In recent weeks, OUSD has hit the panic button over an alleged $95 million budget shortfall projected for this school year. In addition to proposals for austerity cuts that would be catastrophic for students and staff, OUSD is also proposing to merge 10 East Oakland schools into 5. The district has also "sunshined" [submitted its … Continue reading OUSD’S Fake Budget Crisis

Teachers and Families Organize against Lead Poisoning At the start of the school year OUSD notified students and staff that faucets and fountains were being shut down for high amounts of lead contamination. Although testing was done during Spring Break in April 2024, OUSD did not inform school communities until August. OUSD failed to uphold … Continue reading Something’s in the Water

On January 15, OUSD announced a new COVID protocol which stated that staff and students who have tested positive but do not have symptoms can now continue coming to school as long as they mask around others for the first 10 days and avoid contact with those at higher risk. Disagree with the policy? Sign … Continue reading New OUSD COVID Protocol Allows students & Staff to come in Positive

In October, district-mandated consolidations led to the loss of a Spanish teacher at Oakland High and caused scheduling chaos for over 170 students and a dozen teachers. Now, school admin has rehired him for a different role as an ELD newcomer teacher. Oakland High had missed the enrollment target by 30 students, which supposedly justified … Continue reading Consolidations Cause Whiplash for Oakland High students and staff

OEA President, Ismael Armendariz, recently signed an agreement with OUSD severely limiting our power to combat the District’s frequent violations of labor law, aka Unfair Labor Practices (ULPs). Last summer OEA held a seven-day ULP strike in May 2023 for OUSD’s bad-faith bargaining, and to counter the District filed its own ULP charge against OEA … Continue reading New Agreement Shackles OEA’s Power to Fight Unfair Labor Practices

OUSD received over 6 million dollars. Funds were distributed straight to sites in January and the window to spend funds ends in February so check in with your principal ASAP on how they are going to spend this money. See here how much money your site received. 80% of the money is meant to supplant … Continue reading Prop 28 Funding for the Arts is Here

An emergency rep council meeting was held on November 30 to vote on a revised OEA budget. Only 50 site representatives participated in the vote that approved the revised budget; 31 reps approved, 19 opposed. The biggest change to the budget is the release of OEA's Treasurer and Secretary from the classroom. The 2023-24 budget … Continue reading New OEA Budget Leaves Issues Unresolved

Amidst a $33 million budget shortfall for the next school year, OUSD is planning to adjust the budget through cutting site allocations and per pupil funding. This has led to a district wide cut of STIP substitutes, with the district now forcing school sites to use the site budget to keep their STIPs. In addition, … Continue reading OUSD Set to make at least $70 million in budget cuts for next year – STIP substitutes the first to go

Background: On April 30th, 2023, Oakland Unified School District docked hundreds of teachers pay for taking on sick day on March 24th, 2023. OUSD selectively docked teachers pay and opted not to doc other teachers pay who also took a sick day on March 24th, 2023. In some cases OUSD docked teachers pay and multiple … Continue reading [PRESS RELEASE] Rank & File Caucus Supports Class Action Grievance