Parents call for accountability in Sunnyvale Summit charter school closure
In the South Bay, families and some local education officials are fighting to keep a Sunnyvale charter school from closing in June.
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In the South Bay, families and some local education officials are fighting to keep a Sunnyvale charter school from closing in June.
An analysis by The Associated Press, Stanford University's Big Local News project and Stanford education professor Thomas Dee found an estimated 240,000 students in 21 states whose absences could not be accounted for.
The Oakland Unified School District announced on Friday it is officially notifying parents and students that five schools previously slated for closure at the end of the year will now stay open.
Several school districts on the Peninsula announced that campuses would be closed on Thursday, January 5, 2023, due to the major atmospheric river storm slamming the Bay Area.
Officials with the Antioch Unified School District announced that schools on Thursday would release students early, as the ongoing heat wave is expected to bring more extreme temperatures.
The Oakland School Board got an earful following a clash between parents and security guards during an attempted occupation of the recently shuttered Parker Elementary School. Katie Nielsen reports. (8/10/22)
Parents and neighborhood activists are making a defiant stand at an Oakland elementary school that was ordered closed by the district earlier this year.
A group of parents and teachers have filed a lawsuit against the Oakland Unified School District, claiming the district's consolidation plan violates the California Environmental Quality Act.
There were no classes at any of the Oakland Unified schools Friday as teachers participated in a one-day strike and district administrators asked students to stay home. Andria Borba reports. (4-29-22)
Justin Andrews reports on teachers striking to protest Oakland Unified plans to close schools (4-29-2022)
Classes in Oakland are canceled Friday as teachers prepare for a strike to protest school closures. Katie Nielsen reports. (4-28-22)
The debate over closing several Oakland schools has escalated from heated protests and hunger strikes to an act of vandalism.
An emotional, highly-charged emergency meeting wrapped up Friday night with the Oakland Unified School District board voting to proceed with a controversial plan to close or truncate 11 schools despite vociferous community opposition.
Hundreds of Oakland Unified School District students walked out of class Friday as protests continue against the school board's decision earlier this week to close several schools.
Assemblymember Mia Bonta, D-Oakland, introduced Assembly Bill 1912, which doesn't stop the closure and consolidation plan Oakland school board members voted on Wednesday, but could pave the way for avoiding it.
Two Oakland Unified School District teachers who are on the 10th day of a hunger strike, protesting the district's plan to close and merge a number of schools, have released a list of demands to end their protest.
The Oakland Unified School Board has voted to close seven schools over the next two years, but opponents say the issue is far from over.
After hours of emotional debate, the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education narrowly approved a revised plan early Wednesday to close seven schools, merge two others and cut grades from two more over the next two years.
Thanks to the 'small school movement,' Oakland has more than 80 schools to serve 33,000 students. The district says that is unsustainable, but parents and students don't want to roll back the progress.
In the final hours before the Oakland Unified School District votes on a plan for 16 school closures and mergers, students, parents and teachers marched in the streets Tuesday, to make their voices heard and prevent any schools from closing.
Opponents of a plan to close and merge several schools in the Oakland Unified School District want school board members to consider environmental impacts before the plan's vote, which could happen Tuesday night.
A heated battle to keep a number of Oakland schools from being shut down by the district continued Monday as part of a last-minute push to keep classrooms open ahead of crucial vote.
Opposition is growing over the Oakland Unified School District's plan to close up to 16 schools for budget reasons.
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.
Officials with the West Contra Costa County Unified School District on Wednesday announced all schools would be closed this Friday and Monday as the district copes with staffing shortages and student illness caused by the omicron-fueled COVID case surge.
