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Oakland Unified School District Announces Winners of Census Poster Contest Hundreds of Oakland students competed in the Census 2020 Poster Contest where they were invited to design a poster to encour- age Census participation. The winners were selected based on ...

School Dis’t Town Hall Topic: Academic Programs Oakland Unified School District’s Academic Programs headline a school district Town Hall meeting Thursday, January 24, from 7-8:30 p.m. The special guest is Maria Santos, Deputy Superintendent for Curriculum, Leadership, and Equity in Action. Come learn more abo...

■ ■Focusing on literacy, for every stu- dent, in every grade. Learn all this and more at the meeting to be held at Sankofa Academy, 581 61st Street. For more information, contact Jody London, Oakland Unified School Boardmember for North Oakland, 510/459- 0667, jody.london@ousd.k12.ca.us. — Jody London Do you have a talent or specialize in a trade and can you offer a few hours of your services? Do you have access to a vacation home that could be donat...

By Oakland Unified School District

very spring, the Chabot PTA hosts an annual auction to raise money to support enrichment programs and other vital student services that are not paid for by Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). These programs – music, science, art, technology, library, small group specialists and Kindergarten Spanish – are made possible by the generosity of parents, neighbors and local businesses who support the school’s spring A...

By Jane Mason

OUSD School Board Member Thanks RCPC, FBC Caldecott 4th Bore Settlement Has Money for Rockridge Schools On behalf of the Oakland Unified School District, and especially the students at Claremont Middle School and Chabot Elementary School, many thanks to the Rockridge Community Planning Council and the Fourth Bore Coalition. Your relentless advocacy for Oakland’s children has resul...

...tor: doing their job by closing schools. They throw salt into our wounds as they say it’s not in their jurisdic­ tion, yet have conversations be­ hind closed doors that shutter our schools. They are not representing their constituents. The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) school board has an agenda that does not align with teachers, parents and students. They have a blueprint plan to close more than 24 of our public schools across Oakland. Our public schools belong to everyone. Please join u...

By Susan Montauk

...ool board. Elected to the OUSD board in November 2020 from District 1, which includes Rockridge, fellow board members immediately chose him as vice president and re-elected him this year. Davis is the only trustee with a child attending an Oakland Unified school (Oakland Tech). He left a full-time job to devote more time to the district. Board members are paid just under $10,000 a year. “School board members have to put in so much time,” he told me, as we sat on the patio of Alem’s Coffee shop on ...

Scene at the Claremont Middle School Centennial Celebration Claremont Middle School Library News Claremont Wins School District Library Program Award At the year-end school district meeting, Claremont School Library was presented with the Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) award for “Best Innovative Practice in School Libraries” for 2013. The 7th grade “Blind Date With A Book” project was judged to be the most inventive program in the district this year. Thanks again to Dorice Velez, Jen Ve...

By Jody London

North Oakland Community Meeting ■ ■Saturday, March 12 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. by Jody London, Vice President, Board of Education and Director, District 1 The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) has been California’s most improved large urban district for six years running. North Oakland schools continue to improve every year, providing quality educa- tion and opportunity for Oakland’s youth. OUSD has adopted a Str...

By Cliff Rechtschaffen

...l Ride for a Reason by Cliff Rechtschaffen and Nora Dye In 2009, four parents biked from Oak- land Tech High School to the State Capitol in Sacramento to support public education. The ride began as a protest against the deep budget cuts to Oakland Unified School District and other state public schools during the Great Recession. Parents, friends, students, and teachers ride to demonstrate their commitment — raising more than $1.8 million over the past 16 years for schools including Emerson Elemen-...

...cally lost enroll- ments since 1999. Washington is down from 331 students in 1999 to 153 students this year – the school is less than 50% occupied. More than 100 families who live in the attendance area transferred to another school in the Oakland Unified School system. Aca- demic achievement declined significantly at Washington and Golden Gate (GG) last year, with GG losing 79 points from its Academic Performance Index, the highest drop in the district. At Golden Gate, only 10% of the students ar...

By Madeleine Turner

... tournaments; I’d be lucky to wrestle a girl.” She continued to rise in the ranks, and at the end of February, Ward secured Oakland’s first girls’ wrestling state championship. Ward, a two-time runner-up for the state championship, attends Oakland Unified School District’s Sojourner Truth Independent Study and wrestles for Tech’s club team. Shayna Ward (above and below), who wrestles for the Oakland Tech club wrestling team, In the final against Zahra Stewart of Orange Vista High, Ward was nearly ...

...t Middle School gym, Mia Settles and Kyla Johnson-Trammell explain the OUSD principal recommendation process. Dinner 6-6:30; Meeting 6:30-7:30, Childcare available. Claremont Middle School and its community members have been invited by the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to participate in the Principal Recom- mendation process per OUSD Board Policy 4500. /D. Kinkead ➧➧Claremont Begins Principal Search, page 11

...ommended by their 9th grade teachers. To read the full article, including interviews and comments from multiple Oakland Tech teachers and students, visit http://www.insidebayarea. com/top-stories/ci_16800211 Enrollment information 2011 The Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) options window for incoming stu- dents closes January 14 at 3 p.m. Applications submitted after this time are considered late,

By Shelly Fierston

.... At Claremont, huge changes have occurred as a long-time Rockridge neighbor and parent of a Claremont 6th and 8th grader, to add a different perspective. As most of us know, California is 46th in the nation in per student spending. In the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), the money for anything but the most rudi- mentary basics are simply not there. Support systems such as janitorial services, grounds Change has begun; you are invited to join in by Tony Mills, Claremont Middle School parent...

By Jacqueline Tasch

 Rockridge Public Schools Meeting Find out which school won RCPC’s first Community Service Grant! Kerry Hamill, Rockridge’s School Board representative, will open discus- sion about how the Oakland Unified School District plans to face budget deficits (see accompanying article). All public schools in Rockridge will join in a panel, offering descriptions of their school communities.

By Judith Doner Berne

Oakland Unified Honors Chabot Teacher by Judith Doner Berne Chabot Elementary School’s Phoebe Diamond, just named an Oakland Unified School District Teacher of the Year, never wanted to be a teacher. “No family member was a teacher,” she said during a lively telephone interview. As a young teenager, “I wanted to be a clown in the circus.” But after attending a summer camp wher...

Superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District. Dr. Johnson-Trammel is an Oakland native and career educator who has worked in Oakland for 18 years. from page 2 Rockridge equity, and more. ​You may already receive my newsletters. If you’re not already sub­ scribed, you can sig...

...Oakland – Public Works Agency y y Vladimir Calugaru, InfraTerra, Inc. y y American Society of Civil Engineers – Younger Members Forum y y Derek Schubert We couldn’t have done it without the outstanding work by these dedicated volunteer y y Oakland Unified School District – Oakland Technical High School – Engineering Academy Rockridge Optometry Invites You To An Exclusive Event Featuring May Market Takes Off

...n the topic in different areas of the school district; more may be added later. Facilities Community Engagement Plan Schedule ■ ■March 13: Oakland Tech High, 4351 Broadway; 6-8 p.m. Friends, A little over six years ago, my involvement with Oakland Unified School district (OUSD) as a parent volunteer kicked in to high gear when the district revised the Facilities Master Plan. With the passage of Measure B in 2006, OUSD has been

sor at UC San Francisco Medical School and author of the medical thriller, Reign of the Rat. Monday, 12/5, 6:30-8pm. • Lawyers in the Library: Free legal advice. First for the Oakland Unified School District which helps to enhance the quality of educational experiences for students in the Oakland public schools. To volunteer, call 879-2908 or www.oaklandheroes.org. California College of The Arts (CCA) Exhibition Tuesday of each month:...

...S (Roots/CCPA), 1390 66th Avenue; 6-8 p.m. For more detailed information about the Facilities Master Plan and related activities, visit: www.ousd.k12.ca.us/facilitiesplan. Jody London, President, Board of Education and Director, District 1 Oakland Unified School District 510/459-0667 jody.london@ousd.k12.ca.us Help Plan the Next Generation of OUSD Facilities Improvements The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is in the process of developing ■ ■March 6: McClymonds High,

By Michelle Quinn

... Quinn ways to enrich their education.” Claremont Fund thermometer. Click § tsar: Middle School PTA is asking The Claremont Fund campaign comes as __ for how to give via a credit card or PayPal. | its Rockridge neighbors to donate to the © Oakland Unified School District continues | Donors are also welcome to send a check school’s annual fund,whichhelpsfinanceteach- to tighten its belt as it faces massive budget _to the school. Contributions are tax-deduct-

Peralta is a small diverse arts demonstration school within the Oakland Unified School District. We work to create a welcoming environment where every child develops the confidence to succeed. For more information about Peralta School and tts programs, visit https://www.peraltaschool.org

...ce Principal Kevin Taylor has moved on to be principal of McClymonds High School in west Oakland. Ms. Crockett will be joined by a new Vice Principal, John Stangl. Mr. Stangl was a Peace Corps volunteer in Zaire 1989-1991. He taught in the Oakland Unified School District from 1992 to 2006. From 2006-2008 he worked

...andson, Matthew Ching, attended kindergarten at Chabot in 2006-07, before his family moved back to Hawaii. Photo and caption: Chabot Way to Grow! by Colby Lavin, RCPC boardmember ‘I t will be the highest quality building we’ve done in the [Oakland Unified School] District in 30 or 40 years!” OUSD Acting Director of Facilities Tadashi Naka- degawa told the Chabot PTA and community this fall about the new additions under con- struction at Chabot Elementary School. Three years ago, there were no immi...

By Carol Kasparek

Claremont Middle School Gets Creative With New Space by Carol Kasparek sures were passed to provide funds for the cafeteria's transformation. They raised $21 million for the project, money separate from the Oakland Unified School District Budget. Along with the cafeteria, the scope of work includes a kitchen, stage platform, sports field, intrusion alarm system, and strengthened walls for several classrooms. Community planning sessions ensued. Architect Susan Meeks...

...ng place outside of Oakland city limits. • Are not a current City of Oakland Handyman for Hire Multifaceted and well experienced. Hauling and towing available. No job too small. Reasonably priced. Lee Self. (707) 223-1298-call and text. or Oakland Unified School District employee, and do not sit on a cur­ rent Board or Commission of either entity. • Do not have a conflict of interest. When A Crime Occurs If you see a crime in progress, call the police. Do not call 9-1-1 from a cell phone. Call (51...

Claremont Middle School principal Jonathan Mayer has been recognized at an event held by the Oakland Unified School District as Middle School Principal of the Year.

...ble Wednesdays and Thurs- days. Call 879-1450 to schedule a tour date. To RSVP to arrange childcare for events or for more information call 655-2737. or www.geocities.com/ peraltaschool/ 460 63rd Street. 879-1450. Open Enrollment Reminder: Oakland Unified School District’s Open Enrollment period is January 16 - 28, 2006. Contact student services at 879-8111 for exact times and location. ó ó ó ó ó ó Temescal Creek Winter Cleanup Join neighborhood volunteers to weed, prune, rake and bag debris from ...

By Cliff Rechtschaffen

...port public education. After a brief hiatus followed by a virtual event in 2021, the Ride 4A Reason bike ride/school fundraiser is back this year and scheduled for April 23, 2022. The ride began as a protest against the deep budget cuts to Oakland Unified School District and all California public schools during the Great Recession. Since then, Ride 4A Reason has grown to include hundreds of riders and raised over a million dollars for 12 public schools in Oakland and Alameda. All participating sch...

By Natalie Mehta

...otelementary.org for more details. The online auction will run from February 24 through March 2, and is open to the entire community. Your donations will help ensure we generate the funds so vital for supplementing the tight budgets of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). We know that the Rockridge community appreciates the benefit of developing educated citizens; here is your opportunity to help propel these efforts. Chabot relies on the generosity of its school and local communities to ma...

Middle School, 5750 College Avenue. Light refreshments will be served. For more information and to RSVP: jody.london@ousd.k12.ca.us We look forward to seeing you. Jody London Director, District 1, Board of Education Oakland Unified School District 510/459-0667 New Math Standards Monday, November 18, 7 - 8:30 p.m., Claremont Rockridge Prices Level Off in October

...nsive after-school program for 50 children at the North Oakland Com- munity School. Funding for all programs under the Afterschool Initiative is renewable through June 2006. However, as Carter Middle School has once again been placed on an Oakland Unified School District list of campuses slated for probable closure in 2005, the future of this partnership is uncertain. Successful respondents then created partnerships with local schools. A col- laboration led by AmeriCorps’ Bay Area Community Resour...

...e they thinking? It will never grow back.” It’s important to recognize that Peralta is not a recent “turn-around” school. Peralta has a rich tradition of providing quality education, and has been referred to as “the best kept secret in the Oakland Unified School District.” Thanks to good publicity from sources such as The Rockridge News, the secret is finally getting out! Susan Killebrew Peralta Parent and Lower Rockridge Parents’ Group Member The pruners are clearly not getting the training they ...

...May. “I’m proud. It took a lot of hard work, but I shouldn’t have to be the first Black anything. I’m the first Black male valedictorian who was afforded the opportunity to achieve it at Tech. I hope it inspires other kids.” Tech, like all Oakland Unified School District schools, has an open enrollment plan, so kids from all over the city can apply to attend. Muhammad lives in East Oakland, sports a 4.7 GPA, and plays point guard for its varsity basketball team. With more free time during the rece...

A communal effort is also happening within city governance, Schaaf says. “Oakland has a tremendous alignment of all the leadership positions,” meaning the mayor, the chief of police and new Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Superintendent Antwan Wilson are on the same page. Education is Schaaf’s passion, the OUSD in particular. Her two children attend Joaquin Miller Elementary as she did before them. Her goal: “For every child in Oakland to ha...

...sical and Dramatic Academy; /Bill Kaufner /RN file photo Principal Changes at Oakland Tech submitted by Ronnie Spitzer Oakland Technical High’s principal Sheilagh Andujar announced she will be leaving her position of 10 years to become the Oakland Unified School District’s Executive Officer for Special Education. Due to the late date and unexpected change, school district administrators appointed Staci Ross-Morrison, assistant principal at Oakland Tech for nine years, to be the school’s interim pr...

Closed Sundays, and closed 1/15 (MLK,Jr. B’Day) steadily improved, despite political contro- versy over management decisions. Oakland Unified School District’s Katrina Scott George, who has worked under former Superintendent Dennis Chaconas and state administrator Randy Ward, has documented school progress. Her data indicates that in 1999, 37 Oakland public schools had an Academic Perf...

By Judith Silver

...his will add almost 40 new students, who come from the neighborhood and through- out Oakland, bringing the total number of students to 105. NOCCS is also examining its option to expand beyond 5th grade. The school’s charter, renewed by the Oakland Unified School District this year, permits the addition of a middle school within the next few years. “That prospect is a little overwhelming,” says Elizabeth Cushing, parent of a third-grader and chair of the school’s board, who spends a lot of time soo...

afsp.oaklandcawalk@gmail.com. n Pictured (right to left): Claremont Middle School Principal Tremain Moore; Claremont Middle School student; and Claremont Middle School Community School Manager Edana Anderson Photo: Oakland Unified Facilities and Planning Management D...

...9, parents, students, teach- ers and community members have ridden from Oakland Technical High School to the State Capitol building in Sacramento to support public education. The bike ride began as a protest against the deep budget cuts to Oakland Unified School District and all California public schools during the Great Recession. Ride for a Reason has since grown to include hundreds of riders and has raised close to $1.5 million for 12 public schools in Oakland and Alameda. Last year’s ride was ...

...er pro- gram. Even during these difficult times, our teachers, principals, and staff, working with families and the community, continue to provide a sound education for our students. In July 2009, after six years of state receivership, the Oakland Unified School District [OUSD] hired the first locally selected superintendent in years. The School Board directed Superintendent Tony Smith to develop a strategic plan that would lead to more equitable outcomes for all children in our school system. The...

By Joan Martin

...guished School Award, given to “the state’s most exemplary and inspiring schools.” Chabot, Montclair, Peralta and Thornhill share the honor with just 480 of the state’s more than five thousand elementary schools, according to news from the Oakland Unified School District. Congratulations, Chabot and Peralta! Photo: Joan Martin Regency Antique Restoration Professional and Experienced ALL Furniture Repairs In-Home Services New finishes & waxing FREE ESTIMATES Pickup & Delivery

...ing threats at passers-by, the Greater Rockridge Neighbor- hood Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) dedicated its May 22 meeting to reports from local school representatives of what is being done to end this type of behavior. Speakers from the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), Claremont Middle School on College Avenue, Rock La Fleche School on upper Chabot Road, and Oakland Technical High on Broadway described the training in mediation and impulse control that is available to students, and discu...

align with revenues.” Also at stake, he said, “is $10 million in State funding contingent on OUSD closing schools by the end of this school year.” One of the main issues,” Davis said, “is that Oakland Unified has lost 2,500 students over the past four years, partly due to competition with charter schools but also due to the impacts of gentrification and the pandemic...

By Judith Doner Berne

n November 5, Rockridge voters will have a choice of two candi- dates to represent Rockridge on the board of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) — a nurse midwife and mom with two children in Oakland Schools, and a UC Berkeley junior and 2022 graduate of Oakland Technical High School. Rachel Latta and Benjamin Salop are running to replace Sam Davis in District 1. Da...

January 8 and 9. If you have kids entering kindergarten next year, call Peralta secretary Jan Seagren at 510/654-7365 to sign up for a tour. Kindergarten applications are available at school district offices in downtown Oakland, and on the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) website (address below). Applications must be in by 2 p.m. January 18, 2013. An application must be submitted on behalf of all prospective kindergarteners (including those with siblings already in OUSD) during that time fra...

By Ronnie Spitzer

...pitzer, RCPC board member Memorializing the settlement reached in January between Caltrans and the Fourth Bore Coalition, state Sen. Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, and Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, presented a check for $3 million to Oakland Unified School District officials in a ceremony held April 17 on the Chabot Elementary School baseball field. With members of Chabot’s student traffic patrol looking on, the check was accepted on behalf of the school district by interim School Superinten...

...l Hillcrest Boundary Shift Not Helpful Editor: Many residents of North Oakland are aware of the growing over-enrollment challenges facing our fine neighborhood schools. But what most residents of North Oakland do not know is that the OUSD [Oakland Unified School District] Board is now considering recommendations to address over-enrollment that were submitted unilaterally by the parents and administration of Hillcrest School. The recommendations solve Hillcrest’s problem without regard for any impa...

...lice beats 12Y and 13X, which cover much of Rockridge. (See “NCPC Priorities,” page 12.) ave you ever wondered why that young teenager you saw in your neighbor- hood shop or on the street one weekday morning was not in school? According to Oakland Unified School District atten- dance records, on a given school day almost 10% of Oakland youths are absent from school and many of their parents may not know it. Truancy is a major problem in Alameda County schools and it is the topic of the Rockridge N...

NCPC Town Hall from page 1 to State Administrator Randy Ward, and David Chambliss, Claremont Middle School Principal. Ms. Drenick heads up the Truancy Unit for the Alameda County D.A. and chairs the Oakland Unified School District Truancy Task Force. She works with elementary and middle school truants and their parents to correct the truancy problem before there are legal and social consequences. Her office arranges media- tion sessions and works intensivel...

By Susan Montauk

by Susan Montauk Osupport them.”  Dr. Randy Ward, recently appointed state administrator of the Oakland Unified School District, addresses staff and parents during an introductory meeting at Oakland Tech. As a result of extraordinary budgetary problems, State School Superintendent Jack O’Connell took control of the Oak- land School District as part of a de...

By Susan Montauk

Ward became state admin- istrator of the Oakland Unified School District, he faced educa- tors and parents with pressing questions about teacher layoffs and requests to save favorite programs from the fiscal axe—programs and personnel that brought some credit for recent academic progress in the Oakland...

By Judith Doner Berne

n an historic first for California — the County of Alameda, the City of Oakland, the City of Berkeley, Oakland Unified School District, and Berkeley Unified School District have announced that 16- and 17-year-olds in Oak- land and Berkeley will be able to vote in their respective school board elections this month. Key Information/Dates for the November 5th electi...

By Jonathan Gabel

...ues year in and year out to work towards that consistent goal. Then, Rockridge was emerging from the shadow of the neighborhood transformation by Don Kinkead, editor Hampered by a shrinking budget and declining state financial support, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is forging ahead with Superintendent Tony Smith’s strategic plan envisioning “Com- munity Schools, Thriving Students,” school board President Jody London told RCPC Town Hall attendees at the October 20 meeting. The plan’s g...

...sures. In addition, the room was kept open an additional half-hour past the end of the meeting, and Board President London stayed for that full half-hour, to The regular October RCPC Town Hall Meeting was about Rockridge schools within the Oakland Unified School District [OUSD]. By Rockridge schools is meant not their physical locations, but schools that have Rockridge in their attendance area. Those

...payable to Oak- land Technical HS PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association), c/o Camille Reed, 6243 Rockwell Street, Oakland, CA 94618. For additional information, please e-mail Camille at Camille888@sbcglobal.net. Tech Piano Parents: Note Oakland Unified School District’s Options Enrollment Window for the 2011-12 School Year runs from Dec 6, 2010 to Jan 14, 2011. http://publicportal.ousd.k12.ca.us/ousd/site/default.asp from page 7 There’s a new broker in town. than 450 students participating in t...

.... To RSVP for childcare during Open House, call 879-1450. School tours for Peralta Elementary are now available on alternating Mondays and Thursdays. Call 879-1450 to schedule a tour date. More info at www.peraltaschool.org. To get info on Oakland Unified School District’s Open Enrollment procedures, contact OUSD’s student assign­ ment office at 879-8111. “Sunday Salon” at the Parkway The League of Women Voters (LWV) of Oakland pres­ ents a free showing of Who Killed the Electric Car?, Sunday, 1/1...

...et on the third Saturday of each month from 10am to noon. Regular commitment preferred. For more information and for where to meet, contact Friends of Temescal Creek at fotc2005@yahoo.com. HEROES: is the volunteer placement program for the Oakland Unified School District which helps to enhance the quality of educational experiences for students in the Oakland public schools. To volunteer, call 879-2908 or www.oaklandheroes.org. Toddler Story Time: 1st and 2nd Saturdays, 10:30am: 2/4, 2/11. Pre-Sch...

...his will add almost 40 new students, who come from the neighborhood and through- out Oakland, bringing the total number of students to 105. NOCCS is also examining its option to expand beyond Sth grade. The school’s charter, renewed by the Oakland Unified School District this year, permits the addition of a middle school within the next few years. “That prospect is a little overwhelming,” says Elizabeth Cushing, parent of a third-grader and chair of the school’s board, who spends a lot of time soo...

...n Colby Avenue. My wallet was found later with the credit cards by Zachary’s, but my keys, digital camera, cell phone and paycheck for work with all my personal identification are still missing (or at the local pawn shop). “You are a model school,” announced Alameda County Super- intendent Sheila Jordan who joined Oakland Unified representative Liane Zimny in pledging support. Oakland Planning Commission

By Alona Rivord

...ival on October 18 or contrib- ute a tax-deductible gift to the Annual Fund by October 3, every bit of support helps our students thrive.● by Molly Baker Have you noticed the joyful buzz of our neighborhood school com- ing alive again? The Oakland Unified School District welcomed students back in August, and the energy at Chabot Elementary is electric. This fall, two quintessential Chabot traditions are returning. Whether you have a child in a classroom or live just down the block, you’re warmly i...

By Carol Kasparek

...ut by Carol Kasparek O Now the Work Begins by Robert Firehock Tn Monday, May 15, at 1:20pm, a bank of television cameras lined up at the podium in the McClymond’s High School Library for the formal announcement of the end of the eight- day Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) teachers’ strike. School Superintendent Kyla John- son-Trammell described features of the settlement between the district and the Oakland Education Association (OEA), characterizing the results as a boon to students, teache...

...mprovements to Rockridge? Will it include repaving College and Keith? This year, with its theme of “celebrating unity and community,” Tech’s auction aims to raise $100,000. The auction committee hopes to offset the roughly $400,000 in cuts Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) First, there is still time to contribute something to the auction: Contact auction@ oaklandtech.com From February 19 until February 27, the auction will be online for anyone to bid on items. Sign up for the online auction a...

...ur input on the portfolio of schools in North Oakland, and ask that you please provide your feedback and ideas in the short survey at: www.surveymonkey.com/r/JZ2TDNH. Next, find more about our incoming Superintendent, the budget, our great Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) employees, honors for our schools, work on

By Jody London

... and more. Spend time learning about them, their products and services and what they can do for you. They represent New Year Brings Changes to OUSD by Jody London, District 1 director With the New Year, there has been a lot going on in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). As the District 1 Board Director serving North Oakland, I want to share recent developments. Chabot School Sets Online Auction Bidding: March 18-25 by Natalie Mehta, Chabot PTA Treasurer and parent Chabot Elementary invite...

By Stuart Flashman

groups, has submitted to Safeway a list of Claremont School Principal Recommendation Committee Makes Progress Selecting a permanent principal for Clare- mont Middle School is moving forward consistent with the hiring plan outlined by Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Regional Executive Officer Mia Settles and Kyla Johnson-Trammell, the district’s Director of Talent Development, at public meetings held in February and March. OUSD policy calls for the creation of recommendations to the di...

entitled “Thriving Students.” Strategic planning now under consideration for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD)will set the stage for the future of public education in Oakland. Board President London will discuss what that could mean for Rockridge schools, among others. She will also report on the current school closure plan. noon, w...

...ercise your brain at home. Attend an OUSD Adult Education orientation and demonstration to see if it is right for you. Tues.,12/15, 6;30 -8pm. Peralta Elementary School Tours Peralta (K-5) is a small, diverse, arts anchor school within the Oakland Unified School District. Peralta is best known for its long-standing commitment to arts integration, abundant gardens, and history of family involvement. Tours offer prospective families a unique opportunity to learn more about the school, get ques-

...eek runs above-ground near FROG Park. Volunteers meet the 3rd Saturday of each month, 10am to noon. Regular commitment preferred. For information and location, contact fotc2005@ yahoo.com. HEROES: is the volunteer placement program for the Oakland Unified School District that helps enhance the quality of educational experiences for students in the Oakland public schools. To volunteer, call 879-2908 or www.oaklandheroes.org. ó Lachu Moorjani: of Berkeley’s Ajanta restaurant, will

information and for where to meet, contact Friends of Temescal Creek at fotc2005@yahoo.com. HEROES: is the volunteer placement program for the Oakland Unified School District which helps to enhance the quality of educational experiences for students in the Oakland public schools. To volunteer, call 879-2908 or www.oaklandheroes.org. ó Writer’s Support/Critique Group ó ALL writers welcome. Bring at leas...

By Dan Ferdelman

OUSD CLUELESS Editor: With disgust I read your recent interview with School Board member Kerry Hamill headlined, “Forced Closures Poor Way to Fix Oakland Schools” (Feb 6, p.1). It’s appalling to read that the folks in charge of the Oakland Unified School District remain clueless about the massive multi- million dollar spending deficits that have happened on their watch. And here in The Rockridge News we were treated to a whiny, one-sided rant by someone that was derelict in her official du...

...rnak, who teaches government and economics to 120 Tech seniors, including one class for Advanced Placement (AP) credit. “The conditions that existed pre-virus have only been exacerbated by distance learning.” Pasternak, who has been in the Oakland Unified School District since 1991, said that all of his AP students showed up for Zoom classes, whereas only about 60 percent of the rest of his students attended regularly. “The percentage of students who are actively engaged with school is about the s...

Fremont Bank Pays Tribute to Miles Armstead —By Miles’ Fremont Bank Family Chabot’s Phoebe Diamond Named “Teacher of The Year” On National Teacher Day, May 5, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) announced the 2020 Teachers of the Year. Included among them is Phoebe Diamond, a third- grade teacher at Chabot Elementary, who has served Oakland Unified in multiple roles beyond the classroom including lead-math teacher,...

...CA, 94611. The next deadline is February 20. The March issue will be available March 6, 2020. For information: Email Susan Montauk at smontauk@gmail.com. very 10 years, after the official U.S. Census has been taken, the City of Oakland and Oakland Unified School District must re-establish boundaries for City Council and Board of Educa­ tion districts. Hardwood Floors

...ng big changes to Rockridge. Contemplating the roots of today’s Rockridge leads only to a de­ cade to come (the 2020s) of like-mind­ ed people pulling together to insist upon, again, a role in the creation of their own future. Jody London, Oakland Unified School District Vice President and Director, District 1: My wish for Rockridge, and all of Oakland in the 2020s, is that our city is recognized as one where all chil­ dren receive a quality education that recognizes and respects each child's hist...

...Oakland’s now- defunct school vocational training program. A multi-classroom area once filled with lathes, milling machines, welding stations, drill presses, and drafting tables has been transformed with workstations and a 3-D printer. The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) developed the academy system in 1986 to help students achieve college readi- ness; the Engineering Academy followed in 1987. Two Tech teachers created the rigor- ous curriculum in use today, designed to teach visualization ...

By Stuart Flashman

that growth can best occur: at the current site, or in a different location. — Jody London President, Board of Education and Director, District 1, Oakland Unified School District Ed note: ■ ■Measure H would shift the City Attorney position back to being an appoint- ment by the City Council, rather than being elective by Oakland voters as it has been for the past 10 years. Board President London also noted ...

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