Come out tonight for: "STATE OF THE STANDARDS" THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011 6-8:30pm Tilden Auditorium, 4551 Steele St. Oakland, CA 94619

Families are joining elected officials, Oakland Unified School District staff, community organizations, education advocates and concerned citizens to help plot the course for Oakland Public Schools over the next five years.

Gary Yee was re-elected president of the Oakland Board of Education at the Board’s annual organizational meeting on Jan. 3. At the same meeting, Yee’s colleague Jody London was elected vice-president.

Last October, the Oakland community was devastated by the death of Frick Middle School student Alana Williams. At 8:00 AM on October 16, the sixth grader was disembarking a southbound AC Transit bus at 64^th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard when she was struck by a black Lexus. The car continued driving and, to this day, the driver has yet to be identified. The tragedy of a hit-and-run occurring just outside a school shook and saddened the city.

With the start of this school year, Chabot Elementary celebrated the completion of a sizable new addition to their campus.  The project replaced aging portable classrooms, expanded assembly facilities, and added permanent new buildings to existing structures, which are "beloved Neo-Tudor neighborhood icons."

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) is a federally assisted meal program that provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost, or free lunches to children each school day.

The Oakland Raiders had a historic October - setting the franchise record for most points scored in a 59-14 romp over the rival Denver Broncos. On Tuesday, Oct. 26, they made a little more history when star cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha and a band of teammates helped inaugurate the new physical education facility at Roosevelt Middle School.

To emphasize their commitment to improving the health of the nation's schoolchildren, some of the largest school districts in the nation have banded together to participate in Better Beef Days, serving sustainably raised beef to students during National School Lunch Week, October 11-15, 2010.

Oakland Unified School District’s Lincoln Elementary has been named a 2010 National Blue Ribbon School - one of the highest honors available in K-12 education.

Oakland High School is one of only fifteen California schools to have received Achievements in Respiratory (AIR) Health Awards for taking steps to reduce asthma attacks and triggers that often cause asthma attacks. The school was honored with the Award of Excellence from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on April 26, as part of National Healthy Schools Day.