Fate of OUSD after-school programs in question, parents working full-time concerned

Oakland school board restores after-school funding

Oakland school board restores after-school funding A budget resolution intended to scrutinize spending on consultants and outside contracts prompted a swift backlash when it ended up defunding after-school programs.

OUSD Cancels Controversial After-School Cuts, but Deep Divisions Within School Board Remain

Oakland schools repealed a measure that accidentally cut school nonprofit funding, but the debacle only heightened tensions between school board members after a year of turmoil.

Oakland school board reverses afterschool cuts, after massive backlash

Public outrage appeared to motivate members of the Oakland Unified School Board, as they voted overwhelmingly at a special meeting Wednesday night to reverse sweeping cuts to afterschool, before-school and summer programs.

Fate of OUSD after-school programs in question, parents working full-time concerned

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) -- Thousands of families in the Oakland Unified School District don’t know if the district’s after-school programs will be wiped out next year.  The same school board majority that ousted the school superintendent recently is the one responsible for these additional budget cuts.  Now, steps are being taken to roll them back, but the dysfunction that has become common within this school board may not let it happen. Alameda …

OUSD board reverses course on afterschool program cuts

The Oakland school board is reversing course, restoring millions of dollars to fund after school programs.

Oakland Unified school board reverses course on afterschool, summer program cuts - Local News Matters

THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT this week voted to reverse course on a decision to potentially gut afterschool and summer programs that roiled the school community for the past month.The board’s decision repeals a vote from March 26 that would have capped the district’s spending on outside contractors at $125 million.The cap was an apparent effort to help reduce a projected $95 million budget deficit to, as it currently stands, about $12.5 m…