OUSD Mourns for Students and Former Students Lost to a Fatal Car Crash and Gun Violence

PRESS RELEASE  Tuesday, September 8, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director [email protected] Oakland, CA — Four weeks into the new year, and several schools across Oakland Unified School District are in mourning because they have recently lost valued members of their communities. The District has lost a total of five young people who were getting ready to graduate or…


Alameda County Begins Elementary School Reopening Waiver Process

View in your browser FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 2, 2020Press ReleaseContact: Michelle Smith McDonald, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, [email protected], (510) 670-4163 Alameda County Begins Elementary School Reopening Waiver Process Waivers allow students in transitional kindergarten to 6th grade to return to campus for in-person instructionOakland, CA – The Alameda County Public Health Department (ACPHD) announced Wednesday that it…


THRIVING IN THE “NEW NORMAL”: HOW BAY AREA TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL CONTINUES TO OPERATE AND SUPPORT ITS COMMUNITY THROUGH A TIME OF VIRTUAL LEARNING

A guest post from Caitlin Emig and BayTech executive director Seth Feldman, Caitlin is the Director of Human Resources and External Relations at BayTech. We welcome back to school stories, from schools, parents, families, community or whomever. So please share In the midst of a global pandemic, schools are challenged to find ways to continue…


Academic Update from OUSD

August 29, 2020 This message is available in other languages using the links located above the blue headerDear OUSD Community: Thank you for your continued grace and flexibility in supporting your child’s learning these first few weeks of school. Our students have begun establishing regular learning routines and are now moving into core academic content.…