Oakland Unified School District faces brutal $102 million in budget cuts that will impact every school. Education reporter Ashley McBride breaks down what’s getting cut, why the district is in crisis, and what happens next.
Plus: Oakland airport’s new guest pass program raises concerns about TSA sharing passenger data with ICE, the ethics commission dismisses Ken Houston’s complaint against a city official, Mills College Children’s School finds a new home, the West Oakland Costco proposal moves forward, new restaurants open, and Oakland Tech unveils a stunning $1.4 million auditorium renovation.
Stories we cover in this episodeOUSD budget crisis
OUSD has $100M in cuts to make. School sites won’t be exempt — Interim superintendent Denise Saddler proposes $32 million in cuts from school site budgets as part of a broader $100 million deficit reduction plan that may include school closures and mergers. Ashley McBride explains the full scope of cuts, from custodial services to technology to special education.
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Oakland City Hall
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Tasneem Raja is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oaklandside. A pioneer in data journalism and local nonprofit news startups, she co-founded The Tyler Loop, a nationally recognized community news platform in East Texas. She was a senior editor at NPR’s Code Switch and at Mother Jones, where the team she led helped build the first-ever database of mass shootings in America. She started her career as features reporter at The Chicago Reader and The Philadelphia Weekly, and lives in Oakland with her husband and daughter.