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01.08.2020 OUSD Recruiting Community Members to Serve on District Oversight Committees
Are you looking for ways to serve your community?
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01.06.2020 OUSD Board of Education Elects New President and Vice President
With two Directors absent, the vote was 4-1 in favor of last year’s Board Vice President, Jody London becoming President and 4-1 in favor of Director Shanthi Gonzales becoming Vice President.
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12.23.2019 Two Major Holiday Season Donations Come in to Nutrition Services to Support Students in Need
Payam Zamani, CEO of One Planet, donated $15,600 to the District's Nutrition Services Department to help ensure that all students are able to have nutritious meals at school.
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12.18.2019 Three OUSD Elementary Schools Named 2020 California Distinguished Schools By State Superintendent, Tony Thurmond
OUSD has not just one, but three schools that are receiving the honor: Cleveland Elementary School, Crocker Highlands Elementary School and Lincoln Elementary School.
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11.27.2019 OUSD Devastated to Report the Sudden Death of Deputy Chief of Facilities, Tim White
People across Oakland Unified School District, from students who got to meet him to the Board of Education who got to work with him, are stunned by the sudden and unexpected death of Deputy Chief of Facilities, Tim White. He died on Tuesday, November 26 of complications from leukemia.
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11.19.2019 New Oakland Unified Teacher Residency Program Pays Teachers to Earn Their Credential
Oakland is excited to offer incentives to those interested in joining the broader community of California educators. The residency program was created to combat challenges commonly found in urban centers that include high turnover rates, budget cuts, and rising cost of living.
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09.24.2019 71 OUSD Schools Serve Free Lunch and Breakfast to All Students
OUSD announces it will continue the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) at 71 District-run school sites for the 2019-20 school year meaning that all students at theses schools are served lunch and breakfast at no charge.
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08.06.19 With First Day of 2019-20 School Year Just Days Away, New Teachers Join OUSD, Learn About Their New Work Environments and Plan for Classes to Begin
150 new OUSD teachers took part in the New Teacher Institute, a three day training seminar at La Escuelita that started on July 31st.
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07.30.19 OUSD Set to Start 2019-20 School Year with Excited Site Leadership, Including New Principals at 20 Different Schools
The first day of the 2019-20 school year is Monday, August 12. Five days earlier, on Wednesday, August 7, teachers return to their campuses to get their classrooms ready to welcome all students.
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07.01.19 Alameda County Superintendent of Schools and Oakland Unified to Continue Intensive Support Collaboration for OUSD Fiscal Operations
ACOE’s support team of experienced school finance professionals, working directly with OUSD fiscal staff and leadership, will remain in place through December 31, 2019. At that time, a determination will be made whether to continue, scale back, or close out the work of the ACOE team.
