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OUSD Parent Guide English 2015-16.Pdf PARENT GUIDE 2015 – 2016 www.ousd.org Visit our website for phone numbers, calendars, meal menus, and more. Parent Guide 2015-2016 Oakland Unified School District Dear OUSD Parents, Caregivers and Community, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Oakland Unified School 1. Cut central administrative costs by 20% or $2.3 million, freeing up funds for District for the 2015-16 school year. For those who are entering OUSD for reorganization and investment in textbooks for our classrooms. the first time, I thank you for entrusting your children to our care. This is an awesome responsibility and one we do not take lightly. To those 2. Improved condition of financial records and received the first financial who are already part of OUSD, I am grateful for your continued support opinion in over a decade. and collaboration as we strive to build a world-class school district that 3. Secured approval to use an external auditor for outstanding audits, saving educates the whole child and prepares every student for college, career, and nearly half a million annually starting this year. community success. This school year will be my second as OUSD Superintendent, but the first one FACILITIES in which I have been able to participate fully in the planning and preparation. As a result, I look forward to this year with great eagerness and optimism 1. Completed new solar systems at 16 schools that will significantly reduce and with every expectation for the success of our children. We are working annual electricity costs over the next 25 years and avoid production of diligently to transform OUSD from a school district with pockets of excellence almost 2,500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year (the equivalent of into one characterized by consistent excellence and high quality schools in removing close to 12,000 cars from California’s roads) also bringing the every neighborhood. math and science behind the solar technology into the classroom in the form of curriculum that helps prepare students for careers in the clean I’m encouraged by the progress we made my first year as your energy economy. Superintendent. I believe now, more than ever, that our course is not only the correct one, but essential if we hope to restore the promise of Oakland 2. Received California’s highest honor for sustainable school construction public schools so that all students reach their full potential. The road forward, from the Collaborative for High Performance Schools, which certified La shared in our strategic plan, The Pathway to Excellence, is one marked by Escuelita Education Center as meeting its stringent standards that only a uniformly high-quality instruction, safe, healthy and supportive schools, and tiny percentage of school buildings have met. environments that cultivate mental, physical, social, and emotional health. 3. Implemented a community engagement process resulting in In the coming school year, we will continue the transformation from a school recommendations for temporary housing plans for Glenview in line with district with some incredible highlights, but also with uneven results, to one the community’s interests. that produces consistently positive outcomes for students regardless of background or zip code. STRATEGY Creating a school district that not only sets high expectations for 1. Conducted a listening tour with more than 100 community meetings achievement, but provides the conditions needed to experience success, across the city, built a strategic plan based on input from these meetings, demands a dramatic revision of the way we operate and the way we interact and secured unanimous approval of the plan by the Board: www. with each other. If we continue as we always have, we will get the results everystudentthrives.org. we’ve always known—and those are simply unacceptable. The hard work 2. Developed a committee process to roll-out and implement the plan; of changing practice is still necessary to realize our goals for students. Yet, received over 350 applications from a broad and diverse pool of district this knowledge is balanced by our initial victories that point toward a bright stakeholders for approximately 75 strategic plan committee spots and future where OUSD is a model school district providing students with a convened regular meetings toward a June report out. world-class education. I want to share with you just a few accomplishments from the 2014-15 school year that are bringing us closer to the day when Every Student Thrives! EXTERNAL FUNDING 1. Helped with the passage of Measure N, providing $12 million/year for EFFECTIVE TALENT 10 years to more than double linked learning in our schools to reach thousands more students starting next year. 1. Reached agreements on new contracts with SEIU and AFSCME, incorporated Oakland’s new minimum wage, and reached a new contract 2. Secured over $25 million in new grants including $11 million from The with the Oakland Education Association (OEA) that provides the largest Atlantic Philanthropies over three years for expanded career health raise in 10 years and largest of any district in Alameda County. pathways, a commitment of approximately $500,000 per year for 10 years from the David & Lucille Packard Foundation for early learning, and a $5 2. Recruited and retained top talent from Oakland and around the country million commitment from Intel to fund engineering and computer science for key leadership positions in school design and transformation, early education and job pathways. learning, change management and communications. We will build on these successes as we strive to work to meet the academic, 3. Designed and launched Teacher and Leader Growth & Development social and emotional needs of all of our students and prepare each and Systems. every one for college, career, and community success. We’ve made great strides toward the day when Every Student Thrives! is no longer a vision, but QUALITY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS a reality, and the 2015-16 school year will be yet another giant leap in that 1. Simultaneously implemented Common Core aligned math and literacy direction. Thank you for taking this journey with us. curriculum in all of our schools to drive better academic outcomes and Respectfully, college preparation. Antwan Wilson 2. Developed plan that will expand TK access to the entire district starting Superintendent next year. Oakland Unified School District 3. Launched Quality School Development process based on solid pillars of success, encapsulated in a Board approved policy, and moved forward with five Intensive Support Schools identified by the Board in 2014 for extra focus and support. 4. Improved upon the data infrastructure within the district. 2 Oakland Unified School District Parent Guide 2015-2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS OVERVIEW: PATHWAY TO EXCELLENCE . .4 OVERVIEW OF OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ......7 An outline of OUSD’s vision, student demographics, academic performance, financial outlook, and OUSD Fast Facts. PARENT RESOURCES................................13 What you need to know about enrollment and registration, how to support your child’s learning from kindergarten through high school, and promotion and graduation requirements. RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.......................25 A guide to laws and policies about attendance and truancy, equity and nondiscrimination, health and safety, information and privacy, personal appearance and property, and school climate and discipline. APPENDIX . .41 DIRECTORY . .50 Contact information for District offices and school board members, plus a map and phone numbers for all Oakland public schools. EQUITY AND NONDISCRIMINATION Our goal is to create a supportive and nurturing learning environment in every school, where all students, parents, teachers, principals, and other staff are treated with respect and dignity. Nondiscrimination Policy OUSD prohibits unlawful discrimination against any protected group as identified under Education Code 200 and 220 and Government Code 11135, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Title IX. The Governing Board desires to provide a safe school environment that allows students equal access and opportunities in the district’s academic and other educational support programs, services and activities. The Board prohibits, at any district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation and bullying of any student based on the student’s actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, citizenship, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, status as a veteran or disabled veteran, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender Identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a persons or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Complaint forms are available at school sites and at the Office of the Ombudsperson. Gabriel Valenzuela is the District’s Ombudsperson and Title IX Coordinator and his office is located at 1000 Broadway, Suite 680, Oakland, CA 94607, phone 510- 879-4281, fax 510-879-3678. The District’s 504 Coordinator is Barbara Parker, located at 746 Grand Avenue, Room 15 until November, and then located at 1000 Broadway, 510-273-1510. See page 27 for further information on Equity and Nondiscrimination. BOARD POLICY 0410, 4030, 5145.3 The Oakland Unified School District Parent Guide is available in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese,
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