Thursday, January 7, 2021Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — Oakland Unified School District is in mourning after learning that former Superintendent Carole Quan passed away after a battle with cancer. Quan led the District from 1997 to 1999 after spending a lifetime being educated in and then working for OUSD. She attended Franklin Elementary, Roosevelt Junior…

OUSD NEWSROOMPRESS RELEASE Tuesday, December 22, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected], CA — This year, the annual Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) Teacher of the Year Awards ceremony was unlike any other. The ceremony happened online earlier this month, and the county sent no winners to the 2020 California Teacher of the Year competition. There was also a…

  December 14, 2020 Dear OUSD Community:We recently shared our plan to reopen schools for in-person instruction with January 25, 2021 as our target starting date. Unfortunately, COVID transmission and cases in our county continue to worsen. Before we break for the winter holiday, I wanted to let you know that we will not begin our…

OUSD NEWSROOM PRESS RELEASE Thursday, December 3, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Middle School Students Set to Officially Become Published Authors at Thursday Evening Book Release Celebration with Help of Chapter 510 and the Dept. of Make BelieveOakland, CA — Thursday, December 3rd will be a special evening for students at Westlake Middle School, and especially so for…

  December 1, 2020 Dear Oakland Community, Today I am writing to let you know that we have finalized our COVID-19 Health and Safety Reopening Plan and Program (Reopening Plan) for reopening our schools to in-person learning and instruction. The plan includes the components required by the Alameda County Office of Education (ACOE) regarding reopening for…