McClymonds to lose a principal
When the two small high schools on the McClymonds campus in West Oakland merge into one slightly bigger school this fall, a new leader will be in charge. Yetunde Reeves, the principal of EXCEL High...
View ArticleTwo top OUSD staffers out the door
As leaders came and went from Oakland Unified’s 1025 Second Avenue headquarters, Chief Services Officer Laura Moran and Chief Academic Officer Brad Stam stayed put, helping the state-run district...
View ArticleFormer Oakland principal, Hayward supe are finalists for San Diego post
Dale Vigil retired a few months ago from the Hayward school district after almost five years as superintendent, but I guess he’s not ready for a life of leisure quite yet. He’s in the running to lead...
View ArticleNew (and old) Oakland principals
This isn’t a complete list, I’m sure, but here’s what was on the latest personnel report (on tonight’s agenda). NEW PRINCIPALS Cenne Carroll-Moore – West Oakland Middle School Gina Hill – Youth...
View ArticleMeet CA’s new state superintendent
Tom Torlakson was sworn in as California’s superintendent of public instruction yesterday at Mt. Diablo High School, where he once taught and coached track. It sounds like it was quite a pep rally....
View ArticleYee to serve another term as board president
Gary Yee will be president of the Oakland school board for 12 more months. Jody London was elected vice president at the same meeting this week. In his acceptance speech, Yee said he believed the...
View ArticleAn Oakland school’s transformation
A year ago this morning, I interviewed parents who were on strike and picketing outside of Lazear Elementary, a school located right off the 29th Avenue/Fruitvale exit of Interstate 880. They said they...
View ArticleLeadership changes on Oakland teachers union board
Challengers have unseated at least three incumbents on the executive board of the Oakland Education Association. Ben Visnick, an Oakland High teacher and former union president, beat out incumbent Mark...
View ArticleOUSD’s latest personnel report
Some of you have asked for the district’s latest official reporting of new hires, promotions, departures, etc. I know this list isn’t up to date — e.g. Ash Solar, who headed the effective teaching task...
View ArticleLots of new principals in Oakland schools
Twenty of Oakland’s 98 schools will have new principals next year, according to a list that OUSD’s spokesman sent to me this afternoon (with a caveat that there might be some errors; it’s July, and the...
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