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Students will have the option of attending better-performing schools in the 2019-20 school year, the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original post\u003c/b>: Oakland Unified school board meetings these days are rarely without drama. Chanting, protest signs, booing: That’s all par for the course. But even by those standards, the emotional outpouring at the most recent meeting, which took place last week in the packed auditorium of La Escuelita Elementary School, was pretty exceptional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Unified School District’s plan to shutter Roots International Academy in East Oakland is alarming some parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school board had convened to discuss the potential closure of Roots International Academy, a small, relatively new middle school in East Oakland beset with consistently poor test scores and dwindling enrollment. In a move that caught the community largely off-guard, the district announced the proposal in December, just before the holiday break, and plans to vote Monday on whether to close the school by the end of this academic year. If the motion is approved, all the students and staff at Roots Academy will be placed in other district schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside align=right label=\"Oakland Schools: Put to the Test\" tag=ousd-qa]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots Academy students, with the support of hundreds of teachers and parents from across the district, marched into the meeting and quickly took over the agenda. They persuaded Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell and members of the school board to join them in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/restorativejustice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restorative justice\u003c/a> circle — a kind of conflict resolution process — and implored them to keep the school open. Over two emotional hours, a succession of students made poignant statements about the positive role the school has played in their lives and the distress they would feel from being forced to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You closing down Roots, to me, is like putting me up for adoption,” said seventh-grader Tenai Harris. “Roots made me who I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever Pablo, also an eighth-grader at Roots, added: “They picked me up when I was down, they helped me. It’s like a second home where I could go and tell any teacher how I felt because I trusted them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District officials responded sympathetically, but offered little indication of how they plan to ultimately vote. Protesters, meanwhile, have been trying to pressure the board to postpone Monday’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why is the potential closure of an academically ailing school with fewer than 300 students causing such a stir? Here’s a brief primer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the bigger story here?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>OUSD has a huge budget deficit — to the tune of roughly $30 million. Under intense pressure to cut spending and encourage fiscal responsibility, the district recently proposed a controversial plan to pare down the number of schools it runs by as many as 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots is the first school to be placed on the chopping block, and how that situation plays out could indicate the way the district handles other schools on its list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"More on the Strike\" link1=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719763/photos-oakland-teachers-paint-prepare-to-vote-on-strike,PHOTOS: Oakland Teachers Paint and Prepare to Vote on Strike\" link2=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719149/oakland-teachers-rally-hold-one-day-sickout-over-stalled-contract-negotiations,Oakland Teachers Rally and Hold One-Day Sickout Over Stalled Contract Talks\" link3=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718940/teachers-strike-looming-in-oakland-anger-boils-over-into-wildcat-moves,Teacher Sickout Looming in Oakland as Anger Boils Over\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school opened its doors in 2006 as part of an earlier district reform effort to break large, underperforming campuses into smaller schools that could, in theory, better support at-risk students. Nearly all of its pupils are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed-data.org/school/Alameda/Oakland-Unified/ROOTS-International-Academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minorities who qualify for free or reduced lunch\u003c/a> and a large percentage are English language learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots, though, has long struggled with declining enrollment and low academic performance. 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That likely means that most of the schools slated for closure will, like Roots Academy, be in underserved neighborhoods in the city’s flatlands, particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711497/with-oakland-schools-on-the-chopping-block-community-looks-to-organize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in East Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parents in these communities see this as a disturbing pattern and have said that, despite the district’s promises to include them in these discussions, they feel largely left out of the decision-making process. Many teachers and parents have also said they want to see the district invest more in struggling schools rather than shuttering them and busing their kids to other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To complicate matters further, the situation is unfolding against the backdrop of a looming teachers’ strike. Tensions between OUSD teachers and their employer have reached a boiling point. Oakland teachers are \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/teacher-salaries-in-bay-area-counties-2016-17/599272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among the lowest paid in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, and have been working without a contract since July 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union has also expressed its staunch \u003ca href=\"https://files.constantcontact.com/3cb1c19b001/2db40532-0bde-4b8b-8636-f7164cbfad57.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition to closing schools\u003c/a>, casting it as an equity issue. So the Roots Academy decision has become a kind of rallying cry for Oakland teachers and a focal point for their showdown with the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Education Association, the teachers’ union, plans to hold a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OaklandEA/videos/2158304011096753/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strike authorization\u003c/a> vote at the end of this month. In an early warning shot, hundreds of teachers and students walked off the job — and out of the classroom — in a one-day sickout on Jan. 18. A full-fledged strike could begin as soon as early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is the district thinking about closing so many schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The district currently operates 87 school sites, and is considering closing up to 24 of them. The idea is part of the school board’s long-term effort to chip away at its massive budget deficit and establish some degree of financial sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717451/teachers-join-parents-to-fight-closure-of-oaklands-roots-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teachers Join Parents to Fight Closure of Oakland’s Roots Academy\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717451/teachers-join-parents-to-fight-closure-of-oaklands-roots-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_0979-e1547162102621-1020x658.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parents and students opposed to the school district’s plan to close Roots International Academy in East Oakland are vowing to fight to keep it open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Much of that stems from intense pressure from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, California’s Legislature approved a \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/oakland-risks-state-takeover-if-it-fails-to-make-budget-cuts-state-and-county-officials-warn/604183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bailout\u003c/a> for the financially ailing district of up to $34 million, as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education finance bill\u003c/a> signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. But that money comes with some strict conditions, including a significant reduction of OUSD’s overhead costs. Failure to do so could result in another state takeover of the district, which last occurred \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/us/dream-ends-for-oakland-school-chief-as-state-takes-over.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2003\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state bailout plan comes on the heels of an \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/grandjury/final2017-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County civil grand jury\u003c/a> report released in June 2018, which found the district had “lost control of spending” and was operating far more schools than its declining enrollment could justify. In the last 15 years, as the district lost a growing number of students to charter schools and other factors, enrollment fell from 54,000 to under 37,000, according to the report. Even so, the district continued to add schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More schools mean more administrators and other non-teaching staff, as well as additional overhead expenses. A major consolidation could therefore lead to significant cost savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report noted that OUSD, compared to other similarly sized districts in the Bay Area, has an outsized proportion of schools for its student body. The average district school has 412 students, it found. In contrast, Fremont Unified, a similarly sized district that’s more financially stable and has \u003ca href=\"http://www.ed-data.org/district/Alameda/Fremont-Unified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much higher overall academic performance metrics\u003c/a>, has only 42 schools, or about 833 students per school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is also looking at other cost-saving options to help whittle down its deficit, including trimming administrative staff, selling off surplus properties and increasing enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing schools, in and of itself, is certainly not a magic bullet. In 2011, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-board-votes-to-close-5-schools-2325158.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OUSD shuttered five elementary schools\u003c/a> in an effort to save about $2 million annually. Some critics of the move, though, say it led more students to leave the district, which ultimately offset most of the savings. School district funding from the state is, after all, based primarily on enrollment, and if enough displaced students decide to go to charter schools or even move to other districts, that could defeat the whole purpose of closing the schools to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens to Roots Academy students and teachers if it closes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>School district officials say that if the school closes, they intend to work with Roots Academy families to find the most appropriate placement for their children, with the opportunity to transfer to a better-performing school. School board members at Wednesday’s contentious meeting also stressed that no employees at Roots would be at risk of losing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district wants to expand Coliseum College Prep Academy (CCPA), a higher-performing sixth- through 12th-grade school located on the same campus as Roots. Under the proposal, the school would double the number of sixth-grade seats it offers, taking on an additional 79 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the district said that CCPA would definitely not be able to accommodate all of Roots’ current students. Some students would also likely be sent to Elmhurst Community, Greenleaf, Madison Park Upper and Urban Promise Academy schools, according to OUSD spokesman John Sasaki, and potentially offered Clipper cards to get there.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003ch2>Roots Academy is the first of several schools that OUSD intends to close in the next few years. Many in Oakland are closely watching how the district handles this transition a model for what’s to come. Some parents feel left out of the decision-making process.\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Jan. 29, 10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday night, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CornellBarnard/status/1090105920837668864\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amid angry protests\u003c/a>, the Oakland Unified school board voted 6-1 \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/01/28/roots-middle-school-to-close/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to close Roots International Academy\u003c/a> middle school at the end of the school year. Students will have the option of attending better-performing schools in the 2019-20 school year, the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Original post\u003c/b>: Oakland Unified school board meetings these days are rarely without drama. Chanting, protest signs, booing: That’s all par for the course. But even by those standards, the emotional outpouring at the most recent meeting, which took place last week in the packed auditorium of La Escuelita Elementary School, was pretty exceptional.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Unified School District’s plan to shutter Roots International Academy in East Oakland is alarming some parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school board had convened to discuss the potential closure of Roots International Academy, a small, relatively new middle school in East Oakland beset with consistently poor test scores and dwindling enrollment. In a move that caught the community largely off-guard, the district announced the proposal in December, just before the holiday break, and plans to vote Monday on whether to close the school by the end of this academic year. If the motion is approved, all the students and staff at Roots Academy will be placed in other district schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots Academy students, with the support of hundreds of teachers and parents from across the district, marched into the meeting and quickly took over the agenda. They persuaded Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell and members of the school board to join them in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/restorativejustice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">restorative justice\u003c/a> circle — a kind of conflict resolution process — and implored them to keep the school open. Over two emotional hours, a succession of students made poignant statements about the positive role the school has played in their lives and the distress they would feel from being forced to leave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You closing down Roots, to me, is like putting me up for adoption,” said seventh-grader Tenai Harris. “Roots made me who I am.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ever Pablo, also an eighth-grader at Roots, added: “They picked me up when I was down, they helped me. It’s like a second home where I could go and tell any teacher how I felt because I trusted them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District officials responded sympathetically, but offered little indication of how they plan to ultimately vote. Protesters, meanwhile, have been trying to pressure the board to postpone Monday’s decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why is the potential closure of an academically ailing school with fewer than 300 students causing such a stir? Here’s a brief primer.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What’s the bigger story here?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>OUSD has a huge budget deficit — to the tune of roughly $30 million. Under intense pressure to cut spending and encourage fiscal responsibility, the district recently proposed a controversial plan to pare down the number of schools it runs by as many as 24.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots is the first school to be placed on the chopping block, and how that situation plays out could indicate the way the district handles other schools on its list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school opened its doors in 2006 as part of an earlier district reform effort to break large, underperforming campuses into smaller schools that could, in theory, better support at-risk students. Nearly all of its pupils are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ed-data.org/school/Alameda/Oakland-Unified/ROOTS-International-Academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">minorities who qualify for free or reduced lunch\u003c/a> and a large percentage are English language learners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roots, though, has long struggled with declining enrollment and low academic performance. Just \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">309 students were enrolled\u003c/a> during the 2017-18 school year, the majority of whom did not meet grade-level standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/01/24/supporters-of-oaklands-roots-middle-school-briefly-shut-down-school-board-meeting/\">Wednesday’s school board meeting\u003c/a>, OUSD Deputy Chief of Innovation Yvette Renteria noted that Roots’ test scores are among the lowest in the district, calling it an “unsustainable small school with limited resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In her presentation, Renteria said that closing Roots would save the district more than $345,000 next year, and expected that amount to increase over time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the district hasn’t yet released the list of the other schools it’s considering closing, it is preparing a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=4813&ModuleInstanceID=26172&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=25745&PageID=16608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citywide plan\u003c/a>” that compares factors like density, school enrollment and performance metrics. That likely means that most of the schools slated for closure will, like Roots Academy, be in underserved neighborhoods in the city’s flatlands, particularly \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711497/with-oakland-schools-on-the-chopping-block-community-looks-to-organize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in East Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many parents in these communities see this as a disturbing pattern and have said that, despite the district’s promises to include them in these discussions, they feel largely left out of the decision-making process. Many teachers and parents have also said they want to see the district invest more in struggling schools rather than shuttering them and busing their kids to other parts of the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To complicate matters further, the situation is unfolding against the backdrop of a looming teachers’ strike. Tensions between OUSD teachers and their employer have reached a boiling point. Oakland teachers are \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/teacher-salaries-in-bay-area-counties-2016-17/599272\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">among the lowest paid in the Bay Area\u003c/a>, and have been working without a contract since July 2017.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union has also expressed its staunch \u003ca href=\"https://files.constantcontact.com/3cb1c19b001/2db40532-0bde-4b8b-8636-f7164cbfad57.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition to closing schools\u003c/a>, casting it as an equity issue. So the Roots Academy decision has become a kind of rallying cry for Oakland teachers and a focal point for their showdown with the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Education Association, the teachers’ union, plans to hold a \u003ca href=\"https://www.facebook.com/OaklandEA/videos/2158304011096753/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strike authorization\u003c/a> vote at the end of this month. In an early warning shot, hundreds of teachers and students walked off the job — and out of the classroom — in a one-day sickout on Jan. 18. A full-fledged strike could begin as soon as early February.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why is the district thinking about closing so many schools?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The district currently operates 87 school sites, and is considering closing up to 24 of them. The idea is part of the school board’s long-term effort to chip away at its massive budget deficit and establish some degree of financial sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717451/teachers-join-parents-to-fight-closure-of-oaklands-roots-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Teachers Join Parents to Fight Closure of Oakland’s Roots Academy\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717451/teachers-join-parents-to-fight-closure-of-oaklands-roots-academy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_0979-e1547162102621-1020x658.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Parents and students opposed to the school district’s plan to close Roots International Academy in East Oakland are vowing to fight to keep it open.\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Much of that stems from intense pressure from the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, California’s Legislature approved a \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2018/oakland-risks-state-takeover-if-it-fails-to-make-budget-cuts-state-and-county-officials-warn/604183\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bailout\u003c/a> for the financially ailing district of up to $34 million, as part of an \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1840\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">education finance bill\u003c/a> signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown. But that money comes with some strict conditions, including a significant reduction of OUSD’s overhead costs. Failure to do so could result in another state takeover of the district, which last occurred \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/08/us/dream-ends-for-oakland-school-chief-as-state-takes-over.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2003\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state bailout plan comes on the heels of an \u003ca href=\"http://www.acgov.org/grandjury/final2017-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alameda County civil grand jury\u003c/a> report released in June 2018, which found the district had “lost control of spending” and was operating far more schools than its declining enrollment could justify. In the last 15 years, as the district lost a growing number of students to charter schools and other factors, enrollment fell from 54,000 to under 37,000, according to the report. Even so, the district continued to add schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More schools mean more administrators and other non-teaching staff, as well as additional overhead expenses. A major consolidation could therefore lead to significant cost savings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report noted that OUSD, compared to other similarly sized districts in the Bay Area, has an outsized proportion of schools for its student body. The average district school has 412 students, it found. In contrast, Fremont Unified, a similarly sized district that’s more financially stable and has \u003ca href=\"http://www.ed-data.org/district/Alameda/Fremont-Unified\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">much higher overall academic performance metrics\u003c/a>, has only 42 schools, or about 833 students per school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is also looking at other cost-saving options to help whittle down its deficit, including trimming administrative staff, selling off surplus properties and increasing enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Closing schools, in and of itself, is certainly not a magic bullet. In 2011, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-board-votes-to-close-5-schools-2325158.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OUSD shuttered five elementary schools\u003c/a> in an effort to save about $2 million annually. Some critics of the move, though, say it led more students to leave the district, which ultimately offset most of the savings. School district funding from the state is, after all, based primarily on enrollment, and if enough displaced students decide to go to charter schools or even move to other districts, that could defeat the whole purpose of closing the schools to begin with.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>What happens to Roots Academy students and teachers if it closes?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>School district officials say that if the school closes, they intend to work with Roots Academy families to find the most appropriate placement for their children, with the opportunity to transfer to a better-performing school. School board members at Wednesday’s contentious meeting also stressed that no employees at Roots would be at risk of losing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district wants to expand Coliseum College Prep Academy (CCPA), a higher-performing sixth- through 12th-grade school located on the same campus as Roots. Under the proposal, the school would double the number of sixth-grade seats it offers, taking on an additional 79 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As part of a controversial consolidation effort, Oakland’s school district recently revealed a plan to merge two distinct elementary schools located in different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls for shuttering Kaiser Elementary School in the Claremont Hills and relocating its students to Sankofa Academy, which is located in a roomy building in Oakland’s Bushrod neighborhood. If approved by the school board, the move would combine schools with dramatically different socioeconomic and racial profiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, all 275 students at Kaiser, along with its teachers, would join the 187 students at Sankofa by the start of the 2020-21 school year. The school board is tentatively expected to vote on the proposal in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser teachers said district officials informed them of the move last Wednesday, and told the school’s families the following day. Sankofa teachers were not informed until Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parents and teachers at Kaiser have already expressed fierce opposition to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s heartbreaking that they would take away a really beautiful, well-functioning school that is a choice for Oakland children and just end it,” said Mary Grace McGhee, a second grade teacher who has worked at Kaiser for 14 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not how OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell sees it. She’s billing the move as a way to give more students the opportunity to attend a good school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to put a high quality school in every neighborhood that’s accessible to every family who wants their student to attend,” she said in a statement to KQED on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716967/oaklands-school-closure-plans-off-to-a-rough-start-for-some-parents\">Oakland’s School Closure Plans Off to a Rough Start for Some Parents\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716967/oaklands-school-closure-plans-off-to-a-rough-start-for-some-parents\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RootsIntlAcademy-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The proposed merger is part of Oakland Unified’s contentious plan to close up to 24 of the district’s 87 school sites in an effort to regain financial stability and improve school quality. In December, the district announced that Roots International Academy, a small middle school in East Oakland, would be the first school on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser and Sankofa are only about three miles away from each other, but in many respects the two schools are leagues apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sankofa has an abysmal academic performance record: only about 4 percent of students met state math standards last year, while less than 8 percent met English language arts standards, \u003ca href=\"https://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2018/ViewReport?ps=true&lstTestYear=2018&lstTestType=B&lstGroup=1&lstCounty=01&lstDistrict=61259-000&lstSchool=0110254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to state data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, \u003ca href=\"https://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2018/ViewReport?ps=true&lstTestYear=2018&lstTestType=B&lstGroup=1&lstCounty=01&lstDistrict=61259-000&lstSchool=6001895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well over half\u003c/a> of Kaiser students met both math and reading standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This discrepancy is not surprising given the schools’ differing demographics: About \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrCharterSub.aspx?cds=01612590110254&agglevel=School&year=2017-18&ro=y&ro=y&ro=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90 percent\u003c/a> of Sankofa’s students are economically disadvantaged, as compared to \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrCharterSub.aspx?cds=01612596001895&agglevel=School&year=2017-18&ro=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only a quarter\u003c/a> of those at Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ample body of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/equal-resources-equal-outcomes-the-distribution-of-school-resources-and-student-achievement-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research has found\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/school-district-socioeconomic-status-race-and-academic-achievement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strongest predictor\u003c/a> of test scores in a school isn’t teacher quality or curriculum, but rather the percentage of its students who live below the poverty line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sankofa also has a much higher percentage of students with special needs: 17 percent vs. 7 percent at Kaiser. And unlike at Kaiser, the school reports having several homeless students and foster youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11721506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District officials cite limited space for expansion as one reason to merge Kaiser with another school with room to grow. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s lots of trauma and food insecurity in our kids,” said Marisa Mills, a Sankofa teacher. “We are academically failing, but we’re not nothing, and we bristle at that idea. We have some extremely talented students. We’re also the hardest working teachers I’ve ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disparities between the two schools are also striking along racial lines. At Kaiser, roughly 22 percent of students are black, 17 percent are Latino and 34 percent are white, according to state data. By comparison, Sankofa is about 67 percent black, 13 percent Latino and 4 percent white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills said she’s not surprised that Sankofa has been targeted by the district. The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/12/20/two-oakland-schools-escape-closure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowly escaped closure\u003c/a> in 2007, and for years has performed poorly and been consistently under-enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been fighting so hard and so long to try to save Sankofa,” she said. “There’s a sense of inevitability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills raised some concerns about the possible merger, including the fact that Kaiser teachers and parents were notified about the plan first. She also expressed concern about whether Sankofa would remain eligible for Title I grant funding that’s reserved for schools with high proportions of low-income students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mills said the merger could have real benefits for Sankofa’s students if it’s executed thoughtfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47765/how-socioeconomic-diversity-in-schools-helps-all-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research suggests\u003c/a> that socioeconomic integration is good for all students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s far from clear, though, if the majority of Kaiser parents would warm to the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parin Shah’s daughter is a fourth-grader at Kaiser and lives within walking distance of Sankofa. He said his family considered Sankofa before deciding Kaiser’s tranquil setting was a better fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great learning environment, it’s incredibly diverse. It represents much of why we moved to Oakland,” he said of his daughter’s school. “To merge Kaiser with any school and rip that fabric apart brings up a mix of real deep sorrow and loss, and then anger turning to creativity about how we’re not going to allow that to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In justifying the merger, district officials point to a recent analysis that found relatively few Kaiser students actually live in the Claremont Hills neighborhood. But a significant number live in Sankofa’s attendance zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said he’s deeply distrustful that the district can actually pull off what sounds like a well-intentioned proposal. He thinks it should focus on improving Sankofa, not disrupt a school that’s already working well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The notion that a merger and bringing resources from one school and blending them with another will improve both is a little bit false,” said Shah. He referenced an informal poll of Kaiser parents at a recent PTA meeting suggesting that many would pull their kids out of the district before sending them to a merged school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We made a conscious choice to come to this learning environment,” he said. “We’re ready to care for the community we’ve all created.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the district, Kaiser parents who don’t want to send their kids to the merged school may be able to take advantage of a policy being considered by the school board — what’s being called an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11712318/oakland-considers-opportunity-ticket-to-funnel-more-minority-students-into-top-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opportunity ticket\u003c/a>” that would give them priority enrollment at a school of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaiser fourth and fifth grade teacher Steve Neat, a 16-year veteran of the school, said he plans to ensure Kaiser parents won’t have to look elsewhere. Neat said he was around when the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Oakland-proposes-eliminating-13-schools-2308672.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considered closing \u003c/a>Kaiser in 2011 because of its small student body and limited potential for expansion. He credited a strong mobilization by the school community for saving it, and said he expects the same this time around.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have families who live in every school board member’s district,” Neat said. “We have people who are very familiar with the legal system and know how to use it. We have people who don’t play around.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there is some community support for the district’s efforts to create quality options in the city’s flatlands. Lakisha Young, who runs the parent advocacy group \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandreach.org/\">Oakland REACH\u003c/a> has been working with Sankofa parents for months in preparation for a change at the school. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>As part of a controversial consolidation effort, Oakland’s school district recently revealed a plan to merge two distinct elementary schools located in different neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls for shuttering Kaiser Elementary School in the Claremont Hills and relocating its students to Sankofa Academy, which is located in a roomy building in Oakland’s Bushrod neighborhood. If approved by the school board, the move would combine schools with dramatically different socioeconomic and racial profiles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the plan, all 275 students at Kaiser, along with its teachers, would join the 187 students at Sankofa by the start of the 2020-21 school year. The school board is tentatively expected to vote on the proposal in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser teachers said district officials informed them of the move last Wednesday, and told the school’s families the following day. Sankofa teachers were not informed until Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parents and teachers at Kaiser have already expressed fierce opposition to the idea.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it’s heartbreaking that they would take away a really beautiful, well-functioning school that is a choice for Oakland children and just end it,” said Mary Grace McGhee, a second grade teacher who has worked at Kaiser for 14 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that’s not how OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell sees it. She’s billing the move as a way to give more students the opportunity to attend a good school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our goal is to put a high quality school in every neighborhood that’s accessible to every family who wants their student to attend,” she said in a statement to KQED on Friday.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716967/oaklands-school-closure-plans-off-to-a-rough-start-for-some-parents\">Oakland’s School Closure Plans Off to a Rough Start for Some Parents\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11716967/oaklands-school-closure-plans-off-to-a-rough-start-for-some-parents\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RootsIntlAcademy-1020x574.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The proposed merger is part of Oakland Unified’s contentious plan to close up to 24 of the district’s 87 school sites in an effort to regain financial stability and improve school quality. In December, the district announced that Roots International Academy, a small middle school in East Oakland, would be the first school on the chopping block.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser and Sankofa are only about three miles away from each other, but in many respects the two schools are leagues apart.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sankofa has an abysmal academic performance record: only about 4 percent of students met state math standards last year, while less than 8 percent met English language arts standards, \u003ca href=\"https://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2018/ViewReport?ps=true&lstTestYear=2018&lstTestType=B&lstGroup=1&lstCounty=01&lstDistrict=61259-000&lstSchool=0110254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to state data\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By contrast, \u003ca href=\"https://caaspp.cde.ca.gov/sb2018/ViewReport?ps=true&lstTestYear=2018&lstTestType=B&lstGroup=1&lstCounty=01&lstDistrict=61259-000&lstSchool=6001895\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">well over half\u003c/a> of Kaiser students met both math and reading standards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This discrepancy is not surprising given the schools’ differing demographics: About \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrCharterSub.aspx?cds=01612590110254&agglevel=School&year=2017-18&ro=y&ro=y&ro=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">90 percent\u003c/a> of Sankofa’s students are economically disadvantaged, as compared to \u003ca href=\"https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/dqcensus/EnrCharterSub.aspx?cds=01612596001895&agglevel=School&year=2017-18&ro=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">only a quarter\u003c/a> of those at Kaiser.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An ample body of \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/publication/equal-resources-equal-outcomes-the-distribution-of-school-resources-and-student-achievement-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research has found\u003c/a> the \u003ca href=\"https://cepa.stanford.edu/content/school-district-socioeconomic-status-race-and-academic-achievement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strongest predictor\u003c/a> of test scores in a school isn’t teacher quality or curriculum, but rather the percentage of its students who live below the poverty line.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sankofa also has a much higher percentage of students with special needs: 17 percent vs. 7 percent at Kaiser. And unlike at Kaiser, the school reports having several homeless students and foster youth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11721506\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11721506\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/IMG_1012.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">District officials cite limited space for expansion as one reason to merge Kaiser with another school with room to grow. \u003ccite>(Vanessa Rancaño/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s lots of trauma and food insecurity in our kids,” said Marisa Mills, a Sankofa teacher. “We are academically failing, but we’re not nothing, and we bristle at that idea. We have some extremely talented students. We’re also the hardest working teachers I’ve ever seen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The disparities between the two schools are also striking along racial lines. At Kaiser, roughly 22 percent of students are black, 17 percent are Latino and 34 percent are white, according to state data. By comparison, Sankofa is about 67 percent black, 13 percent Latino and 4 percent white.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills said she’s not surprised that Sankofa has been targeted by the district. The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2007/12/20/two-oakland-schools-escape-closure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowly escaped closure\u003c/a> in 2007, and for years has performed poorly and been consistently under-enrolled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve been fighting so hard and so long to try to save Sankofa,” she said. “There’s a sense of inevitability.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mills raised some concerns about the possible merger, including the fact that Kaiser teachers and parents were notified about the plan first. She also expressed concern about whether Sankofa would remain eligible for Title I grant funding that’s reserved for schools with high proportions of low-income students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mills said the merger could have real benefits for Sankofa’s students if it’s executed thoughtfully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/47765/how-socioeconomic-diversity-in-schools-helps-all-students\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">research suggests\u003c/a> that socioeconomic integration is good for all students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s far from clear, though, if the majority of Kaiser parents would warm to the move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parin Shah’s daughter is a fourth-grader at Kaiser and lives within walking distance of Sankofa. He said his family considered Sankofa before deciding Kaiser’s tranquil setting was a better fit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great learning environment, it’s incredibly diverse. It represents much of why we moved to Oakland,” he said of his daughter’s school. “To merge Kaiser with any school and rip that fabric apart brings up a mix of real deep sorrow and loss, and then anger turning to creativity about how we’re not going to allow that to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In justifying the merger, district officials point to a recent analysis that found relatively few Kaiser students actually live in the Claremont Hills neighborhood. But a significant number live in Sankofa’s attendance zone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shah said he’s deeply distrustful that the district can actually pull off what sounds like a well-intentioned proposal. He thinks it should focus on improving Sankofa, not disrupt a school that’s already working well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The notion that a merger and bringing resources from one school and blending them with another will improve both is a little bit false,” said Shah. He referenced an informal poll of Kaiser parents at a recent PTA meeting suggesting that many would pull their kids out of the district before sending them to a merged school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We made a conscious choice to come to this learning environment,” he said. “We’re ready to care for the community we’ve all created.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the district, Kaiser parents who don’t want to send their kids to the merged school may be able to take advantage of a policy being considered by the school board — what’s being called an “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11712318/oakland-considers-opportunity-ticket-to-funnel-more-minority-students-into-top-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opportunity ticket\u003c/a>” that would give them priority enrollment at a school of their choice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kaiser fourth and fifth grade teacher Steve Neat, a 16-year veteran of the school, said he plans to ensure Kaiser parents won’t have to look elsewhere. 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"content": "\u003cp>Emelyn Jerónimo is only 12 years old, but she already has $3,000 saved toward college. Socked away by her mother in chunks of $100 or less since Jerónimo was in kindergarten, the money may not seem like much, but it’s helped fuel the San Francisco sixth-grader’s dreams of becoming a pediatrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerónimo’s nest egg is part of a first-of-its-kind program that automatically sets up college savings accounts for every kindergartner in San Francisco’s public schools, each seeded with $50 from the city treasury. And if Gov. 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Families of San Francisco public school students, many of whom are low-income, have saved a total of $3.4 million of their own money in the Kindergarten to College accounts, according to city Treasurer José Cisneros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only about 1 in 5 students have contributed money beyond what the city supplies. That still outpaces the percentage of U.S. families \u003ca href=\"https://www.salliemae.com/assets/Research/HAP/HowAmericaPaysforCollege2017.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">contributing\u003c/a> to 529 plans, tax-deferred accounts that provide another option for college savings—as Cisneros is quick to point out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, when you have millions of dollars saved for college and it’s coming in part from the poorest families in the city, that’s a huge win,” argues Cisneros, who said Newsom has told him he wants to model the California program on San Francisco’s approach. “This is sending a signal to thousands of kids in our city that college is something that’s going to be part of your future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAY CURIOUS: How the San Francisco School Lottery Works, And How It Doesn't\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/school-lottery-1180x664.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While individual 529 accounts can require savers to fill out complex paperwork, pay fees or navigate online management tools, parents learn about the Kindergarten to College accounts through a letter from their children’s school. They can make deposits in cash at bank branches or school campuses, and because the program is universal, they don’t have to provide proof of income or citizenship status to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of other states and cities have also established child savings accounts, funded with either public or philanthropic dollars. It’s a relatively new idea, so most accounts haven’t been around long enough for researchers to study long-term outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are some signs the programs may be working. Researchers in Oklahoma \u003ca href=\"https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=csd_research\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">studied\u003c/a> 2,700 families with children born in 2007, randomly selecting half of them to receive $1,000 in a college savings account at the child’s birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found that children with accounts scored higher on measures of social and emotional development than those in the control group. Their mothers were more likely to report higher educational expectations for their children, the researchers found, and even exhibited less depression than those in the control group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason the accounts may appeal to policymakers: They’re relatively simple to supply when compared with addressing systemic inequities that affect educational success, such as access to social networks and family wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social capital is really important for people but hard to give to them,” said William Elliott, director of the Center for Assets, Education and Inclusion at the University of Michigan. “But we can give them money in their account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11720323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Kindergarten to College as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11720323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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Jerónimo’s mother, Erika Sierra—an immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico—was unnerved when a bank teller in her Mission District neighborhood asked for her Social Security number in order to deposit money in her daughter’s account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, she stopped saving, only resuming when an outreach worker from a local nonprofit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.missiongraduates.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Graduates\u003c/a>, explained that she could use a different form of identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she and her two daughters gather up cash from birthday presents and bring it to the bank—her daughters filling up the envelopes themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good option for teaching them the habit of saving,” she said. But she said many parents at her daughters’ school opt out of using the accounts, whether out of fear or because they don’t understand how. The city tries to combat those doubts by taking kindergartners and their parents on field trips to local bank branches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cost is another hurdle, especially in cities less flush with tech industry cash than San Francisco. In Lansing, Mich., city leaders decided to offer child savings accounts—modeled on San Francisco’s—with just a $5 initial deposit.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SUBSCRIBE: MindShift Podcast\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2018/11/7-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want more stories about education? Want to hear from students, parents, educators and researchers about the future of education? Subscribe to the MindShift podcast on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A state investment in college savings accounts could support places like Oakland and Long Beach that are developing their own programs. But those dollars could also be spent shoring up California’s financial aid system. More than 200,000 eligible students applied for the state’s Cal Grant scholarships last year and didn’t receive one. Newsom has called for a modest increase in the number of those grants, along with boosting the amounts awarded to student parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for the savings accounts, however, argue that investments in financial aid are better made earlier in a child’s educational career. Some even say that federal Pell Grants—need-based scholarships for higher education—should be divided into two chunks, with one given out during childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Financial aid is in many ways kind of too late,” said Cisneros, the city treasurer in San Francisco. “It’s not there early enough to send a message to 5-, 6- or 7-year-olds that college is something you have every right to have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers are also studying whether rewards cards could help parents who are living paycheck to paycheck save for college by giving them cash back on grocery purchases, and whether universal child savings accounts counteract implicit bias among teachers by encouraging them to see all students as college-bound. California could become a laboratory to test those ideas if the Legislature signs off on Newsom’s plan later this spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Sierra, a stay-at-home mom who never went to college herself, says her daughters’ savings accounts have given her an excuse to talk to them about higher education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I tell them, ‘Don’t worry about what we have or what we don’t have,’ ” she said. “Just keep studying, and you’ll get to college.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CALmatters.org is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Emelyn Jerónimo is only 12 years old, but she already has $3,000 saved toward college. Socked away by her mother in chunks of $100 or less since Jerónimo was in kindergarten, the money may not seem like much, but it’s helped fuel the San Francisco sixth-grader’s dreams of becoming a pediatrician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jerónimo’s nest egg is part of a first-of-its-kind program that automatically sets up college savings accounts for every kindergartner in San Francisco’s public schools, each seeded with $50 from the city treasury. And if Gov. Gavin Newsom gets his way, the model could soon roll out to other cities across California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom launched \u003ca href=\"https://sfgov.org/ofe/k2c\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kindergarten to College\u003c/a> as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want to address the stresses, the costs of education?” Newsom said at a press conference unveiling his 2019-20 \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/articles/blog/gavin-newsom-budget-takeaways/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">budget\u003c/a>. “Let’s start funding those costs when people enter into kindergarten.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fans of so-called child savings accounts say they help children envision themselves attending college from a young age. Families of San Francisco public school students, many of whom are low-income, have saved a total of $3.4 million of their own money in the Kindergarten to College accounts, according to city Treasurer José Cisneros.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Only about 1 in 5 students have contributed money beyond what the city supplies. That still outpaces the percentage of U.S. families \u003ca href=\"https://www.salliemae.com/assets/Research/HAP/HowAmericaPaysforCollege2017.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">contributing\u003c/a> to 529 plans, tax-deferred accounts that provide another option for college savings—as Cisneros is quick to point out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“To me, when you have millions of dollars saved for college and it’s coming in part from the poorest families in the city, that’s a huge win,” argues Cisneros, who said Newsom has told him he wants to model the California program on San Francisco’s approach. “This is sending a signal to thousands of kids in our city that college is something that’s going to be part of your future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BAY CURIOUS: How the San Francisco School Lottery Works, And How It Doesn't\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/school-lottery-1180x664.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>While individual 529 accounts can require savers to fill out complex paperwork, pay fees or navigate online management tools, parents learn about the Kindergarten to College accounts through a letter from their children’s school. They can make deposits in cash at bank branches or school campuses, and because the program is universal, they don’t have to provide proof of income or citizenship status to participate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A number of other states and cities have also established child savings accounts, funded with either public or philanthropic dollars. It’s a relatively new idea, so most accounts haven’t been around long enough for researchers to study long-term outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, there are some signs the programs may be working. Researchers in Oklahoma \u003ca href=\"https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1325&context=csd_research\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">studied\u003c/a> 2,700 families with children born in 2007, randomly selecting half of them to receive $1,000 in a college savings account at the child’s birth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They found that children with accounts scored higher on measures of social and emotional development than those in the control group. Their mothers were more likely to report higher educational expectations for their children, the researchers found, and even exhibited less depression than those in the control group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One reason the accounts may appeal to policymakers: They’re relatively simple to supply when compared with addressing systemic inequities that affect educational success, such as access to social networks and family wealth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Social capital is really important for people but hard to give to them,” said William Elliott, director of the Center for Assets, Education and Inclusion at the University of Michigan. “But we can give them money in their account.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11720323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Kindergarten to College as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11720323\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/RS34777_GettyImages-1078853280-qut.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom launched Kindergarten to College as mayor of San Francisco in 2010, and last week he proposed spending $50 million on similar pilot projects around the state as part of what he’s calling a cradle-to-career education strategy. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Getting parents to trust the process can pose a challenge. Jerónimo’s mother, Erika Sierra—an immigrant from Oaxaca, Mexico—was unnerved when a bank teller in her Mission District neighborhood asked for her Social Security number in order to deposit money in her daughter’s account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For months, she stopped saving, only resuming when an outreach worker from a local nonprofit, \u003ca href=\"https://www.missiongraduates.org/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mission Graduates\u003c/a>, explained that she could use a different form of identification.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, she and her two daughters gather up cash from birthday presents and bring it to the bank—her daughters filling up the envelopes themselves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good option for teaching them the habit of saving,” she said. But she said many parents at her daughters’ school opt out of using the accounts, whether out of fear or because they don’t understand how. The city tries to combat those doubts by taking kindergartners and their parents on field trips to local bank branches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cost is another hurdle, especially in cities less flush with tech industry cash than San Francisco. In Lansing, Mich., city leaders decided to offer child savings accounts—modeled on San Francisco’s—with just a $5 initial deposit.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SUBSCRIBE: MindShift Podcast\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2018/11/7-1180x787.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Want more stories about education? Want to hear from students, parents, educators and researchers about the future of education? Subscribe to the MindShift podcast on \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mindshift-podcast/id1078765985?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts\u003c/a> or wherever you get your podcasts.\u003c/p>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>A state investment in college savings accounts could support places like Oakland and Long Beach that are developing their own programs. But those dollars could also be spent shoring up California’s financial aid system. More than 200,000 eligible students applied for the state’s Cal Grant scholarships last year and didn’t receive one. Newsom has called for a modest increase in the number of those grants, along with boosting the amounts awarded to student parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Advocates for the savings accounts, however, argue that investments in financial aid are better made earlier in a child’s educational career. Some even say that federal Pell Grants—need-based scholarships for higher education—should be divided into two chunks, with one given out during childhood.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Financial aid is in many ways kind of too late,” said Cisneros, the city treasurer in San Francisco. “It’s not there early enough to send a message to 5-, 6- or 7-year-olds that college is something you have every right to have access to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Researchers are also studying whether rewards cards could help parents who are living paycheck to paycheck save for college by giving them cash back on grocery purchases, and whether universal child savings accounts counteract implicit bias among teachers by encouraging them to see all students as college-bound. 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"content": "\u003cp>Thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike in the nation’s second-largest district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Great! It can’t be better!” exclaimed Helen Han, a kindergarten Mandarin language teacher, as she returned to Castelar Elementary in Chinatown. “I wasn’t really worried because the parents were totally behind us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The return to a normal day across the vast district followed days of marches and picketing and then marathon bargaining over the past weekend that led to a ratification vote Tuesday night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I voted ‘yes,’ to approve,” said second-grade teacher Wendy Perez. “I think the union negotiated in good faith, and I’d like to believe the district did too.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A crowd of teachers roared its approval after the tentative deal was announced at City Hall following a 21-hour bargaining session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While all votes hadn’t been counted by Tuesday night, union President Alex Caputo-Pearl said preliminary balloting showed educators overwhelmingly approving the proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A vast supermajority are voting ‘yes’ … therefore, ending the strike and heading back to schools tomorrow,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor Eric Garcetti, accompanied by leaders of United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District, called it an “historic agreement” that will usher in a “new day” for public education in the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The deal came as teachers in Denver voted to go on strike as soon as next Monday. More than 5,000 educators would be affected. 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The school is one of 24 public schools that the district announced it may shut down. 'There is no good plan for where our kids will go,' says Ranahan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quinn Ranahan is a math teacher at Roots International Academy. The school is one of 24 public schools that the district announced it may shut down. 'There is no good plan for where our kids will go,' says Ranahan. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719771 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Searle teaches middle school in Berkeley and joined the 'art build' in solidarity with the Oakland teachers. 'It's uplifting and builds solidarity when we make things together,' Searle said.\" width=\"638\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Searle teaches middle school in Berkeley and joined the 'art build' in solidarity with the Oakland teachers. 'It's uplifting and builds solidarity when we make things together,' Searle said. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719773 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lara Trale, a teacher at Oakland High School, paints a sign with her daughter Io Trale, who is in the fourth grade. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara Trale, a teacher at Oakland High School, paints a sign with her daughter Io Trale, who is in the fourth grade. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719774 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The artwork for the posters was created by local Bay Area artists as well as the collective Art Build Workers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artwork for the posters was created by local Bay Area artists as well as the collective Art Build Workers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This was the third day of the Art Build, which brought together educators, parents and students to create protest art. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the third day of the Art Build, which brought together educators, parents and students to create protest art. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719777 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"'Coming and making art feels like a beautiful thing to do. It's about what we're for, not just what we're against,' says Johanna Langill, a math teacher at Oakland Tech.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Coming and making art feels like a beautiful thing to do. It's about what we're for, not just what we're against,' says Johanna Langill, a math teacher at Oakland Tech. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719778 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"People help paint a parachute that says 'education justice now.' The image is inspired by artwork from Black Panther graphic artist Emory Douglas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People help paint a parachute that says 'education justice now.' The image is inspired by artwork from Black Panther graphic artist Emory Douglas. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719780 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"'We're making work next to each other, forging friendships and having fun together, and that's part of the power of art build,' says Kim Cosier of Art Build Workers, an artist collective from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'We're making work next to each other, forging friendships and having fun together, and that's part of the power of art build,' says Kim Cosier of Art Build Workers, an artist collective from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719781 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921.jpg\" alt=\"Coyo Tena, 11, is a student at Sequoia Elementary. He's helping paint a parachute with other students.\" width=\"638\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coyo Tena, 11, is a student at Sequoia Elementary. He's helping paint a parachute with other students. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719782 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Claudio Martinez and Kim Cosier are both artists involved with the collective Art Build Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They came to Oakland to support the 'art build' event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Claudio Martinez and Kim Cosier are both artists involved with the collective Art Build Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They came to Oakland to support the 'art build' event. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719784 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilia Titizano (center) paints a sign with her husband and sixth grade daughter. 'It's inspiring. I think it's a community effort. Teachers are part of our community. They are not alone. We are here with them, and we will support them when they strike,' Titizano says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecilia Titizano (right) paints a sign with her husband and sixth grade daughter. 'It's inspiring. I think it's a community effort. Teachers are part of our community. They are not alone. We are here with them, and we will support them when they strike,' Titizano says. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Peter Jon Shuler contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Jan. 21, 4:09 p.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland teachers will vote at the end of the month on whether they want to go on strike as they remain locked in contract negotiations with the Oakland Unified School District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A democratic strike vote by paper ballot at school sites in the Oakland Unified School District will send a message that Oakland educators are serious about ending the teacher retention crisis,\" said Keith Brown, president of the Oakland Educators Association, who officially called for the strike vote on Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The union is calling for a 12 percent raise over three years, while OUSD is offering five percent. The vote — which could give union leaders the power to call a strike — will start on Jan. 29 and last four days.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003ch3>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719149/oakland-teachers-rally-hold-one-day-sickout-over-stalled-contract-negotiations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oakland Teachers Rally, Hold One-Day Sickout Over Stalled Contract Talks\u003c/a>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11719149/oakland-teachers-rally-hold-one-day-sickout-over-stalled-contract-negotiations\">\u003cimg src=\"https://storage.googleapis.com/stateless-ww2-kqed-org/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003c/a>\u003c/figure>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The announcement came at an \"art build\" event at the union's offices in Oakland. Educators, parents and students came together over three days to make banners in preparation for a strike. The signs were designed by local artists including Favianna Rodriguez and Micah Bazant, as well as artists from Art Build Workers, an artist collective based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland High School teacher Lara Trale said she's still hopeful for a resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We would love to avoid a strike, but for that to happen the district needs to really work with its teachers instead of against them,\" she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland teachers and their supporters are building on a larger movement that includes teachers currently striking in Los Angeles and, before that, in red states like West Virginia and Kentucky.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, OUSD Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammel said the district is working to avoid a disruption for students and hopes to reach a settlement soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>John Sasaki, a spokesman for OUSD, said the district is asking the teachers back to the table to make a new offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Well the last thing we want to see is a strike and so we understand that the teachers want more, we want to give them more,\" he said. \"We know that educators need to be paid more in this country and in the state and certainly in Oakland, so we are working to do that.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719770\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719770 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Quinn Ranahan is a math teacher at Roots International Academy. The school is one of 24 public schools that the district announced it may shut down. 'There is no good plan for where our kids will go,' says Ranahan.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/34c73b07-img_20190120_111756.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quinn Ranahan is a math teacher at Roots International Academy. The school is one of 24 public schools that the district announced it may shut down. 'There is no good plan for where our kids will go,' says Ranahan. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719771\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719771 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547.jpg\" alt=\"Julie Searle teaches middle school in Berkeley and joined the 'art build' in solidarity with the Oakland teachers. 'It's uplifting and builds solidarity when we make things together,' Searle said.\" width=\"638\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e393d033-img_20190120_112547-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie Searle teaches middle school in Berkeley and joined the 'art build' in solidarity with the Oakland teachers. 'It's uplifting and builds solidarity when we make things together,' Searle said. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719773\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719773 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Lara Trale, a teacher at Oakland High School, paints a sign with her daughter Io Trale, who is in the fourth grade. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/2f56ffd0-img_20190120_113840.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lara Trale, a teacher at Oakland High School, paints a sign with her daughter Io Trale, who is in the fourth grade. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719774\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719774 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The artwork for the posters was created by local Bay Area artists as well as the collective Art Build Workers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/e78defd9-img_20190120_115027.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The artwork for the posters was created by local Bay Area artists as well as the collective Art Build Workers from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-11719776\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"This was the third day of the Art Build, which brought together educators, parents and students to create protest art. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/07b4273f-img_20190120_122812.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the third day of the Art Build, which brought together educators, parents and students to create protest art. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish / KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719777\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719777 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"'Coming and making art feels like a beautiful thing to do. It's about what we're for, not just what we're against,' says Johanna Langill, a math teacher at Oakland Tech.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/6dede646-img_20190120_123136.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'Coming and making art feels like a beautiful thing to do. It's about what we're for, not just what we're against,' says Johanna Langill, a math teacher at Oakland Tech. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719778 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"People help paint a parachute that says 'education justice now.' The image is inspired by artwork from Black Panther graphic artist Emory Douglas.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/ba45fa5b-img_20190120_123246.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People help paint a parachute that says 'education justice now.' The image is inspired by artwork from Black Panther graphic artist Emory Douglas. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719780\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719780 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"'We're making work next to each other, forging friendships and having fun together, and that's part of the power of art build,' says Kim Cosier of Art Build Workers, an artist collective from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/c178373b-img_20190120_123454.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">'We're making work next to each other, forging friendships and having fun together, and that's part of the power of art build,' says Kim Cosier of Art Build Workers, an artist collective from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719781\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 638px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719781 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921.jpg\" alt=\"Coyo Tena, 11, is a student at Sequoia Elementary. He's helping paint a parachute with other students.\" width=\"638\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921.jpg 638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/4939b0b3-img_20190120_123921-160x213.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 638px) 100vw, 638px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Coyo Tena, 11, is a student at Sequoia Elementary. He's helping paint a parachute with other students. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719782 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Claudio Martinez and Kim Cosier are both artists involved with the collective Art Build Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They came to Oakland to support the 'art build' event.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/37b1722a-img_20190120_125610.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Claudio Martinez and Kim Cosier are both artists involved with the collective Art Build Workers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They came to Oakland to support the 'art build' event. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719784\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719784 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Cecilia Titizano (center) paints a sign with her husband and sixth grade daughter. 'It's inspiring. I think it's a community effort. Teachers are part of our community. They are not alone. We are here with them, and we will support them when they strike,' Titizano says.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/dfd8b544-img_20190120_130827.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cecilia Titizano (right) paints a sign with her husband and sixth grade daughter. 'It's inspiring. I think it's a community effort. Teachers are part of our community. They are not alone. We are here with them, and we will support them when they strike,' Titizano says. \u003ccite>(Muna Danish/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Peter Jon Shuler contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"disqusTitle": "Oakland Teachers Rally, Hold One-Day Sickout Over Stalled Contract Talks",
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"content": "\u003cp>Hundreds of Oakland teachers, students and supporters, frustrated over an impasse in contract negotiations with the school district, gathered outside Oakland Technical High School Friday morning and then marched in a wildcat walkout, unauthorized by the union, to show the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11718940/teachers-strike-looming-in-oakland-anger-boils-over-into-wildcat-moves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they're willing to strike\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's the second time in two months some teachers called in sick en masse in what they're calling a sickout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland teachers have been without a contract for more than a year and a half, and negotiations with the Oakland Unified School District have snagged on issues like teacher pay and class size, among other things. The Oakland Education Association wants to see a 12 percent salary increase over three years, while the district’s latest offer is a 5 percent increase over three years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/monicazlam/status/1086315832320245760\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators carried signs Friday morning that said \"Ready to Strike,\" \"Fair Pay Now,\" \"Kids Deserve Better\" and \"Honk if You Hella Love Oakland Teachers.\" Drivers showed their support with blaring horns as they passed by. Oakland police escorted the demonstrators as they marched to district headquarters in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m really out here more for the students, not for myself,\" said McClymonds High School teacher Booker Lett. \"If it was left up to me, I’d be in class teaching now, and I told them that yesterday, but I also told them this: For every strong democracy, there has to be a strong union.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Treacy, a Skyline High School visual arts teacher, said he was fighting for the wages of new teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really thinking about the teachers who can’t be out here today because they’re worried about their job. I’m tenured,” Treacy said. He's also concerned about class sizes and said his largest has 37 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara says his students helped make signs for the teacher walkout and rally\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara says his students helped make signs for the teacher walkout and rally \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara carried a sign made for him by his students. He said he's out calling for pay to match the cost of living in the Bay Area. Ohara also pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://dashboards.ousd.org/views/SRA1718_10TEACHER_RETENTION_EXPERIENCE_0/TeacherRetention?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:showAppBanner=false&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 percent turnover rate\u003c/a> in the number of teachers who don’t come back for a second year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How can we give children the support they need if we can’t build ourselves professionally?\" Ohara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719455 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Skyline High School ceramic teacher Donna Salonga says she doesn’t have enough funds to buy clay for her students.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline High School ceramic teacher Donna Salonga says she doesn’t have enough funds to buy clay for her students. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ceramics teacher Donna Salonga said she used to live in Oakland but moved in with her parents in San Francisco because she was paying more than half of her salary in rent. Salonga, teaching in her third year at Skyline High School, said she'd like to stay at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’d love to live in Oakland, to live in the community that I work in and teach in,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/monicazlam/status/1086343265895440384\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cristopher Bautista, a ninth-grade English and history teacher at Oakland Tech, said he works a second job at Starbucks 15 hours each weekend. Bautista said he's been a teacher for five years, but this is his first year teaching in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of my teacher friends love their work in Oakland, but financially they can’t do it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719448 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Technical High School students Percy Unger, Caitlin Lee and Josie Goodson (L-R) joined in the teacher walkout and rally, Jan. 18, 2019\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Technical High School students Percy Unger, Caitlin Lee and Josie Goodson (L-R) joined in the teacher walkout and rally, Jan. 18, 2019 \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many high school students attended the rally with the support of their parents, who called them in as sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that our teachers are really struggling to pay their rent,\" said Josie Goodson, a 9th grader at Oakland Tech. \"We're here to support them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719456 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Damaris Paulino is a 10th grader at Oakland Technical High School\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damaris Paulino is a 10th grader at Oakland Technical High School \u003ccite>(Monica/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5687893-Letter-to-Teachers-Regarding-Sick-Out-Google-Docs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter to staff\u003c/a> sent this week, district officials reminded teachers the Friday action is illegal, writing: \"Teachers participating in sick-outs will be subject to disciplinary action and will lose pay for time missed as these coordinated actions present significant safety and instructional problems for our students.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday's sickout comes after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717869/photos-hundreds-rally-in-oakland-over-school-funding-closures-and-pending-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally last weekend\u003c/a> drew hundreds of teachers, parents and labor leaders to downtown Oakland to call for increased funding for education and to protest looming budget cuts and school closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This sickout, like the last, isn't sanctioned by the teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I understand the frustrations of our teachers,\" said OEA president Keith Brown. \"Our teachers are willing to take action for the schools that Oakland students deserve.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/juliamcevoy1/status/1086321859086319617\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The showdown over pay and working conditions is playing out as budget cuts and school closures roil the district. Oakland Unified is faced with tens of millions of dollars in cuts over the next three years, and bailout money available from the state hinges on the district showing that it’s taking steps to become financially stable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To that end, Oakland Unified is looking to cut millions of dollars from next year’s budget, while moving \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11711497/with-oakland-schools-on-the-chopping-block-community-looks-to-organize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to close and merge schools\u003c/a>. District officials estimate they need to cut down the district’s footprint by 24 schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For their part, district officials say they want to pay teachers more. \u003ca href=\"https://www.ousd.org/Page/17859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It has identified\u003c/a> boosting teacher pay and settling the contract as priorities for improving teacher retention and ultimately improving student outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Given their budget constraints, it's a matter of coming up with the money. District officials say they’re looking for places to cut, but have not given specifics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719458\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719458 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland High School teachers Roxanne Clement, Payton Carter and Jessica Ford (L-R) marched to Oakland Unified School District’s headquarters in downtown Oakland. Ford said she’d like to see the prosperity of many parts of the Bay Area be reflected in school budgets.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/904d1688-20190118-35-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland High School teachers Roxanne Clement, Payton Carter and Jessica Ford (L-R) marched to Oakland Unified School District’s headquarters in downtown Oakland. Ford said she’d like to see the prosperity of many parts of the Bay Area be reflected in school budgets. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The final step in the formal negotiation process is a \u003ca href=\"https://www.perb.ca.gov/laws/statutes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact-finding hearing\u003c/a> set for Jan. 31 and Feb. 1. The union and district could reach an agreement during the hearing. If they don't, they expect a recommendation for a settlement from the fact-finding panel by mid-February. If the union rejects it, they can strike.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brown said he plans to announce the date of the strike vote this Sunday at an event to \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ZPaL84lBfkmahsmA9voC1Zgcj62WG6c3o52QTnaAdsOu5w/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">create posters and artwork\u003c/a> for the possible walkout.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Julia McEvoy and Vanessa Rancaño contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Demonstrators carried signs Friday morning that said \"Ready to Strike,\" \"Fair Pay Now,\" \"Kids Deserve Better\" and \"Honk if You Hella Love Oakland Teachers.\" Drivers showed their support with blaring horns as they passed by. Oakland police escorted the demonstrators as they marched to district headquarters in downtown Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’m really out here more for the students, not for myself,\" said McClymonds High School teacher Booker Lett. \"If it was left up to me, I’d be in class teaching now, and I told them that yesterday, but I also told them this: For every strong democracy, there has to be a strong union.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jamie Treacy, a Skyline High School visual arts teacher, said he was fighting for the wages of new teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m really thinking about the teachers who can’t be out here today because they’re worried about their job. I’m tenured,” Treacy said. He's also concerned about class sizes and said his largest has 37 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719452\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719452 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara says his students helped make signs for the teacher walkout and rally\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/83686537-20190118-17-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara says his students helped make signs for the teacher walkout and rally \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Skyline High School counselor Dylan Ohara carried a sign made for him by his students. He said he's out calling for pay to match the cost of living in the Bay Area. Ohara also pointed to a \u003ca href=\"https://dashboards.ousd.org/views/SRA1718_10TEACHER_RETENTION_EXPERIENCE_0/TeacherRetention?iframeSizedToWindow=true&:embed=y&:showAppBanner=false&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">25 percent turnover rate\u003c/a> in the number of teachers who don’t come back for a second year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"How can we give children the support they need if we can’t build ourselves professionally?\" Ohara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719455\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719455 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Skyline High School ceramic teacher Donna Salonga says she doesn’t have enough funds to buy clay for her students.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/cce77892-20190118-18-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline High School ceramic teacher Donna Salonga says she doesn’t have enough funds to buy clay for her students. \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ceramics teacher Donna Salonga said she used to live in Oakland but moved in with her parents in San Francisco because she was paying more than half of her salary in rent. Salonga, teaching in her third year at Skyline High School, said she'd like to stay at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I’d love to live in Oakland, to live in the community that I work in and teach in,” she said.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Cristopher Bautista, a ninth-grade English and history teacher at Oakland Tech, said he works a second job at Starbucks 15 hours each weekend. Bautista said he's been a teacher for five years, but this is his first year teaching in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"A lot of my teacher friends love their work in Oakland, but financially they can’t do it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719448 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Oakland Technical High School students Percy Unger, Caitlin Lee and Josie Goodson (L-R) joined in the teacher walkout and rally, Jan. 18, 2019\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/17b2a68e-20190118-34-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Technical High School students Percy Unger, Caitlin Lee and Josie Goodson (L-R) joined in the teacher walkout and rally, Jan. 18, 2019 \u003ccite>(Monica Lam/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Many high school students attended the rally with the support of their parents, who called them in as sick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We understand that our teachers are really struggling to pay their rent,\" said Josie Goodson, a 9th grader at Oakland Tech. \"We're here to support them.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11719456\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11719456 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Damaris Paulino is a 10th grader at Oakland Technical High School\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/fc983954-20190118-12-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Damaris Paulino is a 10th grader at Oakland Technical High School \u003ccite>(Monica/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5687893-Letter-to-Teachers-Regarding-Sick-Out-Google-Docs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter to staff\u003c/a> sent this week, district officials reminded teachers the Friday action is illegal, writing: \"Teachers participating in sick-outs will be subject to disciplinary action and will lose pay for time missed as these coordinated actions present significant safety and instructional problems for our students.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday's sickout comes after a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11717869/photos-hundreds-rally-in-oakland-over-school-funding-closures-and-pending-strikes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rally last weekend\u003c/a> drew hundreds of teachers, parents and labor leaders to downtown Oakland to call for increased funding for education and to protest looming budget cuts and school closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This sickout, like the last, isn't sanctioned by the teachers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I understand the frustrations of our teachers,\" said OEA president Keith Brown. \"Our teachers are willing to take action for the schools that Oakland students deserve.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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