Español | العربية | 中文 | 文言 | Tiếng Việt | ភាសាខ្មែរ   February 21, 2021 Dear Oakland Community, I am writing to share a brief update about our ongoing labor negotiations. As we have since last March, we are exploring every way to meet the needs of District students, families, and staff in alignment with public health guidance. We have been negotiating in good faith…

February 19, 2021This message is available in other languages using the links located above the blue headerEvery month the winning school is presented an awardvirtually by a special guest! The Oakland Unified School District Attendance and Discipline Team is celebrating our community’s collective commitment to get up, show up and never give up through the Everyone &…

February 18, 2021Dear Oakland Unified Community,Tonight, I need to address an incident that happened in our Early Literacy Summit and Family Workshop this afternoon. It was a large meeting held via Zoom and open to all students, families, and staff. As we opened up the chat function in the Zoom, a small number of participants entered expletives,…

At this time, we are asking all TK-5 families to answer two questions in the Mandatory Student Preference Form for each of their TK-5 students by March 2, 2021. This will let us know if you prefer that your student continues with distance learning for the rest of the school year, OR if you prefer your student return to in-person learning, if it becomes available.

  Friday, February 12, 2021 Dear Oakland Unified Community,I want to wish everyone in our community a wonderful Lunar New Year. This is the Year of the Ox or Water Buffalo, which officially begins today, February 12. As Angel Ho from our Translation Team shares, “The ox is so important because, historically, many of our communities…