Comments on: Caltrans supports restrictions on bus routes

By: Taylor

Taylor — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:16:08 +0000

This is right here, in the present, not the future.

By: School district institutes three-day weekend to save energy costs - The Education Report - Katy Murphy covers what’s going on in the Oakland schools

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:56:05 +0000

[...] a year for special education students — since most students take city buses to school (for now, [...]

By: TheTruthHurts

TheTruthHurts — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:16:17 +0000

As long as the state pays for education and the District is paid by the state, I imagine it is the responsibility of the Disrict to educate ALL students and find creative ways to do so. Given that state-funded education is being paid for anyway through taxes, I would assume all taxpayers (especially those with school-age children) would want to work to improve the quality for all. As John eludes, the District must look at revenues and expenses across the District and not just by individual school. Let’s hope this gets resolved without hurting students.

By: John

John — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:33:07 +0000

If the district can’t afford paying for bus service to Skyline the neighborhood around that hills neighborhood campus could well be deprived of its imported roving diversity. There have been unresolved complaints from that neighborhood about it for years.

However, life’s greatest learning opportunities come through trial and tribulation, and now trial and tribulation’s transportation to a hill school neighborhood is being threatened!

If Skyline loses too much imported (student) ADA money the school could be shut down, go private and regress to its long ago higher academic standard boring self.

Skyline’s neighbors could realize a wind fall savings with a reduced need for security services, a savings the City of Oakland would probably tax to improve or maintain services at the low elevations.

Life is so unfair.