The second day of a strike by Oakland Unified School District teachers drew to a close Friday with no end of the walkout in sight.
While the teachers are fighting for more pay, support and better facilities, students missed another day of learning.
This is the second strike by Oakland teachers in the last four years. Factor in the lengthy COVID-19 lockdown and some of these kids have missed out on a lot of school. Many families support the teachers but say the young people are suffering."At this point, I'm just trying to figure out the next day," said Rebecca Carpenter mother of a 4th grader. Luckily she works from home so she was able to take care of her son but she wishes he was back in class.
Rebecca Carpenter says it's been difficult to find concise information on the status of the strike and how the kids will make up this time away from school. She says she's been getting conflicting updates from the school district and the teachers union. "That's frustrating because I don't know who to believe. I'm sure the truth is somewhere in the middle but it's challenging to thread that needle with all the different communication," she said.
The Oakland Unified School District says it has offered the teachers an unprecedented raise of 22 percent but that leaves very little left to address other issues.
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