Oakland school board re-elects leadership as senior staff exit in contentious departures
At its first meeting of the calendar year, the Oakland Unified School District board re-elected Jennifer Brouhard and…
Oakland school board approves plan to cut $102M
At a packed school board meeting, the last regular meeting of the year, the Oakland Unified School District…
OUSD has $100M in cuts to make. School sites won’t be exempt
This is part two of a two-part series about the OUSD budget. Read part one, about the central…
Cutting to the bone at OUSD’s central office
On Dec. 10, the Oakland Unified School District board must vote on a plan to reduce its budget…
Forced to cut $100M from budget, OUSD looks ‘to do less with less’
The Oakland Unified School District board has a tough road ahead to find consensus on how to trim…
Oakland school district will offer buyouts to senior employees
Oakland Unified School District hopes to get scores of staff to resign at the end of the school…
Enrollment is up in OUSD for the first time in 8 years. Can it be sustained?Â
After years of flat or declining enrollment, student numbers have ticked up for the 2025-2026 school year in…
Oakland school board scrapes together a budget plan
After five hours of haphazard discussion, the Oakland Unified School District board met its deadline for a budget…