After Alameda County officials again called out Oakland Unified School District for lacking a long-term financial plan last week, dozens of district principals raised their own concerns in a letter to the school board on Friday, questioning its ability to govern the district effectively.
The letter, signed by more than 40 school leaders and sent to interim Superintendent Denise Saddler and the school board, urged the district to renew its search for a permanent superintendent and take up the issue of school closures.
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“As educators, we are concerned that recent decisions — negotiated by Talent and Legal and supported by the Board — have neglected informed stakeholder input, sidelining important voices from across our system,” the letter reads. “We want to work in partnership with a superintendent and a board of directors who are unequivocally committed to creating the conditions that will foster the academic progress of our students, create transparency in decision-making, and achieve fiscal stability.”
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