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July 31, 2020
After bargaining for three weeks, teachers’ union and district disagree on how to provide distance learning and when to reopen campuses safely.
July 29, 2020
District expects to implement new credit recovery policies and procedures and to better train staff in their use for the 2020-21 school year.
July 1, 2020
Bond measure to be placed on the Nov. 3 ballot would cover one-fifth of the $3.4 billion need identified in a Facilities Master Plan.
June 25, 2020
Board agreed to disband entire internal police department by end of the year and form a committee to come up with an alternative safety plan.
June 24, 2020
Three-year agreement requires monitoring of Title IX compliance to ensure gender equity in district sports opportunities at all grade levels.
June 11, 2020
Oakland Unified leaders signal support for eliminating district police, West Contra Costa Unified terminates contracts with city police.
June 10, 2020
Oakland Unified board to consider eliminating district police force, West Contra Costa Unified teachers urge board to rid police on campuses.
June 5, 2020
Researchers found 61 of 100 districts nationwide plan to offer summer school, but many are not expanding programs or trying new things.
June 3, 2020
State Board of Education President, Oakland Unified Superintendent and Hoover Institute fellow discuss inequities among returning students.
May 18, 2020
Donation brings total funding to $12 million to purchase devices and internet access for students to help provide distance learning.
May 14, 2020
Oakland Unified school board temporarily waives its 2.0 GPA and senior project grad requirements during emergencies such as school closures.
May 8, 2020
With schools urged to provide more distance between students, it is ill-advised to crowd more students into merged campuses, advocates say.
April 24, 2020
Contract through June 2023 would make Kyla Johnson-Trammell the district's longest-tenured superintendent in decades with six years in post.
April 17, 2020
Educators and community members in Oakland Unified and West Contra Costa Unified have established several fundraisers and other campaigns.
April 9, 2020
Berkeley Unified and Oakland Unified tighten up cyber security after a Berkeley Zoombombing intrusion and Oakland posts access codes online.
