Adult ed in Oakland faces uncertain future

By Lauren Kawana | March 20, 2013 |
Mothers take notes in a family literacy class at La Escuelita Elementary, which focuses on helping parents assist their kids with school.

At a board meeting on February 27, the school board voted to cut all remaining adult ed teacher positions as way to create $1 million in savings for the next school year. OUSD superintendent Tony Smith said the proposal to terminate the positions was also in reaction to Governor Jerry Brown’s January budget proposal, which included moving adult education to community college systems. If layoffs ar

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