This is ridiculous. It’s never the schools with the rich white kids that are in danger of being closed. You can talk the talk about equity all you want but when school closures affect black and brown communities only, how is that serving your mission of making OUSD more equitable? The equitable thing if you’re going to close schools is to close them across the district—close hillcrest, close peralta, close chabot. Re-open the possibility of merging Peralta and Sankofa. It can’t be that the parents who hold economic and political power in the city get to dictate policy. Equity means that every kid in OUSD gets what they need to flourish regardless of background; this is entirely and fundamentally the opposite of that. I support the postponement and support the demands of the hunger strikers and Reparations for Black Students.
I oppose the closing of schools during this time. Also, stay committed to the community by giving the stated time for community ,families and students impacted by the proposed closings. Let us know that you care about our students and families and that they mattered. When the going gets tough stay true to doing what’s right. Do what’s right -Kindness matter not division. We all for the kids.
Where is the evidence that closing schools in OUSD has lead to higher quality facilities, higher quality teaching, or improved academic outcomes for students?!?!
Closing schools is not the solution we need!
Why you Board members would not choose to work with principals, teachers, families, students, and all of our unions to push the state to alter the funding formula is beyond me. You know public funding is criminally inadequate for all students, especially those living in poverty. Sickness.
You are standing with capitalism and white supremacy, instead of with the people, forging a better, more just and healthy way forward.
I don’t agree on postponing school closures or closing schools down. This has been an ongoing issue since 2017!!! As an OUSD school graduate OUSD needs to chop from the top instead of from the schools! The student’s education was already compromised when the previous superintendent you guys hired decided to put the schools in debt. And instead of cutting the salaries of OUSD administration you guys decided to cut classes and increase the amount of students in a classroom. COVID 19 is here and is not going away anytime soon!!! Stop choosing your administration staff over students and families. You have never CARED about us or the teachers!!!
I support the hunger strikers and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign- 1. Stabilize Schools During Unstable Times: We demand the immediate cease and desist of considering any schools for closure. 2. Eliminate wasteful spending from the OUSD Budget: End the lease of 1000 Broadway among other suggestions from the community. 3. Publish OUSD Budget Expenditures on Relief Funds: Publish a detailed budget on local, state and federal relief funds. 4. Advocate to California Legislature: Direct OUSD lobbyists and state representatives to secure AB1840 funds without the closure of schools. 5. implement a racial equity impact analysis and the one year community engagement process as outlined in the Reparations for Black Students Resolution. 6. Invest in Majority Black Community Schools. Engage in a process to identify how to transform them into full service community schools and increase enrollment.
I support the demands that the OUSD Board of Directors postpone consideration of all school closures until the end of the 22-23 school year to allow for just and equitable assessment as well as honorable community engagement. I am supporting this postponement as just a step towards ensuring there are NO closures or cuts to ANY schools.
I support the amendment to postpone school closures in OUSD. I do not support the targeted closing of majority black schools in the district. These kids do not deserve to lose their schools. These students need more resources given to them, not less. The last thing Oakland students need is for their schools to be closed. I demand that the board:
1. Stabilize schools during unstable times: immediately cease and desist considering any schools for closure while Oakland, California is still addressing the impact of COVID-19 and the global pandemic in our communities.
2. Eliminate wasteful spending from the OUSD Budget:
3. Advocate to the California legislature to secure AB1840 funds without the closure of schools.
4. Implement a racial equity impact analysis and the one year community engagement process as outlined in the Reparations for Black Students Resolution.
5. Invest in majority black community schools.
Postpone and stop school closures! Don't displace students and staff, especially in Black and Brown communities. I don't think schools should be closed at all, especially during Covid-19, but also in general. For this, I support the decision being postponed for now.
Studies have shown time and time again that moving schools is psychologically damaging to children. Do not say this isn't about race and designate welcome schools as all schools below the 580, we see you, we see what you are trying to do.
I am reaching out to express my fervent support of the amendment to postpone the proposed school consolidations. In solidarity with my community, I demand that:
1. OUSD move forward with an Equity Impact Analysis of the final, amended list of closures
2. OUSD conduct a fiscal analysis of the revised plans for closures and truncations
Privatization devestates our communities and in this instance will tremendously disrupt the lives and education of so many brown & Black young people. No to school closures!
My name is Annie Banks And I am a parent in Brookfield Village and an organizer with the Anti Police-Terror Project. I support the resolution to postpone the closures, and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign and the hunger strikers. No cuts, no closures!
I support this amendment to postpone the proposed school consolidations. In solidarity with my community, I demand that:
1. OUSD move forward with an Equity Impact Analysis of the final, amended list of closures
2. OUSD conduct a fiscal analysis of the revised plans for closures and truncations
Thank you Directors Yee, Eng, Gonzales, Davis, and Thompson for your dependable, harmful mismanagement and self-serving decision making.
Closing down schools will not have any positive effect. Kids will transfer to new schools and be split apart. Your offer of Claremont as receiving school has no reasonable capacity.
If you think enrollment is a problem now it will be an even larger problem; you are losing our trust. When middle school children go to high school will you close those schools also?
Do not shut down our schools.
Closing schools this year or next will increase the in-classroom density and the risk to public health. City of Oakland residents deserve legitimate impact analysis.
I’ve wrestled with whether to support your decision but I doubt that I’ll get the same kick-backs as you and I am not a sell-out.
Oakland families are against your corruption and and sleight of hand working as agents against the middle class and lower class.
OUSD must not close schools that are critical for our students' education. The process has been hasty, non-transparent, unfair, and discriminatory. It does not take into account the impact closures will have on our most vulnerable children, especially those from lower-social economic households, children of color, or children with disabilities. Members of the School Board have claimed that busing will fill the gap: any OUSD employee knows that busing is inconsistent and problematic. What is the point of having a public education system, where schools are summarily closed so that charter school can take over? You are not thinking about our children's welfare. Shame on you!
My name is Annie Banks And I am a parent in Brookfield Village and an organizer with the Anti Police-Terror Project. I support the resolution to postpone the closures, and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign and the hunger strikers. No cuts, no closures!
Not long ago, when our grandparents were young, the Klan ruled this Town. Led by the son of our Congressman from its stronghold in the Hills and wrapped in the language of fiscal prudence, they systematically attacked every municipal service that served not only black and brown Oaklanders, but Asian, Catholic, Jewish, and German ones too. These, gentlemen of quality who’s organization would have gladly terrorized every member of this board for daring to live outside of their ethnic enclave, nevermind stand for election, used the same language used in the legislation this resolution amends, supported by the same half-baked financial analysis, with the same disproportionate outcome. These closures weave a world of white supremacy that the Klan fathers of Oakland fought for, and one that is repugnant to the Constitutions that are our common allegiance.
This Resolution gives us a chance to fix that, and I commend it to the Board
This is ridiculous. It’s never the schools with the rich white kids that are in danger of being closed. You can talk the talk about equity all you want but when school closures affect black and brown communities only, how is that serving your mission of making OUSD more equitable? The equitable thing if you’re going to close schools is to close them across the district—close hillcrest, close peralta, close chabot. Re-open the possibility of merging Peralta and Sankofa. It can’t be that the parents who hold economic and political power in the city get to dictate policy. Equity means that every kid in OUSD gets what they need to flourish regardless of background; this is entirely and fundamentally the opposite of that. I support the postponement and support the demands of the hunger strikers and Reparations for Black Students.
I oppose the closing of schools during this time. Also, stay committed to the community by giving the stated time for community ,families and students impacted by the proposed closings. Let us know that you care about our students and families and that they mattered. When the going gets tough stay true to doing what’s right. Do what’s right -Kindness matter not division. We all for the kids.
Please listen to families and protect these majority Black schools!
No school closures in 21-22. We demand the equity analysis and to see the numbers-- and to fully engage the community in all planning.
Where is the evidence that closing schools in OUSD has lead to higher quality facilities, higher quality teaching, or improved academic outcomes for students?!?!
Closing schools is not the solution we need!
Why you Board members would not choose to work with principals, teachers, families, students, and all of our unions to push the state to alter the funding formula is beyond me. You know public funding is criminally inadequate for all students, especially those living in poverty. Sickness.
You are standing with capitalism and white supremacy, instead of with the people, forging a better, more just and healthy way forward.
Why do you think dividing us is okay?!
Please please pass. OUSD parent standing with hunger strikers lto stop school closures. Postpone.
I don’t agree on postponing school closures or closing schools down. This has been an ongoing issue since 2017!!! As an OUSD school graduate OUSD needs to chop from the top instead of from the schools! The student’s education was already compromised when the previous superintendent you guys hired decided to put the schools in debt. And instead of cutting the salaries of OUSD administration you guys decided to cut classes and increase the amount of students in a classroom. COVID 19 is here and is not going away anytime soon!!! Stop choosing your administration staff over students and families. You have never CARED about us or the teachers!!!
I support the hunger strikers and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign- 1. Stabilize Schools During Unstable Times: We demand the immediate cease and desist of considering any schools for closure. 2. Eliminate wasteful spending from the OUSD Budget: End the lease of 1000 Broadway among other suggestions from the community. 3. Publish OUSD Budget Expenditures on Relief Funds: Publish a detailed budget on local, state and federal relief funds. 4. Advocate to California Legislature: Direct OUSD lobbyists and state representatives to secure AB1840 funds without the closure of schools. 5. implement a racial equity impact analysis and the one year community engagement process as outlined in the Reparations for Black Students Resolution. 6. Invest in Majority Black Community Schools. Engage in a process to identify how to transform them into full service community schools and increase enrollment.
I support the amendment to postpone the closures.
I support the demands that the OUSD Board of Directors postpone consideration of all school closures until the end of the 22-23 school year to allow for just and equitable assessment as well as honorable community engagement. I am supporting this postponement as just a step towards ensuring there are NO closures or cuts to ANY schools.
I support the amendment to postpone school closures in OUSD. I do not support the targeted closing of majority black schools in the district. These kids do not deserve to lose their schools. These students need more resources given to them, not less. The last thing Oakland students need is for their schools to be closed. I demand that the board:
1. Stabilize schools during unstable times: immediately cease and desist considering any schools for closure while Oakland, California is still addressing the impact of COVID-19 and the global pandemic in our communities.
2. Eliminate wasteful spending from the OUSD Budget:
3. Advocate to the California legislature to secure AB1840 funds without the closure of schools.
4. Implement a racial equity impact analysis and the one year community engagement process as outlined in the Reparations for Black Students Resolution.
5. Invest in majority black community schools.
Postpone and stop school closures! Don't displace students and staff, especially in Black and Brown communities. I don't think schools should be closed at all, especially during Covid-19, but also in general. For this, I support the decision being postponed for now.
Studies have shown time and time again that moving schools is psychologically damaging to children. Do not say this isn't about race and designate welcome schools as all schools below the 580, we see you, we see what you are trying to do.
I am reaching out to express my fervent support of the amendment to postpone the proposed school consolidations. In solidarity with my community, I demand that:
1. OUSD move forward with an Equity Impact Analysis of the final, amended list of closures
2. OUSD conduct a fiscal analysis of the revised plans for closures and truncations
Privatization devestates our communities and in this instance will tremendously disrupt the lives and education of so many brown & Black young people. No to school closures!
My name is Annie Banks And I am a parent in Brookfield Village and an organizer with the Anti Police-Terror Project. I support the resolution to postpone the closures, and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign and the hunger strikers. No cuts, no closures!
I support this amendment to postpone the proposed school consolidations. In solidarity with my community, I demand that:
1. OUSD move forward with an Equity Impact Analysis of the final, amended list of closures
2. OUSD conduct a fiscal analysis of the revised plans for closures and truncations
Thank you Directors Yee, Eng, Gonzales, Davis, and Thompson for your dependable, harmful mismanagement and self-serving decision making.
Closing down schools will not have any positive effect. Kids will transfer to new schools and be split apart. Your offer of Claremont as receiving school has no reasonable capacity.
If you think enrollment is a problem now it will be an even larger problem; you are losing our trust. When middle school children go to high school will you close those schools also?
Do not shut down our schools.
Closing schools this year or next will increase the in-classroom density and the risk to public health. City of Oakland residents deserve legitimate impact analysis.
I’ve wrestled with whether to support your decision but I doubt that I’ll get the same kick-backs as you and I am not a sell-out.
Oakland families are against your corruption and and sleight of hand working as agents against the middle class and lower class.
OUSD must not close schools that are critical for our students' education. The process has been hasty, non-transparent, unfair, and discriminatory. It does not take into account the impact closures will have on our most vulnerable children, especially those from lower-social economic households, children of color, or children with disabilities. Members of the School Board have claimed that busing will fill the gap: any OUSD employee knows that busing is inconsistent and problematic. What is the point of having a public education system, where schools are summarily closed so that charter school can take over? You are not thinking about our children's welfare. Shame on you!
My name is Annie Banks And I am a parent in Brookfield Village and an organizer with the Anti Police-Terror Project. I support the resolution to postpone the closures, and the demands of the Reparations for Black Students campaign and the hunger strikers. No cuts, no closures!
Not long ago, when our grandparents were young, the Klan ruled this Town. Led by the son of our Congressman from its stronghold in the Hills and wrapped in the language of fiscal prudence, they systematically attacked every municipal service that served not only black and brown Oaklanders, but Asian, Catholic, Jewish, and German ones too. These, gentlemen of quality who’s organization would have gladly terrorized every member of this board for daring to live outside of their ethnic enclave, nevermind stand for election, used the same language used in the legislation this resolution amends, supported by the same half-baked financial analysis, with the same disproportionate outcome. These closures weave a world of white supremacy that the Klan fathers of Oakland fought for, and one that is repugnant to the Constitutions that are our common allegiance.
This Resolution gives us a chance to fix that, and I commend it to the Board