Wednesday’s board meeting will begin with a twist — a school board-organized rally against the state budget cuts.

The regular agenda is full of interesting topics as well, including:

• A “sunshine” proposal for Oakland’s school principals
• New positions and layoffs for non-teaching staff
• The temporary relocation of Life Academy
• The where-to-put-BayTech‘s-expanded-charter-school question
• The OK to create a new, K-8, Spanish-English dual immersion program at Melrose Leadership Academy
• Measure E parcel tax appropriations for next year
• Williams complaint report
• The annual report of the Measure B bond oversight committee