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West Oakland’s empty classroom seats

Here’s a sobering statistic: Of the 2,890-plus Oakland Unified students who live in West Oakland, 1,270 attend schools in other parts of the city, according to school district data.

That’s 44 percent, and it doesn’t count children who go to public charter schools or private schools — or to Berkeley Unified, for that matter.

What to do? A new group of city, school and county officials and community leaders has formed to revitalize public schools in West Oakland during a time of ongoing budget cuts ($27 million out of next year’s OUSD budget).

The group is called the West Oakland Brain Trust, and it was convened this fall by school board member Jumoke Hinton Hodge, who represents District 3.

Some of OUSD’s top dogs came to its Tuesday morning meeting. Superintendent Tony Smith Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Under: OUSD central office, elementary schools, enrollment, families, high schools, middle schools, parents, small schools, students, teachers, test scores | 7 Comments »

Kids and teachers, reshuffled

Posted on Monday, October 19th, 2009
Under: elementary schools, enrollment, middle schools, students, teachers | 5 Comments »

Oakland’s latest list of “focus schools”

Posted on Monday, October 12th, 2009
Under: OUSD central office, elementary schools, enrollment, high schools, middle schools, small schools | 9 Comments »

It’s that time: Back-to-school giveaways begin

Posted on Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Under: enrollment, families, parents | 1 Comment »

Kindergarten enrollments in the hills

Posted on Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Under: elementary schools, enrollment, kindergarten, parents, students | 10 Comments »

So much for innovation

Posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Under: enrollment, finances | 2 Comments »

Good news about Oakland’s graduation rate?

Posted on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Under: dropouts, enrollment, high schools, students, teens | 12 Comments »

A safety net, unraveling before our eyes

Posted on Friday, April 10th, 2009
Under: enrollment, families, finances, health, people, students, teachers, the arts | 8 Comments »

Study offers solution to Oakland’s crime rate: graduation

Posted on Thursday, April 9th, 2009
Under: crime, dropouts, enrollment, high schools, students, teens | 11 Comments »

Strike that: Adult ed is no longer on board agenda

Posted on Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
Under: OUSD central office, School board news, enrollment, families, finances, students, teachers, the arts | 4 Comments »