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Free or Reduced Cost Preschool is Now Available to More Families in OUSD
We encourage families to consider OUSD preschools for their childcare, child development and kindergarten readiness needs!
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ACOE Issues Conditional Approval of OUSD’s 2026-27 Budget
This conditional approval underscores that the District still has work to do, but that our District is moving in the right financial direction.
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OUSD Graduates Heading to Northeastern University
Congratulations to six members of the OUSD Class of 2026 for receiving the Northeastern Oakland Opportunity Scholarship, a full ride scholarship valued at $340,000 per student for their four years of undergraduate schooling.
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Welcome Back, OUSD!
It's going to be an incredible year of growing and learning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Celebrates Filipino American History Month
It is Filipino American History Month, and we are proud to celebrate along with the Oakland community and the nation, as we do every October. The annual celebration was officially recognized by Congress in 2009. This year’s theme is "Beyond the Margins: Centering Intersectional Filipino American Histories.”