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OUSD Announces Several Major Changes in Academic Leadership

OUSD NEWSROOMPRESS RELEASE Matin Abdel-Qawi.Lucia Moritz.Cliff Hong.Wednesday, September 9, 2020Contact: John SasakiCommunications Director 510-214-2080 [email protected] Oakland, CA — The Oakland Unified School District is announcing three major changes in the leadership team of academics across the District. Oakland High School Principal, Matin Abdel-Qawi has been chosen to become Superintendent of the High School Network. Former Roosevelt Middle School…

Oakland Nonprofits Launch The People’s Literacy Fund To Address The City’s Literacy Crisis

***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***Initiative awards grants between $500 and $5,000 to individuals who are striving to ensure that all Oakland kids can read at grade levelOAKLAND, CA (September 8, 2020) — Today, Educate78 and Energy Convertors, two Oakland-based nonprofits that are dedicated to improving the Town’s public education system, launched The People’s Literacy Fund. The new pilot program will award grants…

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…