A handful of community leaders and supporters have camped in vinyl tents outside Parker’s front doors since Wednesday — the last day of the 2021-22 school year — in an effort to &…
approved earlier this year across Alameda County’s largest city, in an attempt to reduce OUSD’s looming budget deficit — despite public outcry, hunger strikes and student walk-outs.
However, several parents refused, including Timbu. She said her children have since been automatically assigned to two separate schools further away from their home. But even if that dream doesn’t pan out, she said she wants the East Oakland school’s impact to live on. “The district and our local government is not going to ensure the future of our children and our state of being, so we’ve got to step up and do it ourselves,” Tambu said. “If this is the work that it takes, we’ve got to do it.”
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