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LATE NOTICE: Friday 1/27 > State Takeovers: The Experiences of Bay Area School Districts

friendsofschool — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:33:16 +0000

State Takeovers: The Experiences of Bay Area School Districts

Dear Parent Leaders,

I want to make sure that you know about a field hearing tomorrow here in Oakland on state school financial takeovers, their impact on our communities, and legislative reforms to improve California’s system of school finance, support and accountability.

Some of you may have been parents during the state takeover of OUSD, and some of you may be interested in the financial impacts of the state takeover from 2003-2009 on funding for Oakland public schools and children today.

Please let me know if you are interested in testifying at the hearing about your experiences as a parent or speaking on suggestions for legislative reform, and feel free to share this information with other parents who may be interested and let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

LAILAN HUEN | Senior Field Representative

Office of Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson

California State Assembly 16th District

1515 Clay Street Suite 2204

Oakland, California 94612

Phone: 510.286.1670 | Fax: 286.1888

www.assembly.ca.gov/swanson | lailan.huen@asm.ca.gov

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Assembly Member Sandre Swanson

State Takeovers: The Experiences of Bay Area School Districts

Assemblymember Swanson Invites You to a Hearing on State School Financial Takeovers

Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson, Chair of the Select Committee on State School Financial Takeovers, invites you to attend a hearing in Oakland on Friday, January 27, 2012, to hear from affected school districts and communities and to discuss solutions to help prevent districts from being taken over by the state in the future.
“Public schools are the heart of our democracy and it is unacceptable that so many of them are experiencing budget stresses that make it impossible to operate in a meaningful and healthy way. The Select Committee on State School Financial Takeovers will spend the next year working with a forward-thinking group of state legislators, school districts, and leading education finance experts to help schools avoid the financial problems leading to state takeover,” said Assemblymember Swanson.

When:
Friday, January 27, 2012
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Where:
Oakland City Hall
City Council Chambers, 1 Frank Ogawa H. Plaza
Oakland, California 94612

I. Welcome & Opening Remarks

II. School Board Leadership

III. Local Superintendents

IV. County Education Leadership

V. Local Educators

VI. Parents and Education Advocates

VII. Public Comment

VIII. Closing Comments from Chair and Members
The select committee plans to address state receivership head on with a series of hearings in Oakland, King City, and Los Angeles. Please RSVP Here.
For more information, see the attached flyer or call the District Office at (510) 286-1670.
Follow this link to view footage from the first hearing.

Sincerely,
Assemblymember Sandré R. Swanson

California Assembly Democratic Caucus
Website: http://asmdc.org/members/a16?utm_source=eAlert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Swanson_State_Takeovers_School_Districts

Capitol Office:
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0016
Tel: (916) 319-2016
Fax: (916) 319-2116

District Office:
1515 Clay Street
Suite 2204
Oakland, CA 94612
Tel: (510) 286-1670
Fax: (510) 286-1888

For Immediate Release Oakland Unified Names New Interim Police Chief

friendsofschool — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:58:32 +0000

For Immediate Release
Oakland Unified Names New Interim Police Chief
Lieutenant James Williams to lead school police force
Oakland – September 2, 2011 – Lieutenant James Williams of the Oakland Housing Authority
(OHA) police has been named Interim Police Chief for the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD).
Williams, a 17-year veteran of the CALEA-accredited OHA police department, begins his service to
OUSD on Tuesday, September 6, 2011.
About OUSD
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is the State of California’s most improved urban school district over the past
six years, as measured by Academic Performance Index (API), California’s primary metric for measuring student
achievement. During this time, the District’s 46,000 students have benefitted from 118 points of API growth and a focus on
the whole child embodied by OUSD’s “Community Schools, Thriving Students” vision of a full-service community school
district. In this model, every school site offers high levels of learning along with physical health, mental health, dental and
eye care; nutrition, physical education, recreation, before-school and afterschool programs; housing, employment, parenting
and language acquisition courses and a range of other programs. Social and human services are not seen as extra or add-ons
in these schools. Instead, collaboration in service of the well-being of children and families is how they consistently behave.
To learn more about “Community Schools, Thriving Students”, please visit: www.thrivingstudents.org.

S.F. Bay Area Alumni Chapter of Alabama A&M University Casino Fun Bus Trip Saturday, Oct 22

friendsofschool — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:44:39 +0000

Will start placing student interns on Monday June 26th

friendsofschool — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:55:53 +0000

May 17, 2011

Dear Employer:

The Oakland Unified School District in partnership with the City of Oakland will be sponsoring the 2011 Summer Internship for approximately 75 OUSD Career Academy students. The planning team would like to start placing student interns as early as Monday, June 26, 2011 with an anticipated end date of July 29, 2011. Your participation as an internship host will provide our students with a valuable learning experience.

Our students would benefit from participating in a professional relationship with your firm. If you are able to accommodate our students as interns during the summer program, please fill out the attached Internship Request Form and fax it back to the College and Readiness Office at (510) 452-2070 by Friday, June 3, 2011. If you have any questions, please contact Louis Thomas at (510) 273-2360.

Sincerely,

Susan Benz, Coordinator
College & Career Readiness

SB/cs
Summer Internship Employer Cover Letter

8th Annual OAKLAND PEACE CAMP 2011 for Middle & High School youth, is in full effect…& free*!!!! JUNE 27 – JULY 15, 2011

friendsofschool — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 20:34:20 +0000

LAST WEEK FOR REGISTRATION!!!
We still have about 20 spaces available and have extended Oakland Peace Camp registration until Monday, JUNE 20th!!!

Thank you, Community, for your continued support and patience. Please use and/or pass this information accordingly. The necessary registration forms (English/Spanish) are attached to this email.
Thank you, Laila JP

Greetings Community,

8th Annual OAKLAND PEACE CAMP 2011 for Middle & High School youth,
is in full effect…& free*!!!!
JUNE 27 – JULY 15, 2011
Oakland Peace Camp is an Urban Arts and STEM**-Literacy Day Camp for youth ages 12- 18yrs.

Theme: “Imagination for an Imagined Nation”
focusing on Innovation, Creativity, & Transformation

Please pass this information onto those who could benefit from this opportunity.
*There is a one-time $25 administrative fee for each application but no one is turned away for lack of funds.
**STEM-Science,Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics

Oakland Peace Camp will provide 75-100 middle and high school youth with a three-week program, to be held between June 27 and July 15, 2011, time: 9 am to 2:30 pm, in Oakland, emphasizing youth empowerment, arts-based learning, community activism, cultural literacy and reflection.

Oakland Peace Camp classes include:
*Hip-Hop and Urban Dance with Jacinta Vlach [Liberation Dance Theatre] NEWLY ADDED!!!!!!
*Graffiti/Mural with Robert Trujillo [Trust Your Struggle Collective]
*MCing/Lyrics/Theater with Abraham Velasquez [The Peace Poets]
*Sports & Leadership with Freddy Mesa [Urban Arts After School Program @ Urban Promise Academy]
*Music Production with Clemente “DJ 12z” Pena [Urban Roots]
*Hip Hop Dance with Javier Santos [Break Tha Dawn Performance Group]
*MacGyver Science with Matt Jervis [kulture hero creative]
*Pre-Aeronautic Engineering with Miguel Gonzalez [International Community School After School Program]
*Daily Morning Meditation & Yoga with Rahul Lagura [Niroga Institute]

Feel free to email: oaklandpeacecamp.oaklandleaf@gmail.com
Voice Mail & Fax: 206-426-1531

Please bring/mail your completed and signed OPC 11 application to ASCEND School 3709 East 12th Street, Room 214.
Office hours 10:00am – 3:30pm
Or fax it to 206-426-1531
Please call 206.426.1531 if you need further information.
Application deadline is to Monday, June 13, 2011

We are so juiced to be able to continue to provide summer programming for Oakland Youth!

OPC gives our youth the opportunity to attend:

* Attend a free camp (safe space/gang neutral) with a focus on social justice and peace while learning various skills from dynamic bay area artists /instructors (check out the list below!) and Youth Roots/RAMAS youth facilitators

* Eat daily healthy and delicious lunches

* Contribute in a daily advisory that gives the youth a voice to community build about some of the challenges they see in their community.

* Take two urban arts/STEM workshops daily for three weeks
* Go on off-site fieldwork opportunities as well camp-wide day-long outdoor excursion
* Access to community partners resources i.e., violence prevention, restorative justice, etc.

* Showcase their talent in the annual end-of-camp OPC Expo

* And much more….!

- OPC Director: Laila Jenkins-Perez
Assistant Directors: Miladi Almaweri & Valerie Nicolas
Oakland Peace Camp ’11

Oakland Youth Apply Now!

Visit your local high school

friendsofschool — Mon, 02 May 2011 22:57:20 +0000

After McClymonds High School was divided into three school, the alumni and “friends” came together to start “Friends of McClymonds. ” Since those days, the FAM has dissolved into the McClymonds Alumni Association and the rest is history,