OUSD

Board approves salary bump, one-time payments for most Oakland school employees

The Oakland school board Saturday approved salary increases and one-time payments for most classified and certificated employees.

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

4 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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…

5 years ago

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.

6 years ago

$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.

6 years ago

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…

9 years ago

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