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The First Day of School is August 10
We can't wait to welcome students, families and staff back to our schools for an exciting new year. See you soon, OUSD!
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Gooooaal!
Thanks to a collective effort from the Bay Area Host Committee, EA Sports, Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, Measure Y and our Facilities team, students at Life Academy and United for Success Academy now have a new soccer pitch on campus.
Here We Go!
OUSD is undertaking a major $92 million dollar campus modernization project at McClymonds High School. Improvements will include upgraded classrooms, cutting-edge engineering labs, enhanced safety systems and more.
Explore This Project
Cheers to the Class of 2026
Congratulations to our graduating seniors for the years of hard work that led to this moment and to the incredible adventures that lie ahead!
A Lasting Legacy in Oakland
Dr. Marcus A. Foster was one of the most transformative leaders in the history of public education in Oakland and across the nation. His leadership helped shape not just the school system, but the identity of Oakland as a city that believes in its young people.
Explore His Legacy
OUSD is a Sanctuary District!
Oakland Unified stands in solidarity with the immigrant community and remains committed to providing safe and secure learning communities for all children, regardless of race, ethnicity, or immigration status. We take seriously our identify as a sanctuary district and in these turbulent times seek to reassure the community of ongoing focus on student care and safety.
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Focused on high academic achievement while serving the whole child, eliminating inequity, and providing each child with excellent teachers, every day.
EXPLORE OUR FOUR PILLARS
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Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade
Accelerating Citywide Efforts to Guarantee Literacy for all Third Graders
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Supporting Empowered Graduates
Developing Essential Skills to Secure Post-Secondary Success
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Creating Joyful Schools
Reimagining Schools to be Places of Joy, Inclusion, and Beauty
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Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff
Attracting and Retaining Staff Reflective of Oakland’s Rich Diversity
EXPLORE OUR FOUR PILLARS
Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade
Accelerating Citywide Efforts to Guarantee Literacy for all Third Graders
Ensuring Strong Readers by the Third Grade
Oakland’s vision is that its youngest students develop a joyful curiosity and a love of reading, writing and self-expression.
Supporting Empowered Graduates
Developing Essential Skills to Secure Post-Secondary Success
Supporting Empowered Graduates
Oakland’s vision of powerful graduates is one in which students are empowered with skills, knowledge, and opportunities, along with having a clear vision for themselves.
Creating Joyful Schools
Reimagining Schools to be Places of Joy, Inclusion, and Beauty
Creating Joyful Schools
In Oakland’s vision, students feel safe, welcomed, and liberated in their daily environments — at home, in school, and in the community — and are active participants in their academic and social emotional success.
Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff
Attracting and Retaining Staff Reflective of Oakland’s Rich Diversity
Growing a Diverse and Stable Staff
Oakland’s vision is that our students’ diverse and rich backgrounds are reflected by Black, Brown, and multilingual educators.
Grow With Us
Learning is growing, and every student deserves a safe, joyful environment that equips them to be lifelong learners and leaders.
OUSD offers music, language, hands-on learning and STEAM opportunities for preschoolers to seniors in high school. Our 77 K-12 schools are located in the country's second most racially diverse city and are spread across 78 square miles. We prepare students to be engaged civic leaders ready to pursue their college, career and post-K-12 educational dreams.
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Oakland Unified More than Ready to Start 2026-27 School Year with New Teachers and Principals
Oakland Unified is welcoming hundreds of new teachers to school this week to prepare for their first day of school on Monday, along with a handful of new principals. Here’s your chance to meet a few of these new staff members and hear how they’re feeling about the start of school.