Meeting to Discuss Proposed Oakland School Closures Draws Huge Turnout
Hundreds of community members showed up for a school board meeting Monday night, to oppose the campus closures Oakland Unified School District proposed for the next two years.
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Hundreds of community members showed up for a school board meeting Monday night, to oppose the campus closures Oakland Unified School District proposed for the next two years.
As students return to in-person learning Monday, UC Berkeley officials assure there are mitigation procedures in place that makes campus just as safe as everyday life for students.
Community members said Sunday that they plan to hold car caravan protests on Tuesday and Thursday to let Oakland Unified School District board members know they oppose the closure of as many as 10 schools.
The San Jose Unified School District is set to temporarily allow police officers back on campus during school hours, while the district studies the issue and crafts a more permanent policy.
Election officials in San Francisco are reminding residents that the registration deadline is approaching for the February 15 special election, where three Board of Education members face a potential recall.
The most vulnerable members of the Wiyot Tribe were asleep the morning of Feb. 26, 1860, when a band of white men slipped into their Northern California villages under darkness and slaughtered them.
California State University, the largest-four year university system in the country, is poised to eliminate SAT and ACT standardized tests from its undergraduate admissions process.
Like many Bay Area school districts coping with staffing shortages due to the omicron-fueled surge in COVID cases, Fremont is putting out a call for substitute teachers.
After a week of remote learning due to COVID concerns, the Hayward Unified School District resumed in-person instruction on Tuesday.
The Oakland Unified saw another day of protest Monday as a number of students and teachers skipped school to call for improved COVID safety measures.
The unions of the San Francisco Unified School District reached an agreement with district officials Thursday night that protects the health and safety of educators, staff and students while keeping schools open during the COVID-19 crisis.
Schools throughout the Bay Area are facing staffing challenges as COVID cases continue to rise, but Palo Alto Unified is putting out a call to parents to help bridge the gap and keep schools open.
Schools across the Bay Area were scrambling to keep classrooms open on Monday, with different districts handling the COVID-19 surge in different ways. Despite their efforts, many students still opted to stay home.
The Milpitas Unified School District will remain open Monday for in-person learning after initially planning on a weeklong quarantine.
The Oakland Unified School District warned parents Thursday that some teachers may stage what they described as an "illegal sickout" on Friday, as school districts across the Bay Area face staffing shortages during the COVID-19 omicron surge.
