He and some of his colleagues believe they’ve delayed dealing with the district’s financial issues for months, leaving them to now make last minute choices.<\/p>\n
“We don’t even know what’s possible yet. We never did the work to see what are our options,” said Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
“These are big questions. And I don’t have any of the answers. And I have issue with that,” said school board member Patrice Berry.<\/p>\n
During the meeting both staff and members of the public expressed frustration.<\/p>\n
Cary Kaufman is the president of United Administrators of Oakland Schools. He thinks the district is in an impossible situation.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Oakland teachers prepare for strike over pay, wanting smaller class size; though, no start date set<\/a><\/p>\n “I am very concerned about the proposed cuts, and I am extremely concerned about no cuts happening tonight and us losing local control and having the state or the county step in,” said Kaufman.<\/p>\n In addition to the job cuts, the district is also looking for ways to trim the deficit — suggesting early retirement incentives and other ideas.<\/p>\n “What we were doing did not work, so we have to make something different, and we have to make those tough decisions,” said school board member Valarie Bachelor.<\/p>\n And while everyone will feel some amount of pain, many say it’s the district’s students who will be impacted the most.<\/p>\n “It doesn’t really represent responsible action. Neither does anything that we’ve seen here. I feel like we’ve been failed by everyone,” said Hutchinson.<\/p>\n
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