“We just went through this drama,” one school board member said of the endless back-and-forth cycle of possible school closures at Oakland Unified.
OAKLAND — Just months after a drawn-out battle overseveral Oakland Unified School District campuses— an issue that last year led to sit-ins and even a hunger strike — the board that voted to reject those closures in January may be reversing itself.
These new budget tweaks did not go over well with the two recent additions to the school board, retired educator Jennifer Brouhard and union rep Valarie Bachelor, as well as the board’s director VanCedric Williams, who initially voted against including school mergers last week, but ultimately compromised.
The legislation may ultimately serve as more than just a set of prerequisites for the district’s school closures — it could be a means of blocking them, with Brouhard promising the language will help keep mergers off the table entirely. And in addition to a hiring freeze at its central office, the district will plan for layoffs — but continue to fund affected positions with one-time funds for now.
Hutchinson, who pushed hard to rescind school closures in January, led the vote for last week’s course reversal, characterizing it as the reality of planning a budget.
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