October 26, 2020 Dear Community, We are writing to relaunch the Fall Family Survey. Please follow this link where you will find the survey, background video and presentations, and summary of Alameda County health and safety standards. If you have already taken the survey, your answer has been recorded and there is no need to take it again.…
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OUSD Issues Apology for Problem with Community Survey Sent out on Thursday
Thursday, October 22, 2020Dear Oakland Unified Community, Today, we released a survey in which a historically racist term for people of Asian descent somehow found its way into one of the questions about demographics. As soon as we became aware of it, we immediately removed the term and replaced it with appropriate language. The word…
OUSD is Proudly Supporting the November 3 Election with Eleven Schools Serving as Polling Locations*Schools are NOT Ballot Drop-Off Locations
PRESS RELEASE Monday, October 19, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — With the November 3 election now just 15 days away, people across Oakland are already casting their votes for everything from ballot measures to political offices all the way up to the President and Vice President of the United States. To help Oaklanders exercise…
Eight Months After Discovery of TCE Under the McClymonds High Campus, the School has been Deemed Safe for Students and Staff to Occupy
OUSD NEWSROOMPRESS RELEASE Friday, October 16, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] News Conference Scheduled for FridayOakland, CA — District leadership will hold a news conference on Friday, October 16, to discuss the final determination about the safety of McClymonds High School, which had to shut down during the spring semester because of a toxic chemical that was found…
OaklandUndivided Reaches Major Milestone in Effort to Provide 25,000 Oakland Students with Free Computers and Internet Access
OUSD NEWSROOMPRESS RELEASE Wednesday, October 14, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected]#Media is Invited to Laptop Distribution Event on ThursdayOakland, CA — Eric Yanez (right), a 4th-grader at Hoover Elementary School, had problems with distance learning. But many of those challenges have evaporated as Eric now has a computer and internet access through the #OaklandUndivided campaign. “My son got a…