend $5 million on computer science education in Oakland schools
Intel and the Oakland Unified School District are entering into a memorandum of understanding in which the technology company will spend $5 million over the next five years to expand computer...Read More