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1) Has the school board engaged our Mayor Barbara Lee to take a political stance on this budgetary situation?
2) Does Mayor Lee support these cuts to the education of our youth or is she wielding her political capital on the revenue side of the equation to resolve this structural financial issue without further under-resourcing our kids?
3) If Mayor Lee is engaged in favor of education, specifically how much funding and from what permanent sources is she turning (since beginning her tenure as Mayor) towards our schools to meet this moment on a permanent basis?
Hello, my name is Colleen McCullough. I’m respectfully asking the school board for two
things. I am asking you to VOTE NO to any layoffs or cuts to classroom staff at
OUSD and to settle a fair contract with Oakland Education Association. Oakland schools are the heart of our community. Ensuring that Oakland
students have access to the safe, stable, racially-just schools they deserve should be all of our top priority. Right now, OUSD has more than 250 educator vacancies. And nearly 400 educators leave the district every year. Making cuts during a time when short-staffing and high turnover are already destabilizing classrooms is going to hurt the academic futures of Oakland kids. It’s a short-sighted approach to a systemic problem caused by OUSD’s historically bad budgeting practices. Students AND educators should NOT be paying the price for that. OUSD MUST exhaust all possible options before laying off educators.
Hello, my name is Colleen McCullough. I’m respectfully asking the school board for two
things. I am asking you to VOTE NO to any layoffs or cuts to classroom staff at
OUSD and to settle a fair contract with Oakland Education Association. Oakland schools are the heart of our community. Ensuring that Oakland
students have access to the safe, stable, racially-just schools they deserve should be all of our top priority. Right now, OUSD has more than 250 educator vacancies. And nearly 400 educators leave the district every year. Making cuts during a time when short-staffing and high turnover are already destabilizing classrooms is going to hurt the academic futures of Oakland kids. It’s a short-sighted approach to a systemic problem caused by OUSD’s historically bad budgeting practices. Students AND educators should NOT be paying the price for that. OUSD MUST exhaust all possible options before laying off educators.