Comments on: To prepare for school’s opening, Oakland principals step outside

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:59:17 +0000

omg!!! another way to throw money away! ppl! focus on educating our kids in classroom we already know Oakland is not the safest city. “TEACH OUR KIDS NOW!”

By: Chauncey

Chauncey — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:29:11 +0000

Whats the point? You just gave these people an excuse-they are already apologists for criminal behavior.

Schools in the Fruitvale and Deep East are just as bad!

I think this is an example of how education will drop but social services (excuse making in disguise) will rise with this administration.

Fix education, and schools first! Look at the incident at Laney College. The former president decided to encourage dropouts to attend through a school on campus. Educators and apologist cities such as this work by focusing their efforts on the thugs first, but what do they do? Make excuses for that behavior.

Ghettos been around for decades and the only thing that has successfully changed hods are gentrification efforts.

Good Luck./

By: harlemmoon

harlemmoon — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:17:10 +0000

Admittedly, it was sort of odd to watch principals and other staff “tour” neighborhoods that they were already familiar with.
Still, it was good to see them out and attempting to learn more and connect with the communities they are duty-bound to serve.

By: Third Grade Teacher

Third Grade Teacher — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:42:41 +0000

Great reporting! Thanks for sharing this -it’s inspiring to see OUSD making explicit the home-school connection.