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Posts Tagged ‘Oakland students’

School budget woes strain the bonds between Oakland foster youth and their case managers

By Wyatt Kroopf | May 13, 2019
Jennifer Martinez, a sophomore at Skyline High School in foster care, outside a school board where she challenged the board to save her case manager's position.

There are just under 400 foster youth attending Oakland schools, and for many, one person at their school is dedicated to them: their case manager. This counselor provides support and offers one-on-one guidance—academically and for other issues that may arise outside of school. The Oakland Unified School District has four case managers for foster youth,…

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Oakland’s schools are open again, but tension remains over budget cuts, teacher contract

By Wyatt Kroopf | March 6, 2019 | 2
Hundreds of Oakland high school students marched to the school board meeting to demand no cuts to student programs. They told the board how the programs affected their lives.

The Oakland teachers’ strike officially ended on Sunday evening, but the debate over their contract and district budget cuts is still not over. The vote on Sunday was far from unanimous. Members of the teachers’ union—the Oakland Education Association—gathered at the Paramount Theater for four hours of debate before voting on whether or not to…

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