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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!-- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ -->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/\">CalMatters\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/subscribe-to-calmatters/\">Sign up\u003c/a> for their newsletters.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2022, California has been offering free lunches to all students in elementary through high school. But once they reach college, more than two-thirds of students who apply for financial aid experience food insecurity, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.csac.ca.gov/sites/default/files/file-attachments/food_and_housing_basic_needs_survey_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 report (PDF)\u003c/a> by the California Student Aid Commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The federally funded CalFresh program feeds some college students, but the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2025/03/california-colleges-calfresh-food-insecurity/\">complicated application process and eligibility rules\u003c/a> prevent many from accessing funds. More than 70% of eligible students don’t receive CalFresh, according to a 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://capolicylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/CalFresh-eligibility-and-participation-among-college-students.pdf\">California Policy Lab report\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To improve CalFresh outreach and enrollment, California started setting aside \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB129\">annual funds\u003c/a> in 2021 for public colleges and universities to establish and operate basic needs centers with food pantries, where students obtain free food staples. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.calstate.edu/csu-system/news/Documents/Basic-Needs-Flyer-Nov2022.pdf\">California State University\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://basicneeds.ucop.edu/about/services.html#:~:text=Food%20Pantries%3A%20UC%20food%20pantries,a%20self%2Dassessed%20need%20basis.\">University of California\u003c/a> systems each receive $15 million and \u003ca href=\"https://www.cccco.edu/-/media/CCCCO-Website/docs/report/CCCCO-Basic-Needs-Services-Center-Report.pdf\">California Community Colleges\u003c/a> receives $30 million annually. As of 2023, every public higher education campus in the state has a basic needs center and food pantry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, for many campuses, these solutions still aren’t enough. To fill the gaps, some have created their own innovative solutions. From free meals to food lockers, staff and students at five campuses around California offer creative alternatives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Humboldt students level up their food pantry\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Cal Poly Humboldt, through the full-service food program “Oh SNAP!,” students stock the shelves, fill pantry orders and offer CalFresh application support. They also greet their peers as they enter, offering them tea or coffee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To reduce food waste, students negotiated in 2016 with the campus dining services department to collect unused food to offer at the pantry at no cost to students. The department notifies the basic needs center when leftovers are available; students bring their own containers to package up what they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12039737 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/OaklandSchoolChildren-1020x696.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh SNAP! has hired a local organic farmer to provide produce and give classes on cooking and gardening. The program also offers pop-up thrift stores where students can fill a bag with clothes and housewares for $5; proceeds go back into the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh SNAP! “provides peace of mind,” said Anna Martinez, a student studying political science, law and policy at Cal Poly Humboldt. “I don’t have to really worry too heavy on whether or not I can afford food, because if I can’t, there’s always Oh SNAP! I can go to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the social justice, equity and inclusion officer for Cal Poly’s student government, Martinez successfully advocated for the student board to increase funding for cultural foods. She values the sense of community Oh SNAP! provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re very welcoming when it comes to different needs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program, vital for the 6,000 students at Cal Poly Humboldt, clocked 30,000 visits to Oh SNAP! last year, according to Mira Friedman, health education and clinic support services lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Compton College serves free meals to all\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sara Goldrick-Rab, a Philadelphia sociologist and advocate for college student basic needs, thinks a free meal every day is “exactly what is needed” on college campuses. She \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0013189X231153131\">conducted a study\u003c/a> giving students free, daily meals for three semesters at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It allowed students to eat in a regular way in the school cafeteria, just like they would in the National School Lunch Program. And lo-and-behold, it increased graduation rates,” Goldrick-Rab said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compton College President Keith Curry read about the Bunker Hill pilot program and decided to implement a similar program at Compton. Now, every Compton student — and employee — receives a daily meal. Students also get $20 each week to spend at the campus farmer’s market. Students enrolled in CalFresh receive $50 each week for the farmer’s market and can use their EBT card at campus dining services. The college uses a mix of grants and various campus funds to cover the costs of the meal program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing more than any other community college in the state of California and also nationally,” Curry said. “How many schools can say that students receive one meal per day on their campus from their cafeteria?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some California colleges offer a limited number of free meals, such as \u003ca href=\"https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu/aggieeats\">UC Davis\u003c/a>, where a food truck serves between 300 and 400 meals per day and students pay what they want. In fall 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wvm.edu/news/2025/wvmccd-launches-first-in-nation-universal-free-meals-program.html\">West Valley-Mission District\u003c/a> in Santa Clara County will begin offering free meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student Corinthia Mims said the first time she entered Compton’s cafeteria, “it was joy, always buzzing,” she said. Her twin, Cynthia Mims, said the free meals bring everyone together like family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Students] feel embraced and they feel important. It’s a feast,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feeding students keeps them in school. According to data the college gathered last year, students who received free meals and money for the farmers’ market were more likely to stay in their classes for the entire semester with a completion rate of 1% or 2% higher than the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curry visits the cafeteria to get feedback from the students. “They’re proud to tell me what they like and what they got today. Because there’s no negative stigma around it, because everyone is treated equally,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldrick-Rab highlights the program at Compton College as an example of what a college student universal meal plan could look like. “It’s a very nice modern version. … It’s not really a cafeteria in the classic sense. It is refrigerators full of prepared meals, the way that adults would go into a Whole Foods and get a grab-and-go,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr4065/text\">2019\u003c/a>, U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, introduced the Food for Thought bill, which proposes universal meal pilot programs on college campuses. The bill failed and was reintroduced in \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6934/text\">2022\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4812\">2023\u003c/a> but never enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Contra Costa College fills food lockers with free meals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Contra Costa College, students who work full time have difficulty accessing the food pantry during open hours. In April, the college unveiled 20 refrigerated lockers in the campus cafeteria where students can pick up their pre-ordered, free groceries between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students order online and student staff fill the orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campus basic needs center, called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.edu/student-support/basic-needs/\">Compass Center\u003c/a>, also offers \u003ca href=\"https://cccadvocate.com/14394/news/campus-news/free-lunch-program-at-ccc-cafeteria-returns/\">free meal vouchers\u003c/a> to students three days a week, giving out 50 for breakfast, 75 for lunch and 15 for dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teddy Thollaug, a first-year student studying art and journalism at Contra Costa College, says they appreciate the hot meals and food lockers, especially on days when their disability makes it too hard to stand and cook. Because Thollaug’s classes are all online, they are not on campus regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/050825_FoodLockers_FM_CM_12-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short, multicolored hair and glasses sits at a cafeteria table, facing the camera and smiling slightly. They wear a Marvel graphic T-shirt, shorts, a black zip-up hoodie, and several necklaces. In the background, groups of people gather and talk at other tables near a set of vending machines. The room is softly lit and spacious with modern chairs and tables.\">\u003cfigcaption>Teddy Thollaug at the Contra Costa College dining hall in San Pablo on May 8, 2025. Thollaug works as a student worker at the campus’ Basic Needs Services, which offers weekly free food to lower-income students delivered through refrigerated food lockers in the dining hall. \u003cem>Florence Middleton for CalMatters\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A typical order includes fresh fruit and vegetables, butter and cheese, and a “mystery package,” which contains grains, sauces and canned food. “Honestly, I feel like a kid on Christmas every time I open a mystery package,” Thollaug said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the center served 5,008 students and 14,785 families of students, according to Hope Dixon, the basic needs center coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Antelope Valley College students earn points for food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To encourage and support students to take full course loads, Antelope Valley College initiated Fresh Success, a CalFresh program that “pays” enrolled students in points for enrolled units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full-time students get more points, “because that’s our goal. We want you to get your degree, and [if you’re a full-time student,] you’re less likely to be able to run around and get all the other community resources,” said Jill Zimmerman, dean of the Antelope Valley College student health and wellness center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh-resource-center/fresh-success\">Fresh Success\u003c/a> is part of CalFresh’s Employment and Training program, and is overseen by the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Currently 20 colleges across 18 counties participate in the program, which partially reimburses schools with federal dollars for workforce development services such as job training and job search assistance for students with low income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh Success allocates points for each unit enrolled, up to 40 points per week. Students use their points at the on-campus pantry to purchase food, toiletries and laundry soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Alliza Wade, having access to Fresh Success means being able to put more time toward school rather than working more hours. Wade, a STEM major at Antelope Valley College, is enrolled in CalFresh but it doesn’t cover all of her food expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Fresh Success] has a very, very significant impact on how I’m able to live and eat, and how I’m going to be able to pursue my future, because [it helps with] saving and being able to eat healthy,” Wade said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the college is reimbursed 45 cents for every dollar spent, the Fresh Success program benefits the college as well by providing funds to put towards employment and training support like job-specific clothing and gear, cooking classes and car tune-ups through the campus automotive program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cerro Coso feeds students who aren’t eligible for CalFresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Lorena Moreno started as the basic needs coordinator in early 2024 at Cerro Coso Community College in the southeastern Sierra region of the state, she noticed that students without permanent legal status were in dire need of assistance. Non-citizens are not eligible for CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno tackled the need by creating an on-campus food program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.cerrocoso.edu/services-and-resources/basic-needs/wileyfresh.html\">WileyFresh\u003c/a> — modeled on \u003ca href=\"https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu/aggiefresh\">Aggie Fresh\u003c/a> at UC Davis, which serves students who meet CalFresh requirements but lack citizenship. Eligible students receive a monthly Albertson’s gift card valued at $291, comparable to the amount an eligible single student receives on a monthly CalFresh EBT card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Aggie Fresh program, students who qualify for WileyFresh are required to participate in workshops that support academic and personal growth. Moreno offers the workshops as a webinar to protect student identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Moreno increased outreach efforts. Her team of part-time student employees passed out flyers at events to raise awareness. They saw visits to the Wiley Food Pantry grow from about 350 per month in the spring semester to about 500 per week in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Moreno intends to expand the program to include more students who can’t enroll in CalFresh. “Because at the end of the day, that’s what it’s intended for — this population who is missing out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Research shows students can’t rely on each other’s charity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many colleges now offer a way for students to donate unused card swipes from their campus meal plans to each other. However, research shows that these donations only reach a tiny fraction of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before 2017, college dining services did not allow students to share their meal plans with other students. This didn’t sit well with students at Morehouse and Spelman colleges in Atlanta. They began a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/some-morehouse-and-spelman-students-hunger-strike-help-needy-classmates/upY625DlEIxOPrmDlxe8mJ/\">hunger strike\u003c/a> to challenge meal plan policies that forbid sharing meal swipes. Their activism convinced their colleges to change the policies and led to a nationwide program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.swipehunger.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_NC9BhCkARIsABSnSTb91Gfyu7N9jNtwHDjBHF4ibbNKjcWRywDscdQ7QXv951_u6ggPyzwaAoUWEALw_wcB\">Swipe Out Hunger\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meal-swipe programs, as they’re called at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.swipehunger.org/campusdata2024/\">approximately 850 colleges\u003c/a> nationwide that offer them, allow students to donate unused meal swipes to fellow students who need them. In California, 17 colleges participate in Swipe Out Hunger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are not effective, Goldrick-Rab said. She \u003ca href=\"https://hope.temple.edu/sites/hope/files/media/document/SOH_Implementation.pdf\">evaluated Swipe Out Hunger\u003c/a> and found that the active programs see just 300 swipes a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the bottom line, I would rather give people money than food, but I still think the National School Lunch Program is important. I just want all of it. I want the guaranteed basic income. I want a higher minimum wage. Because all of it is scientifically working,” Goldrick-Rab said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For the record: This story has been edited to clarify that the 2023 Food and Housing Basic Needs Survey by the California Student Aid Commission uses data from a survey of students who applied for financial aid.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Amy Moore is a fellow with the College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. CalMatters higher education coverage is supported by a grant from the College Futures Foundation.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This article was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2025/05/food-pantries-california/\">originally published on CalMatters\u003c/a> and was republished under the \u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/\">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives\u003c/a> license.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh SNAP! has hired a local organic farmer to provide produce and give classes on cooking and gardening. The program also offers pop-up thrift stores where students can fill a bag with clothes and housewares for $5; proceeds go back into the program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oh SNAP! “provides peace of mind,” said Anna Martinez, a student studying political science, law and policy at Cal Poly Humboldt. “I don’t have to really worry too heavy on whether or not I can afford food, because if I can’t, there’s always Oh SNAP! I can go to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the social justice, equity and inclusion officer for Cal Poly’s student government, Martinez successfully advocated for the student board to increase funding for cultural foods. She values the sense of community Oh SNAP! provides.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re very welcoming when it comes to different needs,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The program, vital for the 6,000 students at Cal Poly Humboldt, clocked 30,000 visits to Oh SNAP! last year, according to Mira Friedman, health education and clinic support services lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Compton College serves free meals to all\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sara Goldrick-Rab, a Philadelphia sociologist and advocate for college student basic needs, thinks a free meal every day is “exactly what is needed” on college campuses. She \u003ca href=\"https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.3102/0013189X231153131\">conducted a study\u003c/a> giving students free, daily meals for three semesters at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It allowed students to eat in a regular way in the school cafeteria, just like they would in the National School Lunch Program. And lo-and-behold, it increased graduation rates,” Goldrick-Rab said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compton College President Keith Curry read about the Bunker Hill pilot program and decided to implement a similar program at Compton. Now, every Compton student — and employee — receives a daily meal. Students also get $20 each week to spend at the campus farmer’s market. Students enrolled in CalFresh receive $50 each week for the farmer’s market and can use their EBT card at campus dining services. The college uses a mix of grants and various campus funds to cover the costs of the meal program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re doing more than any other community college in the state of California and also nationally,” Curry said. “How many schools can say that students receive one meal per day on their campus from their cafeteria?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some California colleges offer a limited number of free meals, such as \u003ca href=\"https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu/aggieeats\">UC Davis\u003c/a>, where a food truck serves between 300 and 400 meals per day and students pay what they want. In fall 2025, \u003ca href=\"https://www.wvm.edu/news/2025/wvmccd-launches-first-in-nation-universal-free-meals-program.html\">West Valley-Mission District\u003c/a> in Santa Clara County will begin offering free meals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student Corinthia Mims said the first time she entered Compton’s cafeteria, “it was joy, always buzzing,” she said. Her twin, Cynthia Mims, said the free meals bring everyone together like family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Students] feel embraced and they feel important. It’s a feast,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feeding students keeps them in school. According to data the college gathered last year, students who received free meals and money for the farmers’ market were more likely to stay in their classes for the entire semester with a completion rate of 1% or 2% higher than the general population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curry visits the cafeteria to get feedback from the students. “They’re proud to tell me what they like and what they got today. Because there’s no negative stigma around it, because everyone is treated equally,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldrick-Rab highlights the program at Compton College as an example of what a college student universal meal plan could look like. “It’s a very nice modern version. … It’s not really a cafeteria in the classic sense. It is refrigerators full of prepared meals, the way that adults would go into a Whole Foods and get a grab-and-go,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In \u003ca href=\"https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr4065/text\">2019\u003c/a>, U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, introduced the Food for Thought bill, which proposes universal meal pilot programs on college campuses. The bill failed and was reintroduced in \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/6934/text\">2022\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4812\">2023\u003c/a> but never enacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Contra Costa College fills food lockers with free meals\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At Contra Costa College, students who work full time have difficulty accessing the food pantry during open hours. In April, the college unveiled 20 refrigerated lockers in the campus cafeteria where students can pick up their pre-ordered, free groceries between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Students order online and student staff fill the orders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campus basic needs center, called the \u003ca href=\"https://www.contracosta.edu/student-support/basic-needs/\">Compass Center\u003c/a>, also offers \u003ca href=\"https://cccadvocate.com/14394/news/campus-news/free-lunch-program-at-ccc-cafeteria-returns/\">free meal vouchers\u003c/a> to students three days a week, giving out 50 for breakfast, 75 for lunch and 15 for dinner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Teddy Thollaug, a first-year student studying art and journalism at Contra Costa College, says they appreciate the hot meals and food lockers, especially on days when their disability makes it too hard to stand and cook. Because Thollaug’s classes are all online, they are not on campus regularly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure>\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/050825_FoodLockers_FM_CM_12-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"A person with short, multicolored hair and glasses sits at a cafeteria table, facing the camera and smiling slightly. They wear a Marvel graphic T-shirt, shorts, a black zip-up hoodie, and several necklaces. In the background, groups of people gather and talk at other tables near a set of vending machines. The room is softly lit and spacious with modern chairs and tables.\">\u003cfigcaption>Teddy Thollaug at the Contra Costa College dining hall in San Pablo on May 8, 2025. Thollaug works as a student worker at the campus’ Basic Needs Services, which offers weekly free food to lower-income students delivered through refrigerated food lockers in the dining hall. \u003cem>Florence Middleton for CalMatters\u003c/em>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A typical order includes fresh fruit and vegetables, butter and cheese, and a “mystery package,” which contains grains, sauces and canned food. “Honestly, I feel like a kid on Christmas every time I open a mystery package,” Thollaug said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2024, the center served 5,008 students and 14,785 families of students, according to Hope Dixon, the basic needs center coordinator.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Antelope Valley College students earn points for food\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>To encourage and support students to take full course loads, Antelope Valley College initiated Fresh Success, a CalFresh program that “pays” enrolled students in points for enrolled units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full-time students get more points, “because that’s our goal. We want you to get your degree, and [if you’re a full-time student,] you’re less likely to be able to run around and get all the other community resources,” said Jill Zimmerman, dean of the Antelope Valley College student health and wellness center.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh-resource-center/fresh-success\">Fresh Success\u003c/a> is part of CalFresh’s Employment and Training program, and is overseen by the Foundation for California Community Colleges. Currently 20 colleges across 18 counties participate in the program, which partially reimburses schools with federal dollars for workforce development services such as job training and job search assistance for students with low income.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fresh Success allocates points for each unit enrolled, up to 40 points per week. Students use their points at the on-campus pantry to purchase food, toiletries and laundry soap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Alliza Wade, having access to Fresh Success means being able to put more time toward school rather than working more hours. Wade, a STEM major at Antelope Valley College, is enrolled in CalFresh but it doesn’t cover all of her food expenses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Fresh Success] has a very, very significant impact on how I’m able to live and eat, and how I’m going to be able to pursue my future, because [it helps with] saving and being able to eat healthy,” Wade said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the college is reimbursed 45 cents for every dollar spent, the Fresh Success program benefits the college as well by providing funds to put towards employment and training support like job-specific clothing and gear, cooking classes and car tune-ups through the campus automotive program.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Cerro Coso feeds students who aren’t eligible for CalFresh\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Lorena Moreno started as the basic needs coordinator in early 2024 at Cerro Coso Community College in the southeastern Sierra region of the state, she noticed that students without permanent legal status were in dire need of assistance. Non-citizens are not eligible for CalFresh.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreno tackled the need by creating an on-campus food program called \u003ca href=\"https://www.cerrocoso.edu/services-and-resources/basic-needs/wileyfresh.html\">WileyFresh\u003c/a> — modeled on \u003ca href=\"https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu/aggiefresh\">Aggie Fresh\u003c/a> at UC Davis, which serves students who meet CalFresh requirements but lack citizenship. Eligible students receive a monthly Albertson’s gift card valued at $291, comparable to the amount an eligible single student receives on a monthly CalFresh EBT card.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like the Aggie Fresh program, students who qualify for WileyFresh are required to participate in workshops that support academic and personal growth. Moreno offers the workshops as a webinar to protect student identities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last fall, Moreno increased outreach efforts. Her team of part-time student employees passed out flyers at events to raise awareness. They saw visits to the Wiley Food Pantry grow from about 350 per month in the spring semester to about 500 per week in the fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Moreno intends to expand the program to include more students who can’t enroll in CalFresh. “Because at the end of the day, that’s what it’s intended for — this population who is missing out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Research shows students can’t rely on each other’s charity\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Many colleges now offer a way for students to donate unused card swipes from their campus meal plans to each other. However, research shows that these donations only reach a tiny fraction of students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before 2017, college dining services did not allow students to share their meal plans with other students. This didn’t sit well with students at Morehouse and Spelman colleges in Atlanta. They began a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/some-morehouse-and-spelman-students-hunger-strike-help-needy-classmates/upY625DlEIxOPrmDlxe8mJ/\">hunger strike\u003c/a> to challenge meal plan policies that forbid sharing meal swipes. Their activism convinced their colleges to change the policies and led to a nationwide program, \u003ca href=\"https://www.swipehunger.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA_NC9BhCkARIsABSnSTb91Gfyu7N9jNtwHDjBHF4ibbNKjcWRywDscdQ7QXv951_u6ggPyzwaAoUWEALw_wcB\">Swipe Out Hunger\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meal-swipe programs, as they’re called at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.swipehunger.org/campusdata2024/\">approximately 850 colleges\u003c/a> nationwide that offer them, allow students to donate unused meal swipes to fellow students who need them. In California, 17 colleges participate in Swipe Out Hunger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But they are not effective, Goldrick-Rab said. She \u003ca href=\"https://hope.temple.edu/sites/hope/files/media/document/SOH_Implementation.pdf\">evaluated Swipe Out Hunger\u003c/a> and found that the active programs see just 300 swipes a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the bottom line, I would rather give people money than food, but I still think the National School Lunch Program is important. I just want all of it. I want the guaranteed basic income. I want a higher minimum wage. Because all of it is scientifically working,” Goldrick-Rab said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For the record: This story has been edited to clarify that the 2023 Food and Housing Basic Needs Survey by the California Student Aid Commission uses data from a survey of students who applied for financial aid.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Amy Moore is a fellow with the College Journalism Network, a collaboration between CalMatters and student journalists from across California. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:30 p.m. Thursday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/oakland-school-board\">Oakland’s school board\u003c/a> voted Wednesday to cancel spending caps that would have cut after-school care by at least 50% next year. However, that funding will likely remain in limbo until the new fiscal year begins in July, adding uncertainty for the services’ providers, already wary of infighting in district leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lukas Brekke-Miesner, the executive director of Oakland Kids First, which runs Castlemont High School’s after-school enrichment program, told KQED that his and other agencies were instructed Wednesday by the district’s head of expanded learning to plan for programs as usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he said, “If July becomes this really critical moment to figure everything out, I wouldn’t say that this board has demonstrated sufficient acumen to navigate what could be a very difficult process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And I’m unclear within the central office who would be equipped to shepherd that through,” Brekke-Miesner continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year has been a rollercoaster for the Oakland Unified School District. Board members are deeply divided and a majority voted last month on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">separation agreement with longtime Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell\u003c/a>, terminating her contract early this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the controversy between board members began surrounding a set of budget proposals co-sponsored by Board President Jennifer Brouhard in March — one of which, referred to as alternative budget adjustments, put caps on contracts the district has with consultants and service providers, certain employee salaries and for books and supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041367\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12041367 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed-800x526.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed-1020x671.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed-160x105.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-18_qed-1920x1263.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Unified School District board president Jennifer Brouhard speaks during a meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Members of the district’s budget staff and board member Mike Hutchinson, who chairs the budget and finance committee, adamantly opposed the resolution at the time, saying it was rushed and could have unintended consequences. But the budget measures passed with a slim majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the resolution aimed to restrict spending on services and salaries that don’t directly serve students, the language used caused it to backfire, leading district staff to place caps on contracts with local nonprofits who provide enrichment and after care services in OUSD schools next fall, requiring at least 50% reductions in their services. In total, the resolution would have resulted in $29 million in budget cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After community outrage, the board held a special meeting on Wednesday where it debated for nearly three hours whether to slash the alternative budget adjustments, or add last-minute changes to the legislation it was discussing that would keep but delay the cuts. Those changes earned frank criticism from district staff.[aside postID=news_12039737 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/OaklandSchoolChildren-1020x696.jpg']“If you don’t want this repeat cycle, we would have conferred and I would have been able to see this [amendment] prior to 30 minutes before the meeting,” budget chief Lisa Grant-Dawson said. “Please know that if you adopt this [amended] resolution, it still will have problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the board majority chose to repeal the resolution entirely, but the meeting further deepened the chasm between board members and with staff — and could threaten their collective goal to serve Oakland students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson told KQED after the meeting that even with the budget adjustments repealed, staff won’t have time to reinstate the funding to schools until after the budget process is completed at the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re too far into budget development to take off the [caps] and then rebalance and still be ready for the [Local Control and Accountability Plan] and budget,” she said. “We’re literally weeks away from our public hearing as well as the adoption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a whole different degree of consternation of us having to adjust all these budgets. It took me almost a month to figure out what was the most equitable way to do it, because we’re not talking about five lines of data, we are talking about thousands of lines of data to change,” Grant-Dawson continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the plan is to lift the spending limits once the budget process wraps up at the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lukas Brekke-Miesner, executive director of Oakland Kids First, which helped launch youth voting in Oakland in 2019, at Willard Park in Berkeley on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Brekke-Miesner, stalling that technical change won’t financially impact his program, but it does extend his and other aftercare program providers’ uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It creates a lot of confusion, and a delay like this basically means that agencies are going into summer not knowing if everything is going to be remediated and restored,” Brekke-Miesner said. “That means that they could then have to lay off staff in July or August, or tell families in July or August that, ‘Actually, your kid doesn’t have aftercare next year,’ when the ship has sailed on any other alternatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is expected that when Johnson-Trammell departs the district at the end of June, other executive staff, including Grant-Dawson, could leave with her. Grant-Dawson was previously set to depart OUSD in alignment with Johnson-Trammell’s transition out in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An application was also opened for an interim superintendent earlier this month, but no one has been named to take over in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke-Miesner said that while questions of who will be district leadership are a concern, ultimately, his main worry is with the school board’s inability to get along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The level of discourse and derision and disrespect is just so constant and high level that I think it thwarts the ability to really effectively try to solve some really complicated problems,” he told KQED. “I think collectively, the board has to kind of have a ‘Come to Jesus moment’ because it’s going to require a lot more cooperation and respect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“If you don’t want this repeat cycle, we would have conferred and I would have been able to see this [amendment] prior to 30 minutes before the meeting,” budget chief Lisa Grant-Dawson said. “Please know that if you adopt this [amended] resolution, it still will have problems.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ultimately, the board majority chose to repeal the resolution entirely, but the meeting further deepened the chasm between board members and with staff — and could threaten their collective goal to serve Oakland students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Grant-Dawson told KQED after the meeting that even with the budget adjustments repealed, staff won’t have time to reinstate the funding to schools until after the budget process is completed at the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re too far into budget development to take off the [caps] and then rebalance and still be ready for the [Local Control and Accountability Plan] and budget,” she said. “We’re literally weeks away from our public hearing as well as the adoption.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has created a whole different degree of consternation of us having to adjust all these budgets. It took me almost a month to figure out what was the most equitable way to do it, because we’re not talking about five lines of data, we are talking about thousands of lines of data to change,” Grant-Dawson continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the plan is to lift the spending limits once the budget process wraps up at the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12041376\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12041376\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250226_Youth-Vote_DMB_00088_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lukas Brekke-Miesner, executive director of Oakland Kids First, which helped launch youth voting in Oakland in 2019, at Willard Park in Berkeley on Feb. 26, 2025. \u003ccite>(David M. Barreda/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Brekke-Miesner, stalling that technical change won’t financially impact his program, but it does extend his and other aftercare program providers’ uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It creates a lot of confusion, and a delay like this basically means that agencies are going into summer not knowing if everything is going to be remediated and restored,” Brekke-Miesner said. “That means that they could then have to lay off staff in July or August, or tell families in July or August that, ‘Actually, your kid doesn’t have aftercare next year,’ when the ship has sailed on any other alternatives.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It is expected that when Johnson-Trammell departs the district at the end of June, other executive staff, including Grant-Dawson, could leave with her. Grant-Dawson was previously set to depart OUSD in alignment with Johnson-Trammell’s transition out in 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An application was also opened for an interim superintendent earlier this month, but no one has been named to take over in July.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brekke-Miesner said that while questions of who will be district leadership are a concern, ultimately, his main worry is with the school board’s inability to get along.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The level of discourse and derision and disrespect is just so constant and high level that I think it thwarts the ability to really effectively try to solve some really complicated problems,” he told KQED. “I think collectively, the board has to kind of have a ‘Come to Jesus moment’ because it’s going to require a lot more cooperation and respect.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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The number is significantly lower than the 6.1 million students enrolled in the state’s public schools in the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The most striking indication of these latest enrollment data is that … the dramatic exodus of families and students from public schools early in the pandemic has not reversed itself,” said Thomas Dee, an education professor at Stanford University who has been studying public school enrollment since the pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dee said a substantial amount of enrollment decline is due to lower birth rates, families moving out of the state, and a rise in private school and homeschooling enrollment. The most recent \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/si/ps/psastatcountsbyyear.asp\">state data shows\u003c/a> enrollment in homeschools almost doubled from 25,423 in 2018–19 to 49,402 in 2023–24, while private school enrollment increased from 521,116 to 551,052.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Districts that saw substantial enrollment declines “cannot expect these families to come back anytime soon,” Dee said. “They’ll have to reckon with the financial implications of underpopulated schools that still have the same number of staff.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12031806\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12031806\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/TKSF-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four-year-old students head back to their transitional kindergarten class at Tule Elk Park Early Educational School in San Francisco on Jan. 8, 2001. \u003ccite>(Ana Tintocalis/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Growing enrollment for transitional kindergarten and dual language programs slowed the overall decline. The number of TK students grew 17.2%, from 151,491 to 177,570, while most other grade levels saw a dip in enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we have more work to do, the dramatic growth in TK is inspiring and shows that providing rigorous and quality programs can be a key ingredient to bringing more families back to our schools,” Tony Thurmond, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction, said in a statement.[aside postID=news_11989955 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240520-TKPARENTSDILEMMA-07-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']California is in the middle of expanding this new grade so that by this fall, any child who turns 4 by Sept. 1 can enroll in a free year of pre-kindergarten. San Francisco Unified School District, which is facing a major budget shortfall partly caused by declining enrollment, reported \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031802/san-francisco-public-schools-see-surge-applications-thanks-transitional-kindergarten-demand\">a 10% increase in applications\u003c/a> for the 2025-26 school year, with the biggest surge in enrollment for TK.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom initially proposed spending $3.9 billion in the 2025–26 budget to fully implement the program, anticipating roughly 60,000 additional TK students would enroll. 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A dozen more joined the Stanford strike this week, pushing the university to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza and take actions to ensure campus free speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the university has said it does not plan to negotiate with the strikers. In the fall, it declined to meet students’ divestment demands, and it said it keeps specific investments and endowment strategies private to ensure “continued and robust financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters gather nightly on the grassy White Plaza, which has become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">de facto home base for pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations\u003c/a> since October 2023. This escalation from the protests that Stanford students have held since the war began comes at the tail end of a school year that many told KQED has been wrought with increasing hostility from the university’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enforcement of new protest guidelines, the Santa Clara County district attorney’s felony charges against Stanford protesters and a lack of movement on their divestment demands have pushed hunger strikers to this point of desperation, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign with student demands is displayed at the intake table at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on Monday, May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The university seems to think that they can put their fingers in their ears and ignore us, but we’re here to show them that they can’t do that,” said Owen Martin, a first-year student who has been part of the strike since last week. “Clearly, Stanford doesn’t seem to care that the companies they’re investing in are causing the mass starvation and death of thousands upon thousands of people, but maybe they’ll care that students are starving on their campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said he felt called to join the hunger strike because of its parallel to Israel’s 11-week blockade of food and aid to Gaza. Israeli officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo\">announced Monday\u003c/a> amid mounting international pressure that they had allowed five aid trucks into Gaza to prevent starvation, but the United Nations said it would only be a “drop in [the] ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sort of think of my own ancestors,” said Martin, who is Irish American. “We came here during the most severe man-made famine in history at the time, the Great Irish Famine, and now the same thing is happening to our brothers and sisters in Gaza.”[aside postID=news_12039733 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/240425-StanfordGazaProtest-036-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']Since last week, Martin said he has lost more than 10% of his body weight and experienced extreme dips in his blood glucose levels. On Monday, medical staffers supplied him and other strikers with a plastic bag full of vitamins and a 10-gram glucose tablet, with instructions to take it in an emergency situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to have to do any permanent damage to my body … but I’m prepared to stand for my brothers and sisters,” Martin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Stanford was among more than 130 schools across the country whose students built nests of tents, tarps, blankets, Palestinian flags and large banners and spent weeks camped out on their campuses, bringing attention to U.S. support for Israel and pressuring their universities to pull financial investments from companies that supply weapons or surveillance technology to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a group of protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">occupied the university president’s office\u003c/a> in June and refused to leave until they were arrested, administrators shut down Stanford’s encampment and later updated “freedom of expression” policies with a new policy requiring demonstrators to remove face coverings when asked a clarification of the camping policy, requiring that tents and structures be removed overnight regardless of whether people are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040875 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaykh Alauddin Elbakri leads a prayer at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 protesters face felony charges for the occupation of the president’s office, and other student activists have rallied around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that since he arrived on campus in the fall, there’s been a feeling of hostility between protesters and the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had one major rally where we marched here from White Plaza around the main quad and back, and within five minutes, you saw administrators swarming, asking us to disperse, threatening to send the police to come and disperse us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Liu, a graduate student studying computational and mathematical engineering, has also felt a shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt more of a double standard,” he told KQED on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu, 25, a second-year graduate student at Stanford University, stands for a portrait at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. Liu is one of the several Stanford University students who have been on a hunger strike, pledging not to eat until the university agrees to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Liu said he’s often seen party details or advocacy messages chalked by fraternities and clubs stay on campus bike paths for weeks, “whenever [it’s] something that we talk about Palestine and bringing attention to the people whom Israel kills in Palestine, there’s immediate suspicion if there’s any university agent who walks over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And even if no one asks immediately, [the messages] usually get washed away or erased within just a few days,” Liu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday evening, students kneeled on the sidewalks surrounding White Plaza, drawing Palestinian flags and writing messages in colorful chalk. One student wrote “There is no clean water in Gaza” in block letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, who has also been a part of the strike since last week, said that as a member of Stanford’s Graduate Student Council, he’s been invited to have discussions with administrators about the ongoing conflict, and has been told repeatedly that they welcome engagement from students. Now, he said, they’re refusing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040873 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu holds a packet of supplements medical staff provided after getting his blood pressure checked at a pop-up station at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So far, they’ve been taking a completely opposite stance, and that’s very hypocritical,” Liu said. “We want them to apply the same standards to us and allow us to engage with them as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu said Stanford has a history of sit-ins against the Vietnam War and apartheid South Africa that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039733/california-students-hunger-strike-gaza-spreads-stanford\">campus policy changes\u003c/a> — and added that choosing not to see the June action as the same is shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we celebrate those protests of the past,” he said. “We hope that the university can learn its lessons from the past, and not wait until decades later to celebrate things that happened like last year’s occupation of the president’s office, but really take action now.”[aside postID=news_12035346 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED-1020x680.jpg']On Monday, another dozen students joined Liu, Martin and others who are continuing their action into a second week. Some of the original participants have had to end their strikes because of medical reasons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve been really galvanized by seeing so many people make that sacrifice for their bodies to really call [administration] to the forefront,” Max Allen Cu, a third-year student joining the strike this week, told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cu said the university can feel very insulated, and students often don’t see all of the issues happening outside of their inner world on campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is such an important reason to bring this fight to campus because I really do believe that Gaza and Palestine are our campus,” he said. “We really want everyone here at Stanford’s campus to understand that Gaza and Palestine are the center of not only our education, but also the ways that we look at life and politics.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He and other strikers plan to continue to meet at White Plaza just before sunset each day that the strike continues. As of now, there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We all want to end the hunger strike, but we know that our hunger for justice for our siblings in Palestine is greater than the hunger we are feeling physically,” Liu said. “Looking back, you don’t want to say that you were silent in the face of a genocide.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the university has said it does not plan to negotiate with the strikers. In the fall, it declined to meet students’ divestment demands, and it said it keeps specific investments and endowment strategies private to ensure “continued and robust financial support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters gather nightly on the grassy White Plaza, which has become the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11984203/pro-palestinian-protests-sweep-california-college-campuses-amid-israel-hamas-war\">de facto home base for pro-Palestinian campus demonstrations\u003c/a> since October 2023. This escalation from the protests that Stanford students have held since the war began comes at the tail end of a school year that many told KQED has been wrought with increasing hostility from the university’s administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enforcement of new protest guidelines, the Santa Clara County district attorney’s felony charges against Stanford protesters and a lack of movement on their divestment demands have pushed hunger strikers to this point of desperation, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040872\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040872 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG007-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sign with student demands is displayed at the intake table at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on Monday, May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The university seems to think that they can put their fingers in their ears and ignore us, but we’re here to show them that they can’t do that,” said Owen Martin, a first-year student who has been part of the strike since last week. “Clearly, Stanford doesn’t seem to care that the companies they’re investing in are causing the mass starvation and death of thousands upon thousands of people, but maybe they’ll care that students are starving on their campus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said he felt called to join the hunger strike because of its parallel to Israel’s 11-week blockade of food and aid to Gaza. Israeli officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3d4kz8p00eo\">announced Monday\u003c/a> amid mounting international pressure that they had allowed five aid trucks into Gaza to prevent starvation, but the United Nations said it would only be a “drop in [the] ocean.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I sort of think of my own ancestors,” said Martin, who is Irish American. “We came here during the most severe man-made famine in history at the time, the Great Irish Famine, and now the same thing is happening to our brothers and sisters in Gaza.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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On Monday, medical staffers supplied him and other strikers with a plastic bag full of vitamins and a 10-gram glucose tablet, with instructions to take it in an emergency situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I don’t want to have to do any permanent damage to my body … but I’m prepared to stand for my brothers and sisters,” Martin told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last spring, Stanford was among more than 130 schools across the country whose students built nests of tents, tarps, blankets, Palestinian flags and large banners and spent weeks camped out on their campuses, bringing attention to U.S. support for Israel and pressuring their universities to pull financial investments from companies that supply weapons or surveillance technology to the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a group of protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989050/pro-palestinian-stanford-protesters-detained-after-occupying-presidents-office\">occupied the university president’s office\u003c/a> in June and refused to leave until they were arrested, administrators shut down Stanford’s encampment and later updated “freedom of expression” policies with a new policy requiring demonstrators to remove face coverings when asked a clarification of the camping policy, requiring that tents and structures be removed overnight regardless of whether people are present.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040875\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040875 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG037-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shaykh Alauddin Elbakri leads a prayer at White Memorial Plaza in Stanford, California, on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Now, 12 protesters face felony charges for the occupation of the president’s office, and other student activists have rallied around them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Martin said that since he arrived on campus in the fall, there’s been a feeling of hostility between protesters and the administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve had one major rally where we marched here from White Plaza around the main quad and back, and within five minutes, you saw administrators swarming, asking us to disperse, threatening to send the police to come and disperse us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brian Liu, a graduate student studying computational and mathematical engineering, has also felt a shift.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ve felt more of a double standard,” he told KQED on Monday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040871\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040871\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG003-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu, 25, a second-year graduate student at Stanford University, stands for a portrait at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. Liu is one of the several Stanford University students who have been on a hunger strike, pledging not to eat until the university agrees to divest from companies that they say are supporting Israel’s war in Gaza. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While Liu said he’s often seen party details or advocacy messages chalked by fraternities and clubs stay on campus bike paths for weeks, “whenever [it’s] something that we talk about Palestine and bringing attention to the people whom Israel kills in Palestine, there’s immediate suspicion if there’s any university agent who walks over.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And even if no one asks immediately, [the messages] usually get washed away or erased within just a few days,” Liu said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday evening, students kneeled on the sidewalks surrounding White Plaza, drawing Palestinian flags and writing messages in colorful chalk. One student wrote “There is no clean water in Gaza” in block letters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu, who has also been a part of the strike since last week, said that as a member of Stanford’s Graduate Student Council, he’s been invited to have discussions with administrators about the ongoing conflict, and has been told repeatedly that they welcome engagement from students. Now, he said, they’re refusing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040873\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12040873 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/05192025_STANFORDHUNGERSTRIKE_EG013-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brian Liu holds a packet of supplements medical staff provided after getting his blood pressure checked at a pop-up station at White Memorial Plaza on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Estefany Gonzalez for KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“So far, they’ve been taking a completely opposite stance, and that’s very hypocritical,” Liu said. “We want them to apply the same standards to us and allow us to engage with them as well.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liu said Stanford has a history of sit-ins against the Vietnam War and apartheid South Africa that led to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039733/california-students-hunger-strike-gaza-spreads-stanford\">campus policy changes\u003c/a> — and added that choosing not to see the June action as the same is shortsighted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today, we celebrate those protests of the past,” he said. “We hope that the university can learn its lessons from the past, and not wait until decades later to celebrate things that happened like last year’s occupation of the president’s office, but really take action now.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But on Friday afternoon, the district announced that it would pull back pink slips that had been approved for 34 school counselors and 117 paraeducators, who provide instructional support to teachers, leaving just nine remaining notices going out to school-site staffers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District officials said they were able to cut the number down significantly through collaboration with the county and state boards of education, along with a successful early retirement buyout offer to educators. About 100 staffers in SFUSD’s administrative central office \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12036914/more-sfusd-layoffs-to-target-central-office-bringing-budget-gap-closer-to-zero\">were also laid off\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Lara, the vice president of SFUSD’s teachers union, called the announcement a victory and commended the district for its work to balance the budget, but he emphasized that there is still work to be done. Before children return to campuses next fall, he said, the district will have to replace classroom teachers \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12031347/san-francisco-schools-may-cut-staff-face-backlash-over-new-hiring-limits\">taking the voluntary buyout\u003c/a> as well as others who could announce their resignations this summer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We still have a lot of work to do to fully staff classrooms, and we very much are in collaboration with the district to get that done,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250421-SFUSDCentralCuts-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Su speaks during a press conference at the school district offices in San Francisco on April 21, 2025. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A spokesperson for SFUSD said the exact number of classroom vacancies throughout the district’s 120 campuses fluctuates significantly, but each year, a couple of hundred teachers often leave their roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A hiring freeze has limited the district’s ability to make staffing decisions without state approval for the last year, but according to a spokesperson, it’s been approved to hire 77 additional classroom teachers, on top of the 162 hires it was granted to fill open positions earlier this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara said SFUSD’s hiring allowance is enough to offer every eligible temporary teacher in the district a new contract for next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Right now, principals have a list of all these individuals and principals are calling these folks to get into the classroom and offering them contracts,” Lara said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He’s more worried that some schools will be unable to fill classroom openings, especially if the number grows.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Once they end the school year, [teachers] often announce in their email threads to their school community that they’re leaving, so we expect that number to increase while the pool of candidates will decrease,” Lara said. “We’re not out of the woodwork yet in terms of staffing, but at least everybody now knows what the rules are.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12039904 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The volume of open positions at this point in the school year has some principals worried, according to Anna Klafter, the president of the district’s administrators union and principal at Independence High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Every school has open positions, she said, and a principal at one of the westside high schools is looking to fill about 30 open roles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“School is over in two and a half weeks,” she said, adding that principals aren’t paid to work throughout all of summer break. “Principals will be forced to work over the summer to staff their schools because the alternative is not working and not having staff in your schools, and that’s just not OK. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 1:02 p.m. Monday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 100 teachers and staff at \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/santa-clara-county\">Santa Clara County’s\u003c/a> first charter school received layoff notices in late April, as the school prepares to shutter its three remaining schools at the end of the school year due to financial strain and declining enrollment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sal Williams, an English teacher at Downtown College Preparatory’s El Primero Middle School, one of the three schools, said that while the educators are likely to find other jobs, the closure of the schools after nearly 25 years is heartbreaking for the Alum Rock and Downtown San José communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DCP has been such a wonderful gift to both this side of San José, as well as the Alum Rock community. It’s offered a lot of underrepresented students a chance to thrive,” he told KQED. “It’s been really great both to see how it helps the immediate community, but also the larger community of teachers as well as students, and I think it’s just going to be a huge, huge loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Downtown College Prep announced in January that it would close its two middle schools and one high school in June due to decreasing enrollment at its campuses and in San José’s public schools. The decision came less than a year after DCP abruptly closed its Alum Rock High School last spring, giving families just a few months’ notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“DCP is a fantastic organization and was the original charter school in San José, and it is with great sadness that we’re in this position,” Valerie Royaltey-Quandt, DCP’s interim executive director, said Monday. “And we know that there are a lot of other schools in this situation in our area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DCP has a budget deficit of $4.5 million, according to public documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The organization has taken significant steps to mitigate the situation over the last 12–18 months, including the closure of one high school, staff reductions and discussions with debt holders,” the school’s board wrote in a message shared with the school community in January.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007683\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12007683 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/GettyImages-1792528853-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown College Prep will close its two middle schools and one high school in June, citing declining enrollment and a $4.5 million budget deficit — less than a year after abruptly shutting its Alum Rock campus. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, with the current limited financial resources and considering the overall trend of lower enrollment in San José, the board made the extremely difficult decision to close all three schools at the end of the 2024–2025 school year,” the message continued.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The three schools serve about 950 students in grades 5 through 12. More than 90% of each campus identify as Hispanic or Latino and more than 80% of students qualify as low-income. At its peak, DCP had about 1,600 students, Royaltey-Quandt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams, who also serves as the president of the school’s teachers union, said DCP was unique in San José, offering students who don’t traditionally have access to small learning environments the chance to foster closer relationships with classmates and teachers.[aside postID=news_12033787 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250401-REGIONALMED-JG-1_qed-1020x680.jpg']“It just helps to personalize education,” he said. “Being in such a small setting, you really get to see these students as people and connect with them that way. That’s just how I like to be as an educator, but I think students really respond to it that their teachers and educators and staff members and admin — everyone knows them as people first.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s especially devastating, Williams said, for teachers and students who transferred into El Primero High School from Alum Rock High this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We were able to absorb some of the teachers and some of the students and for them to have to go through this again… I teach juniors and seniors, so I have some students who have lost two schools in the span of their high school career,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 850 students will need to find new schools, which Royaltey-Quandt said the school has been supporting heavily.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We started having planning meetings with parents, with students through our curriculum advisory program. We had a very large high school and middle school fair and invited all of our local charter schools and private schools, and we had a good turnout for that,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DCP officials have also been working with local public school districts to verify that transfers of student records are going smoothly, and sending families surveys as well as checking in with parents directly about every two weeks to offer support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The schools struggled financially since at least the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after employees unionized in 2020 — a rare feat for charter staff — they began to raise concerns about some of DCP’s funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As members began trying to track DCP’s finances, Williams said they started to think more and more that, “It doesn’t seem like we’re operating in the green.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009621\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12009621 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1251\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1536x961.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SchoolLockers-1920x1201.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The closure of Downtown College Preparatory’s El Primero Middle School marks a heartbreaking loss for the Alum Rock and Downtown San José communities, especially for students and staff who recently transferred from Alum Rock High. \u003ccite>(Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It kind of came to a head last year … that the organization had a huge fiscal deficit,” he told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last March, the union passed a vote of no confidence in Pete Settelmeyer, the CEO at the time, citing fiscal mismanagement and the abrupt Alum Rock High closure. Settelmeyer resigned months later, and Royaltey-Quandt later took his place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to dwindling enrollment-based funding, DCP has struggled to make up for its reliance on one-time COVID-19 relief funding and the $30 million it owes on bonds used for major construction the school began in 2015.[aside postID=news_12037680 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/20240403_BETTYDUONG_GC-12-KQED-1020x680.jpg']“What really sank our organization are these crazy bonds they took out in order to move two schools, including the one I’m working at, into the old Southern Lumber site… and then renovate what we’ve called the ‘Super Gym,’ a gymnasium over at the Alum Rock site,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>DCP made a deal with the San José Unified School District 10 years ago to lease a 3.4-acre property on Monterey Road, which now houses its administrative offices along with El Camino Middle School and El Primero High School, for just $1 per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school was issued $34 million in bonds to significantly renovate the property, according to board documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The expectation and the budgeting forecasting at that time was that DCP would continue to stabilize and even increase in enrollment,” Royaltey-Quandt said. “And of course, we know in this area, especially post-COVID, our school-age students have been in decline. So all of those factors really contributed to us not being able to pay what we needed to on the debt owed regarding the bond.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that with the coming closures of all DCP schools, the organization will be in default on its bonds, and the bondholders will likely sell the property to cover the remaining debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Taking out huge bonds on buildings that we can’t pay for, I mean, I’m not a real estate person, but it’s not a business move I would ever make,” Williams said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Williams told KQED the closures signal a need to reevaluate the charter system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to take a little bit of a closer look at how charter schools are run, because this is something that you just don’t see in the traditional public school,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jgeha\">\u003cem>Joseph Geha\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone necklaces and other regalia at graduations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so many schools — more than half, \u003ca href=\"https://www.myschoolmyrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Violations-of-Indigenous-Students-Rights-at-Graduation-Report-Update.pdf\">by one estimation\u003c/a> — have thrown up roadblocks to implementing \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1248\">the law\u003c/a> that one lawmaker has brought the issue back to the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disappointing that even after all this time, some districts still aren’t compliant,” said Assemblyman James Ramos, a Democrat from San Bernardino, who’s sponsoring the current bill. “We hope this bill gets us where we need to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos’ bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1369\">AB 1369\u003c/a>, eliminates the pre-approval process for students seeking to wear any type of cultural regalia at graduations, Native American or otherwise. Fifty-six percent of high schools allow students to wear regalia but only if they get advance permission, sometimes weeks before the ceremony, according to a 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://www.myschoolmyrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Violations-of-Indigenous-Students-Rights-at-Graduation-Report-Update.pdf\">study\u003c/a> by the American Civil Liberties Union and California Indian Legal Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools say they need a pre-approval process — for all students, not just Native American students — because they want to ensure graduation adornments are respectful and appropriate. Students of other backgrounds also occasionally opt for adornments, such as kente cloths, and have to undergo the same approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup side image of a man wearing glasses and a suit.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember James Ramos, a Democrat from Rancho Cucamonga, speaks during an assembly floor meeting at the state Capitol in Sacramento, on April 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal / CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bill, which passed the Assembly and is now working its way through the Senate, applies to any form of cultural regalia, although its definition of “cultural” is vague: “Cultural means recognized practices and traditions of a certain group of people.” That ambiguity is why a pre-approval process is necessary, some school districts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native students, their families and tribes say it should be their decision as to what’s appropriate tribal attire, not the school district’s. They also say the approval process is too far in advance of the ceremony; often, students receive their regalia on the day of the event, sometimes as a gift from a grandparent or tribal elder. Showing up at graduation unsure of whether you’ll be allowed to wear a cherished piece of regalia can be nerve-wracking and embarrassing, Native students have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Proud to be Native’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jennie Rocha, a freshman at Oregon State University, said she was nervous last year when she arrived at her graduation ceremony at Clovis North High wearing a Comanche stole that the school had initially denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stole, provided by the tribal headquarters in Oklahoma, was inscribed with “we the people” in English and Comanche. When Rocha first applied for approval to wear it, she was denied. But after her father complained to the school board and local media reported on the dispute, the school granted approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to wear it because I feel like everything I have is because of the Comanche. I wouldn’t be able to go to college without their support,” Rocha said. “I’m proud to be Native and I wanted to show that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although there may have been delays and initial denials, Clovis Unified hasn’t ultimately stopped a student from wearing cultural adornments at graduation, said district spokesperson Kelly Avants. The district stands by its approval process as a way to minimize disruptions on the day of the graduation and screen out potentially offensive adornments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not having an approval process “creates an extremely vulnerable position for school districts and hinders the ability of staff to protect students from the trauma that comes from cultural appropriation, or a situation where someone intending to mock or harm a race or culture is able to do so because school administrators are not allowed to validate adornments,” Avants said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg\" alt=\"The view from behind students seated and dressed in blue graduation gowns with an American flag draped over a seat.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040724\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of Mt. Eden High School, a public high school in the Hayward Unified School District, attend their graduation ceremony in the Pioneer Amphitheater at Cal State University East Bay campus in Hayward, on June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Rocha’s case, the district initially denied the request because staff weren’t clear on personal elements of the stole and wanted to check with Comanche tribal leaders, Avants said. That caused a delay before the district ultimately approved the stole, she said. [aside postID=\"news_12024825,news_12027602\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Association of California School Administrators hasn’t taken a position on Ramos’ bill, but their attorneys apparently agree with Clovis’ stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Districts have to have some parameters, otherwise you’re going to end up with a free-for-all on the night of graduation,” attorney Sloan Simmons said in an April \u003ca href=\"https://content.acsa.org/speakers-singers-and-sashes-planning-for-a-successful-graduation-ceremony-podcast/\">podcast\u003c/a> advising the state’s school administrators. “That’s the only rational way to handle this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Education formed a task force to study the issue. The task force was supposed to create a report for the Legislature by April 2023, but it hasn’t yet. Meanwhile, the Department of Education is advising school districts to consult with local tribes if they opt to have a pre-approval process for regalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump’s anti-DEI orders\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another potential barrier to graduation regalia is President Donald Trump’s announcement in February that the federal government would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/02/diversity-programs/\">withhold school funding\u003c/a> to districts that have diversity policies and programs, specifically mentioning graduation ceremonies. A judge \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/04/dei/\">temporarily blocked the order\u003c/a> last month, saying it was overly vague, and California more recently filed a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/StateofNY%20v%20DOE%204.25.2025.pdf\">separate lawsuit\u003c/a> to stop the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, confusion persists over any school policy that singles out or gives special treatment to a particular ethnic group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hostler, executive director of California Indian Legal Services and a member of the Hoopa Valley tribe in Humboldt County, said she’s not worried about Ramos’ bill defying Trump’s order because recognized tribes are sovereign nations over which the federal government has no authority, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push for tribal regalia started as a way to tout the accomplishments of Native students, whose graduation rate — 80% — lags behind the state average of 87%. It’s also a way to strengthen Native culture by raising awareness and giving Native communities something to rally around, Ramos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone graduates, it’s a big deal,” Ramos said. “The whole tribal community comes together. It makes sense that you’d be gifted something for your accomplishment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>History of discrimination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Other recent laws, many by Ramos, have also addressed the treatment of Native Americans in K-12 schools. One law bans \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab3074\">Native American school mascots\u003c/a>. Another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/10/native-american-history/\">updates history curriculum\u003c/a> to include the genocide of Native Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These laws are meant to help reverse more than a century of discrimination against Native students in California schools, said Morning Star Gali, founder and executive director of Indigenous Justice, an advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until the 1970s, many Native young people were sent to boarding schools where they were forced to abandon their language and culture. History curriculum often glamorizes the Mission and Gold Rush eras, when Native tribes suffered devastating losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a person wearing a graduation stole while holding two feathers.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040723\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Molina wears his graduation stole and holds a feather as he stands in front of his home in Fresno on May 14, 2025. Molina, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona and a senior at Clovis West High, was told by the school district that he could not wear the stole to his graduation ceremony. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela / CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In light of that, wearing tribal regalia at graduations “should not be a contentious issue,” Gali said. “Our young people deserve to walk with dignity and pride. To deny them that is a continued form of cultural extermination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethan Molina, a senior at Clovis West High School and a member of the Pascua Yaqui tribe, got district approval to wear an eagle feather on his mortarboard at graduation next month. The feather was a gift at a recent powwow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he did not get permission to wear a sash embroidered by his aunt for the occasion. The sash reads “Class of 2025,” sewn in burgundy, blue, orange and red, significant colors for the tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in front of a house wearing a colorful graduation stole.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Molina wears his graduation stole as he stands in front of his home in Fresno on May 14, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Eight years ago, California passed a law requiring high schools to allow students to wear eagle feathers, abalone necklaces and other regalia at graduations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so many schools — more than half, \u003ca href=\"https://www.myschoolmyrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Violations-of-Indigenous-Students-Rights-at-Graduation-Report-Update.pdf\">by one estimation\u003c/a> — have thrown up roadblocks to implementing \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1248\">the law\u003c/a> that one lawmaker has brought the issue back to the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very disappointing that even after all this time, some districts still aren’t compliant,” said Assemblyman James Ramos, a Democrat from San Bernardino, who’s sponsoring the current bill. “We hope this bill gets us where we need to be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos’ bill, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab1369\">AB 1369\u003c/a>, eliminates the pre-approval process for students seeking to wear any type of cultural regalia at graduations, Native American or otherwise. Fifty-six percent of high schools allow students to wear regalia but only if they get advance permission, sometimes weeks before the ceremony, according to a 2024 \u003ca href=\"https://www.myschoolmyrights.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Violations-of-Indigenous-Students-Rights-at-Graduation-Report-Update.pdf\">study\u003c/a> by the American Civil Liberties Union and California Indian Legal Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schools say they need a pre-approval process — for all students, not just Native American students — because they want to ensure graduation adornments are respectful and appropriate. Students of other backgrounds also occasionally opt for adornments, such as kente cloths, and have to undergo the same approval process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040725\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup side image of a man wearing glasses and a suit.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040725\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/041822-James-Ramos-RL-CM-01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember James Ramos, a Democrat from Rancho Cucamonga, speaks during an assembly floor meeting at the state Capitol in Sacramento, on April 18, 2022. \u003ccite>(Rahul Lal / CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The bill, which passed the Assembly and is now working its way through the Senate, applies to any form of cultural regalia, although its definition of “cultural” is vague: “Cultural means recognized practices and traditions of a certain group of people.” That ambiguity is why a pre-approval process is necessary, some school districts say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native students, their families and tribes say it should be their decision as to what’s appropriate tribal attire, not the school district’s. They also say the approval process is too far in advance of the ceremony; often, students receive their regalia on the day of the event, sometimes as a gift from a grandparent or tribal elder. Showing up at graduation unsure of whether you’ll be allowed to wear a cherished piece of regalia can be nerve-wracking and embarrassing, Native students have said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Proud to be Native’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Jennie Rocha, a freshman at Oregon State University, said she was nervous last year when she arrived at her graduation ceremony at Clovis North High wearing a Comanche stole that the school had initially denied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The stole, provided by the tribal headquarters in Oklahoma, was inscribed with “we the people” in English and Comanche. When Rocha first applied for approval to wear it, she was denied. But after her father complained to the school board and local media reported on the dispute, the school granted approval.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wanted to wear it because I feel like everything I have is because of the Comanche. I wouldn’t be able to go to college without their support,” Rocha said. “I’m proud to be Native and I wanted to show that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although there may have been delays and initial denials, Clovis Unified hasn’t ultimately stopped a student from wearing cultural adornments at graduation, said district spokesperson Kelly Avants. The district stands by its approval process as a way to minimize disruptions on the day of the graduation and screen out potentially offensive adornments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not having an approval process “creates an extremely vulnerable position for school districts and hinders the ability of staff to protect students from the trauma that comes from cultural appropriation, or a situation where someone intending to mock or harm a race or culture is able to do so because school administrators are not allowed to validate adornments,” Avants said in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040724\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg\" alt=\"The view from behind students seated and dressed in blue graduation gowns with an American flag draped over a seat.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040724\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/060524-Mt-Eden-HS_LE_CM_31-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students of Mt. Eden High School, a public high school in the Hayward Unified School District, attend their graduation ceremony in the Pioneer Amphitheater at Cal State University East Bay campus in Hayward, on June 5, 2024. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In Rocha’s case, the district initially denied the request because staff weren’t clear on personal elements of the stole and wanted to check with Comanche tribal leaders, Avants said. That caused a delay before the district ultimately approved the stole, she said. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Association of California School Administrators hasn’t taken a position on Ramos’ bill, but their attorneys apparently agree with Clovis’ stand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Districts have to have some parameters, otherwise you’re going to end up with a free-for-all on the night of graduation,” attorney Sloan Simmons said in an April \u003ca href=\"https://content.acsa.org/speakers-singers-and-sashes-planning-for-a-successful-graduation-ceremony-podcast/\">podcast\u003c/a> advising the state’s school administrators. “That’s the only rational way to handle this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Education formed a task force to study the issue. The task force was supposed to create a report for the Legislature by April 2023, but it hasn’t yet. Meanwhile, the Department of Education is advising school districts to consult with local tribes if they opt to have a pre-approval process for regalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Trump’s anti-DEI orders\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Another potential barrier to graduation regalia is President Donald Trump’s announcement in February that the federal government would \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/02/diversity-programs/\">withhold school funding\u003c/a> to districts that have diversity policies and programs, specifically mentioning graduation ceremonies. A judge \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2025/04/dei/\">temporarily blocked the order\u003c/a> last month, saying it was overly vague, and California more recently filed a \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/StateofNY%20v%20DOE%204.25.2025.pdf\">separate lawsuit\u003c/a> to stop the order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, confusion persists over any school policy that singles out or gives special treatment to a particular ethnic group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Heather Hostler, executive director of California Indian Legal Services and a member of the Hoopa Valley tribe in Humboldt County, said she’s not worried about Ramos’ bill defying Trump’s order because recognized tribes are sovereign nations over which the federal government has no authority, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The push for tribal regalia started as a way to tout the accomplishments of Native students, whose graduation rate — 80% — lags behind the state average of 87%. It’s also a way to strengthen Native culture by raising awareness and giving Native communities something to rally around, Ramos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When someone graduates, it’s a big deal,” Ramos said. “The whole tribal community comes together. It makes sense that you’d be gifted something for your accomplishment.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>History of discrimination\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Other recent laws, many by Ramos, have also addressed the treatment of Native Americans in K-12 schools. One law bans \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202320240ab3074\">Native American school mascots\u003c/a>. Another \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/10/native-american-history/\">updates history curriculum\u003c/a> to include the genocide of Native Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These laws are meant to help reverse more than a century of discrimination against Native students in California schools, said Morning Star Gali, founder and executive director of Indigenous Justice, an advocacy group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Until the 1970s, many Native young people were sent to boarding schools where they were forced to abandon their language and culture. History curriculum often glamorizes the Mission and Gold Rush eras, when Native tribes suffered devastating losses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040723\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg\" alt=\"A closeup of a person wearing a graduation stole while holding two feathers.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040723\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-09-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Molina wears his graduation stole and holds a feather as he stands in front of his home in Fresno on May 14, 2025. Molina, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in Arizona and a senior at Clovis West High, was told by the school district that he could not wear the stole to his graduation ceremony. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela / CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In light of that, wearing tribal regalia at graduations “should not be a contentious issue,” Gali said. “Our young people deserve to walk with dignity and pride. To deny them that is a continued form of cultural extermination.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethan Molina, a senior at Clovis West High School and a member of the Pascua Yaqui tribe, got district approval to wear an eagle feather on his mortarboard at graduation next month. The feather was a gift at a recent powwow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But he did not get permission to wear a sash embroidered by his aunt for the occasion. The sash reads “Class of 2025,” sewn in burgundy, blue, orange and red, significant colors for the tribe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040722\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg\" alt=\"A man sits in front of a house wearing a colorful graduation stole.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040722\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/051425-Native-American-Regalia-LV-CM-05-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ethan Molina wears his graduation stole as he stands in front of his home in Fresno on May 14, 2025. 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"content": "\u003cp>This week’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/05/14/nx-s1-5397318/trump-administration-says-it-will-cut-another-450-milliion-in-grants-to-harvard\">$450 million in cuts\u003c/a> from federal grants to Harvard University added to the growing pot of federal money the Trump administration has frozen in university research funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past four months, the total, at universities across the U.S., is about $11 billion. The cuts affect things like cancer research, diabetes treatments, new wearable technology, farming solutions and studying domestic violence: research across nearly every discipline and subject. More than two dozen universities have been affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To offset the damage, a handful of universities have moved to self-fund some research. On Wednesday, Harvard announced it would supplement \u003ca href=\"https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/5/15/harvard-central-research-funding/\">$250 million to continue research efforts\u003c/a>. Harvard joined schools such as Johns Hopkins University and Northwestern University in seeking to make up at least a part of the lost federal dollars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But university leaders tell NPR it’s not a long-term solution, given the high price tag. Even in Wednesday’s announcement, Harvard President Alan Garber signaled that cuts, layoffs and “difficult decisions and sacrifices” lie ahead for the world’s wealthiest university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because when the government stops funding research, there’s really no other entity positioned to pick up the void.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How university research built the American economy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The relationship between universities and the federal government traces back to the 19th century. In the 1860s, the government provided funds and land grants to states to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/land-grant-university-website-directory\">establish universities focused on agriculture\u003c/a> and science. In the 1930s, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Public Works Administration, an agency created under the New Deal, got involved in funding \u003ca href=\"https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/howard-university-buildings-washington-dc/\">building projects on college campuses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, most research was conducted and funded by private labs, including AT&T, Bell Labs, Westinghouse and DuPont — or university research was funded from philanthropic sources such as the Carnegie Corp. or the Rockefeller Foundation.[aside postID=forum_2010101909387 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2025/03/250319-UCBerkeleyProtest-17-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']“Universities were highly decentralized, less dependent on government money,” explains Christopher Loss, a historian at Vanderbilt University. “They feared that federal funding would lead to interference in the research process itself and perhaps corrupt the pursuit of truth in some profound way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But World War II changed all that and marked the beginning of the federal government entrusting and deeply investing in universities to conduct research and development.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The urgency of the war effort sent federal dollars into the system in order to produce the research and the wartime discoveries that we needed,” says Loss. “That was the beginning of a publicly subsidized and funded research economy that we have today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shalin Jyotishi, managing director of the Future of Work and Innovation Economy Initiative at New America, a left-leaning think tank, agrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The government-university-industry partnership built the American economy in the 20th century,” he said. “Everything from the iPhone to GPS technology to fortified vitamin D has had its roots in federally funded research.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2021, the federal government gave colleges and universities about $180 billion annually across dozens of federal agencies, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www.gao.gov/federal-research-oversight\">Government Accountability Office\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But President Trump has said that some universities no longer deserve such money because of widespread political bias that the administration sees at these institutions. In the letter from the federal antisemitism task force announcing the latest research cuts to Harvard, officials claimed that Harvard’s campus “has become a breeding ground … for discrimination” and that the university’s leaders have “forfeited the school’s claim to taxpayer support.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Letters from the federal agencies to Harvard said the grants “no longer effectuate agency priorities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crusade against universities didn’t come out of nowhere. On the campaign trail, Trump talked about using federal funds as leverage to root out \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5366009/nadworny-harvard-reax\">what he saw as communist indoctrination\u003c/a> and woke liberalism at elite colleges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What the future looks like may, to some degree, involve the courts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvard is \u003ca href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-high-stakes-battle-between-government-policy/id1521406876?i=1000706476055\">suing to block the federal funding freeze\u003c/a> and has updated its lawsuit to include the most recent cuts. The university claims that the administration’s moves are unlawful and that the cuts threaten academic freedom and First Amendment rights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/28/harvard-trump-arguments-date-funding-freeze\">trial is set to begin in July\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The last four months or so have forced those of us that work in higher education to confront the fact that we’re heavily dependent on taxpayer dollars,” says Loss. “One definition of a university is that it’s a charity, relying on other people’s money. The federal government has been one of the biggest and most important patrons. In exchange, of course, our nation has received really important discoveries and groundbreaking research that improves the human condition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those groundbreaking discoveries, as well as the way government investment has benefited from the exchange, has drawn the attention of other nations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“American research universities have been the envy of the world for a reason,” says Jyotishi. “China and other competitors of the United States are borrowing from the American playbook for innovation. They’re doubling down and increasing investments in R&D.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jyotishi says the biggest worry is that if the government gets out of this business, there won’t be anyone else to step in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says the private sector can and should play more of a role in helping universities commercialize university research, but he doesn’t expect industry to replace the federal government.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Why industry support likely won’t fully replace the government\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Sabrina Howell, a finance professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, studies innovation and university research. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But university leaders tell NPR it’s not a long-term solution, given the high price tag. Even in Wednesday’s announcement, Harvard President Alan Garber signaled that cuts, layoffs and “difficult decisions and sacrifices” lie ahead for the world’s wealthiest university.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because when the government stops funding research, there’s really no other entity positioned to pick up the void.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How university research built the American economy\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The relationship between universities and the federal government traces back to the 19th century. In the 1860s, the government provided funds and land grants to states to \u003ca href=\"https://www.nifa.usda.gov/grants/land-grant-university-website-directory\">establish universities focused on agriculture\u003c/a> and science. In the 1930s, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Public Works Administration, an agency created under the New Deal, got involved in funding \u003ca href=\"https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/howard-university-buildings-washington-dc/\">building projects on college campuses\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For decades, most research was conducted and funded by private labs, including AT&T, Bell Labs, Westinghouse and DuPont — or university research was funded from philanthropic sources such as the Carnegie Corp. or the Rockefeller Foundation.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Nearly 600 elementary and high school students have participated in the program, culminating in this month’s release of an anthology: “\u003ca href=\"https://poets.org/text/gardening-public-flowerfest-poetry-and-civic-repair\">Gardening In The Public Flowerfest\u003c/a>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Poetry is] about empathy. It’s about dreaming. It’s about pleasure,” Taylor said. “And it’s this art form where you don’t need an editor or a studio. You just have a pen and paper. and the details around you. And suddenly you have a bit more power over your story and your life.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor pointed out that students in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County schools\u003c/a> have some of the lowest per capita funding for\u003ca href=\"https://mapartscontracosta.org/creative-pulse-report/Creative-Pulse-Report.pdf\"> arts programming\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And arts programming is really important for imaginative life,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Thomas-Poem-1-scaled-e1747343213164.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Thomas-Poem-1-scaled-e1747343213164.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse into the poetry notebook belonging to Thomas Kasuga-Jenks, a fourth grader in El Cerrito, Calif., who penned a poem about resilience. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Gabriel Cortez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fourth grader Thomas Kasuga-Jenks said poetry’s connection to resilience allows him to imagine other possibilities. “You can make things that nobody’s ever seen before,” he said. “And sometimes the things nobody’s ever seen before have them change their ways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes you’re afraid to speak it out loud. 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Unlike people, a book will never scorn me for what I write.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le Asia Anderson, a senior at El Cerrito High, said writing helps her look for growth within herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not even like I’m searching for anything. 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Anderson said writing helps her “see new things.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tess Taylor )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>I am a button \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>by Le Asia Anderson\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I feel as if I’m a button,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>trying in this life.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A small button.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>hanging on by one thread.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Knowing that I’m trying.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Knowing that I’ll stay.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Right here\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>In this life,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>In my life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiareportmagazine\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha as part of a series on Californians and resilience. To hear the students’ poems as part of this week’s episode of the show, click the red play button at the top of the page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taylor pointed out that students in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/contra-costa-county\">Contra Costa County schools\u003c/a> have some of the lowest per capita funding for\u003ca href=\"https://mapartscontracosta.org/creative-pulse-report/Creative-Pulse-Report.pdf\"> arts programming\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And arts programming is really important for imaginative life,” Taylor said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040360\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Thomas-Poem-1-scaled-e1747343213164.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12040360\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Thomas-Poem-1-scaled-e1747343213164.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A glimpse into the poetry notebook belonging to Thomas Kasuga-Jenks, a fourth grader in El Cerrito, Calif., who penned a poem about resilience. \u003ccite>(Courtesy Gabriel Cortez)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fourth grader Thomas Kasuga-Jenks said poetry’s connection to resilience allows him to imagine other possibilities. “You can make things that nobody’s ever seen before,” he said. “And sometimes the things nobody’s ever seen before have them change their ways.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sometimes you’re afraid to speak it out loud. 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for others, shame.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The child born here, in golden halls,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Will never know the weight of walls.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>While those who flee with hungry eyes,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Will face a future wrapped in lies.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The world is blind to all they’ve known,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>To all they’ve left and called their own.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>The laws that say who can belong,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Are written in a bitter song.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>And every line, and every plea\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Is drowned by power’s endless sea.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12040366\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Isaac-e1747336684675.jpeg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12040366\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Isaac-e1747336684675-800x1067.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Isaac-e1747336684675-800x1067.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Isaac-e1747336684675-160x213.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/Isaac-e1747336684675.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac Fried, 10, posed with his poetry notebook in El Cerrito High School’s radio studio on April 3, 2025. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tess Taylor )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Yet still they rise, though hope is thin,\u003cbr>\nA fight to see the light within.\u003cbr>\nFor the privilege of the few,\u003cbr>\nMeans the broken dreams of me and you.\u003cbr>\nInjustice reigns, while silence falls,\u003cbr>\nAnd still, they walk—without a call.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isaac Fried, another fourth grader, sees poetry as a way to channel his inward emotions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I speak up, but sometimes there’s things I just like to keep private,” he said. “ If I write them, I can write whatever I want. Unlike people, a book will never scorn me for what I write.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Le Asia Anderson, a senior at El Cerrito High, said writing helps her look for growth within herself.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not even like I’m searching for anything. 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Anderson said writing helps her “see new things.” \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Tess Taylor )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>I am a button \u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>\u003cstrong>by Le Asia Anderson\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>I feel as if I’m a button,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>trying in this life.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>A small button.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>hanging on by one thread.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Knowing that I’m trying.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Knowing that I’ll stay.\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>Right here\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>In this life,\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\n\u003cem>In my life.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The students spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/californiareportmagazine\">The California Report Magazine\u003c/a> host Sasha Khokha as part of a series on Californians and resilience. To hear the students’ poems as part of this week’s episode of the show, click the red play button at the top of the page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 3:24 pm Thursday \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland’s schools might not be able to offer at least half of their after-school programs next year after a set of budget solutions meant to keep cuts away from students appears to have backfired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School Board President Jennifer Brouhard said Wednesday that it was shocking to see the proposal to cut funding for aftercare, but emails show that the board was warned by its fiscal adviser more than a month ago that the resolution could endanger the programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Merely adding the Expanded Learning Opportunity Program and After School Education and Safety grants to the list of unavoidable expenses, the cap is exceeded,” the letter from fiscal adviser Luz Cázares on April 8 said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cázares sent the letter warning that the programs would be at risk after she lifted a stay on a board resolution capping spending on the district’s outside contracts, among other expenses, earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last week, local organizations that facilitate campuses’ after-school care and enrichment programs said they were informed that 50%-80% funding cuts could now leave at least 3,000 students without somewhere to go after class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12039974\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12039974\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250423_OUSDSupe_GC-6_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">During an Oakland Unified School District board meeting at Metwest High School in Oakland on April 23, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“These cuts would displace more than half of all students currently served by OUSD after-school programs, eliminating a critical support system for families, violating core requirements of state and federal education grants, and the legal mandate to provide after-school services,” the groups said in a joint letter addressed to board members asking them to rescind the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In March, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12029001/oakland-school-board-approves-over-100-layoffs-a-day-after-similar-vote-in-sf\">amid approvals for layoffs\u003c/a> and bickering between board members, a slim majority voted to approve a set of “alternative budget solutions” brought forward by Board President Jennifer Brouhard and Vice President Valarie Bachelor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The five-item list capped spending on outside contracts, books and supplies and some employee salaries, along with cutting travel spending. It served as a supplement to a larger package of budget-balancing solutions the board approved in December to patch a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12017719/oaklands-school-merger-plan-stalled-districts-huge-deficit-remains\">$95 million deficit\u003c/a>. That deficit has since shrunk to $70 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12039972 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/DSC06624_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, Brouhard said that she stands by the spirit of the proposal, which aimed to “reduce consultant and contract spending and ensure every dollar directly supports students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She blamed the district’s staff for the way it interpreted the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was angry to see after-school programs and field trips cut — programs essential to student learning, safety and well-being,” she said. “These cuts deeply harmed students. This was never our intent, and district leadership knew that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, chief business officer Lisa Grant-Dawson said in an email to Brouhard that she was told prior to voting on the resolution, and again in April, about the “massive changes” it would mean, including to after-school program funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The cuts were intended to reallocate some funding back to campuses that were facing budget cuts, Brouhard said at the time. But the district’s plan to slash after-school spending won’t free up any money that’s usable elsewhere, according to the nonprofits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All OUSD funding for after-school comes from the state and federal government and can only be used during out-of-school hours,” the nonprofits’ letter to the board said. “The funding reductions will result in OUSD returning funds it otherwise could have spent on students and staff, and it will lose tens of millions of dollars now and into the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lukas Brekke-Miesner, the executive director of Oakland Kids First, which runs Castlemont High School’s after-school enrichment, said these programs are a lifeline for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I work full time, my partner works full time, and my kids have a safe place to be and someone who they really love looking after them,” he said. “A lot of families — working class, low income, et cetera — just don’t have the necessary support systems to function any other way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said these programs often provide food, homework help and, for younger kids, fun activities like crafts or arts performances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the high school level, Oakland Kids First has “leadership development and enrichment programs, we have on-campus and off-campus internships, we run a one-acre farm on campus that young folks also work on” at Castlemont, Brekke-Miesner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These programs keep them safe and engaged in their communities — a tall order for many teenagers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12039737 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/OaklandSchoolChildren-1020x696.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Oftentimes, there’s a certain distance that young people feel, a certain frustration, …and having caring adult allies that are able to connect with them and do programs that are in alignment with their interests — those are things that are pretty unique to after-school,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Drastically reducing after-school services could also threaten the district’s compliance with state law and decrease student attendance, the nonprofit partners’ letter said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board members Mike Hutchinson and Clifford Thompson, both of whom opposed the alternative budget solutions proposal, plan to introduce legislation on Wednesday that would rescind it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hutchinson said on social media that the policy sent “shockwaves” through the district last week, when schools found out about the total of $29 million of frozen funds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the district he represents, schools have between $100,000 and $200,000 cut from their budgets. 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On Wednesday night, they plan to tell the school board — the majority of which is backed by the teachers’ union — that principals have been made to feel unsafe and prevented from doing their jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“[Oakland Education Association] leadership has consistently targeted site administrators,” Cary Kaufman, the administrators’ union’s president, said during public comment at an \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">April school board meeting\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He told KQED that threats to principals have been an ongoing issue but escalated in March, after more than 100 preliminary layoff notices were issued to staff members, according to OEA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12037101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12037101\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/230807-OUSDRudsdaleHS-18-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oakland Unified School District superintendent Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell (left) speaks with staff at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland on Aug. 7, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>According to Kaufman, one principal was told that the union “got [Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell] fired. We can get you fired.” Last month, the board \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12037315/oakland-school-board-votes-remove-superintendent-sparking-worries-instability\">passed a voluntary separation agreement\u003c/a> to have Johnson-Trammell abruptly leave the district at the end of June.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Monday after pink slips went out, OEA representatives, including President Kampala Taiz-Rancifer, visited Fremont High School, where special education teacher and union Vice President Chris Jackson had been issued one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fremont High Principal Nydia Baez told KQED that Taiz-Rancifer identified herself as a parent coming to speak with a teacher when she arrived on campus and refused to follow the school’s visitor sign-in policy. Baez did not speak with Taiz-Rancifer, but was told that she made threatening comments and was upset about Jackson’s termination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taiz-Rancifer denied making threats.[aside postID=news_12039737 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/OaklandSchoolChildren-1020x696.jpg']District and school leaders “de-escalated” the situation, according to Baez, and the next day, Taiz-Rancifer was ordered not to come to the campus for a month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I expected a grievance. I expected strongly worded emails, like a protocol, a process disagreeing with my decision, and unfortunately, it turned out that way,” Baez said about Taiz-Rancifer’s visit to campus. “It’s just been incredibly hard to be at work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union has a different perspective on the altercation. Taiz-Rancifer said she believes it is indicative of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11942006/reversal-of-oakland-school-closures-renews-hope-of-reparations-for-black-students\">disproportionate scrutiny Black educators and students face\u003c/a> within the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson, who is Black, had been placed on administrative leave the week before the incident.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Black educators make up 21% of the population of educators [in Oakland], but 50% of the folks that get put on leave,” said Taiz-Rancifer, who told KQED she was at the school that day to speak with a teacher about a “personnel matter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In April, the teachers’ union launched a campaign calling for Jackson to be reinstated, saying he had been retaliated against after becoming OEA’s vice president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11808562\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11808562\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42262_004_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42262_004_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42262_004_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42262_004_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/RS42262_004_KQED_Pittsburg_MaliaJohnson_03242020-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fremont High School in Oakland on March 24, 2020. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Now, because he chose to lead and speak out, OUSD is trying to silence him,” the union said in a \u003ca href=\"https://actionnetwork.org/letters/stop-retaliation-against-union-vice-president-chris-jackson\">public letter\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s some difficult issues going on on the Fremont High School campus. Those things are anti-Blackness,” Taiz-Rancifer told KQED. “They’re around members being able to act on behalf of the union to represent our members. What I’ll say is that as the advocacy begins, retaliatory behavior from the administrators starts occurring to our members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson, according to the union’s message, “has … been a powerful voice in defense of Black educators and students, confronting racial epithets and longstanding anti-Blackness at Fremont High.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights found that Black students in OUSD disproportionately faced disciplinary actions, according to an investigation launched in 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the district passed a resolution seeking reparations for Black students, who it said represented 22% of all OUSD students but 57% of those suspended, and had been disproportionately affected by school closures over the previous 20 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11992395\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11992395\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/101023-AI-College-Toby-Reed-LA-CM-21-copy-1920x1282.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students walk down a hallway at Fremont High School in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2023. \u003ccite>(Laure Andrillon for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taiz-Rancifer said Black students, who are a small percentage of Fremont High’s student body, still face higher rates of discipline than their peers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to OEA, Black teachers throughout the school district have lower tenure rates than the average and make up 42% of probationary teachers who are not retained year to year. About 22% of OUSD’s teachers are Black.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baez acknowledged that “we have a lot of work to do as [a] community to combat anti-Blackness, especially in the context of this current president and changes in policy.”[aside postID=news_12039904 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/250418-SFUSD-06-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']But after Jackson’s termination, she said that part of her job as an administrator is to make hard employment decisions based on budget constraints and student needs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As OUSD faces a deep budget shortfall, the school board voted to eliminate more than 800 positions and reallocate spending across new roles — netting a loss of about 100 full-time roles, including educators, social workers and substitutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our principals are required and entrusted to make decisions that are best for students,” said Kaufman, the administrators’ union president. “Sometimes a decision needs to be made that this person is not helping students.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Kaufman and principals plan to speak out against the teachers’ union at Wednesday night’s school board meeting, Taiz-Rancifer said that administrators have the power in the district’s hierarchy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the power to terminate any of these folks,” Taiz-Rancifer said. “We don’t have the power to put them on administrative leave. We don’t have the power to impact somebody’s ability to pay their rent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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