Oakland Unified considers worrisome absenteeism, suspensions stats for African-American male

Article by Barbara Grady.
Last updated at Thu, 24 May at 11:32pm.

Days after the release of an alarming report indicating that high absenteeism and frequent suspensions of African-American boys in Oakland public schools are derailing many of them high school graduation, parents of students attending schools slated to be closed said absenteeism will only get worse.

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Oakland School for the Arts chorus wins national prize for singing
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Fri, 4 May at 7:32am.

They won! 

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Oakland district strives to offer health care for all students
Article by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Mon, 2 Apr at 8:57am.

By Callie Shanafelt, California Health Report

The Oakland Unified School District wants to be the first major urban school district in the nation to guarantee universal access to primary health care to all its students.

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Castlemont's Bremner wins 'Green Star Teacher' award for work with sustainable agriculture
Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Tue, 28 Feb at 7:46am.

Earlier this month, Tim Bremner was honored as the Green Star Teacher of the Year at the Bay Area Schools Environmental Conference in San Jose for his

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Support Oakland Tech's 'This Is It!' Auction - Saturday, March 24
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Thu, 23 Feb at 8:14am.

 Wonderful food, friendship, entertainment and the chance to bid on an enticing array of auction items await you at "This is It!" Oakland Technical High School's 2012 Auction on Saturday, March 24.

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February 2: Teach Tomorrow in Oakland teacher recruitment fair--come on out! (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Sun, 22 Jan at 11:11pm.

Teach Tomorrow in Oakland is recruiting and supporting local and diverse teachers who want to make a commitment to teaching in Oakland for the next five years. Come and hear about this great opportunity!!

What: Teach Tomorrow in Oakland Recruitment

Where: Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 3

When: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 6-8 P.M.

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Recall campaign against OUSD board now down to one
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 10 Jan at 7:22am.

An effort to remove five Oakland Unified School District board directors has been whittled down to just one elected official facing recall.

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Oakland's Santa Fe faces last days as school closures loom
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Fri, 16 Dec at 7:57am.

In many ways, these are strange days for the students at Oakland's Santa Fe Elementary School where they are spending their last year before the school closes in 2012.

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