Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Approves $103M In Budget Cuts

Oakland Schools in Turmoil After Two Key Officials Depart Over Budget Crisis

The sudden turnover followed a challenging year for OUSD, which must reduce the budget by $100 million to avoid sliding back into state receivership.

Humpday Headlines: Oakland School Board Approves $103M In Budget Cuts

The Oakland school board on Tuesday approved broad budget cuts totaling $103 million, but remained vague about where most of these cuts would come from. At least one board member, Mike Hutchinson, went on social media to decry the fact that the board won't commit to staffing cuts, when 80% of the Oakland USD budget goes to staffing. [Bay Area News Group]Rob and Michele Reiner's son, Nick Reiner, is scheduled to make his first court appearance to…

Oakland school board approves $103 million in cuts, but details still unclear

The Oakland Unified School District approved a $103 million budget plan that includes vague cuts and hopes to boost attendance rates to generate additional revenue, in an effort to repair its bleak budget hole. If the district is unable to pass a balanced budget by June or runs out of cash, Oakland Unified could return to state control just months after exiting it The district’s board of education approved the cuts by 5-2 margin at last week’s b…