Seven OUSD schools to close, one spared; board votes despite pleas from children. As Oakland Unified School District officials plan to shutter more than a dozen schools in the district, teachers are striking back. The love, support and mobilization around school closures was beyond palpable. L.A. Unified lost about 61,000 K-12 students since the 2018-19 school year, according to data . Maurice Andrew San-Chez and another teacher are holding a hunger strike in protest over OUSD's proposed cuts. Oakland Schools Update: Controversial Oakland School Closing Plan Narrowly Approved . --Calliope Dean, 7th grade. At the end of the current school year, Community Day School and La Escuelita Elementary are scheduled to close. Thursday marks the 17th day of a hunger strike in Oakland, CA. Yee called the meeting following an agreement with two teachers who have been on an 18-day hunger strike. In a statement, San-Chez told the Oakland school board, "If I die, I want the board to know my death was at your hands." Omolade and San-Chez launched their hunger strike Feb. 1—refusing to eat until the Oakland Unified School District's board votes Tuesday evening on the schools' fate, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. But between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years, enrollment plummeted by more than 160,000 students. Write your district school board director and urge them to end the hunger strike by meeting these demands to postpone all school closures until the end of the '22-'23 school year. They say they will only. A day after the Oakland Unified School Board presented a proposal to close eight schools and merge five others at the end of next year, some Oakland teachers have started a hunger strike in protest. In a statement, supporters of Moses Omolade and André San-Chez said the pair were suffering . Moses and André San-Chez, choir director at Westlake, went on a hunger strike that lasted nearly three weeks this past February 2022. Photo credit Matt Bigler/KCBS Radio "I've been craving a whole bunch of foods from my hometown of El Paso, Texas; enchiladas, tamales, tacos," San-Chez, the school's choir director, who appeared frail and is using a hiking pole to walk . In 2004, nine people in the West Contra Costa Unified School District began a hunger strike to protest inadequate funding of California's public schools, particularly those in marginalized communities. The hunger strike across multiple different schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism, says Moses Omolade, one of the striking workers and a community schools manager at Westlake Middle School. He's studied forms of peaceful protest, and was at the college in 2016 when four undergraduate students participated in a 10-day hunger strike to secure more funding for the College of Ethnic Studies. Zhe Wu on February 9, 2022. The new year was marked with an ongoing struggle against the Oakland Board of Education's plan to close a number of public schools in Oakland's predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods that has reached national news, has thousands of students, parents, and community members participating, and has two concerned teachers on a hunger strike until . "If I die, I want the board to know my death was at your hands," he said . Tue, 02/15/2022. Oakland Students Walk Out, Teachers Launch Hunger Strike, to Protest Planned School Closures Headline Feb 02, 2022 In California, students at an Oakland middle school led a walkout Tuesday,. Read More. The District is working to ensure that all affected . Moses Omolade, a Westlake school administrator, and a teacher have announced they began a hunger strike at around midnight Monday night. A man found my phone on the ground so I got that back. The Oakland Unified School Board voted 4-2 last week to close seven schools, merge two others, and reduce some classes over the next two years. We call on the OUSD administration along with California politicians Gavin Newsom, Rob Bonta, Nancy Skinner, and Tony Thurmond to take immediate steps toward waiving/abolishing OUSD's debt and fully fund OEA's reasonable contract proposal. Thousands of Oakland's students, parents and teachers have taken to the streets in the last week — and two teachers are on their eighth day of a hunger strike — protesting proposed school . André San-Chez, a music teacher from Westlake Middle School, and Moses Omolade, the community schools manager, didn't eat anything for 20 and 18 days, respectively, to protest the closure of schools across the city. The Oakland Unified School Board voted 4-2 last week to close seven schools, merge two others, and reduce some classes over the next two years. Moses Omolade: My hunger strike lasted 18 days and André's 20 days. Enrollment declines during the pandemic have put the district in a precarious financial position. Students, teachers, and parents walked out of Westlake Middle School and marched to Oakland Unified School District offices to protest its consideration for closure by the district in Oakland . Moses Omolade: Convocation for Student Justice Hunger Strike Demands . Write the superintendent's office to end the hunger strike by meeting these demands for a public letter of solidarity from the OUSD Superintendent's Office . . Parents of students in the Oakland Unified School District have joined forces with the ACLU of Northern California to file a complaint with the California Department of Justice to investigate the district's school closures.The ACLU hopes to urge California Attorney General Rob Bonta to expose the truth behind the closures, which disproportionately impact Black students and families. I'm lucky I wasn't shot but this was . Maurice André San-Chez (shay) and Moses Olanrewaju Omolade of Westlake Middle School will begin a hunger strike to end all school . A man found my phone on the ground so I got that back. Oakland teachers could go on strike as early as March 4 if the membership of OEA approves the strike action. I wanted to talk to Moses about his ideas and beliefs around resistance. OUSD responds to the Board's decision with the following statement: "On Friday evening, February 18, the OUSD Board of Education confirmed its previous decision from the February 8 meeting. Interview with Maurice Andre San-Chez, an OUSD educator, during their hunger strike protesting school closures in Oakland, CA. When asked if he would continue his hunger strike if the school board vote doesn't go his way, this was Omolade's response, "The hunger strike doesn't stop." This article tagged under . On Feb. 8 the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education voted to permanently close and merge seven schools that serve largely low-income and Black students over the next two years. Two public school teachers, Andre San-Chez and Moses Omolade, began it as one part of a much larger campaign to resist the unprecedented closure and consolidation of eleven Oakland schools. I'm lucky I wasn't shot but this was . "This isn't going to stop anything, this is the start of it," said . Some are doing more than fighting. OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — Two staff members at a middle school in Oakland are currently on a hunger strike. Zhe Wu on February 9, 2022. I began a hunger strike with my fellow warrior-eagle . Students also announced at the meeting that they will continue the hunger strike of two OUSD teachers. The school board on Monday laid out the proposal to close as many . (Zack Haber) UPDATE: The hunger strike is ongoing, and has surpassed ten days. 3/8/2022 2 Comments Andre San-Chez and Moses Omolade, a teacher and administrator at Westlake Middle School went on a hunger strike on Feb 1st to protest OUSD school closures. February 21, 2022. Even after students threatened to join a hunger strike and community members promised backlash, the Oakland Unified School District board voted to proceed with the plan to close seven schools during an emergency meeting Friday night. Yesterday I was carjacked and had a gun to my head. I don't think I'll get anything back and I honestly wouldn't want my car after they had it. Oakland Rises to Fight School Closures. (Annelise Finney/KQED) Omolade says the short timeline for the approval of the plan and the lack of community engagement in the process has backed the families and teachers into a corner. Two Oakland educators haven't eaten for 15 days in protest of the decision to close, merge and reduce grades for 11 schools in the district.. Andre San-Chez and Moses Omolade, who work at Westlake Middle School, have pledged to continue their hunger strike until Gov. On Tuesday, February 1, teachers and students at Westlake Middle School staged a walkout after the school board announced it would close some schools in the face of a projected budget shortfall of $50 million next school year. André San-Chez, a music teacher from Westlake Middle School, and Moses Omolade, the community schools manager, didn't eat anything for 20 and 18 days, respectively, to protest the closure of schools across the city. 2 . OUSD responding to the board's decision with the following. RELATED: Oakland Unified Students Vow Hunger Strike, Board Rejects Plan to Delay School Closings. Obviously, they got my car, purse, and all contents of car. OAKLAND (CBS SF) — Two Oakland Unified School District teachers who are on the 10th day of a hunger strike, protesting the district's plan to close and merge a number of schools, have released a list of demands to end their protest. OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) - Some Oakland Unified School District students, staffers, and parents have spent the last four weeks making it clear that they absolutely do 'not' want the schools to close. The hunger strike is one part of a series of actions, including w a lkouts, rallies, and even a solidarity rolling hunger strike that the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) community has been organizing since they learned of the potential closures that will disproportionately affect Black students, who make up 22% of the district and 36% of . Oakland teacher on hunger strike over school closure plan is hospitalized. Moses Omolade was briefly hospitalized last week but is ok today. See their letter to the Oakland . Teachers ready to strike. The strike is one of several actions that Oakland community members have led . Carjacked at gunpoint at Target on Broadway 4PM. The school board is scheduled to meet Monday, February 7, to close and merge 16 schools; most of them are predominantly black. That will end our hunger strike immediately: We demand a meeting with Governor Gavin Newsom; We demand a meeting with Kyla Johnson-Trammel and the entire Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) board Oakland educators, students, families and communities are rising together in opposition to a controversial proposal by Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) management that seeks to close or merge 16 schools, most of which serve majority Black and Brown communities. The decision came in spite of large protests, a teacher hunger strike, and pleas from city leaders who have asked the governor to intervene. One of those employees ended their strike at the emergency meeting Friday; the other, Maurice André San-Chez, a teacher at Westlake Middle School, announced the end of their hunger strike in an Instagram post on Sunday, February 20. They protested for eighteen days and ate nothing but water, vitamins, and electrolytes. Rank and file teachers are reaching out to union members to get their support for this action. On Day 10 of their hunger strike, the workers released a list of 10 demands including "an immediate stop to school closures in OUSD… Amend state law and revise the ADA formula that penalizes schools for student absence due to sickness… audit of FCMAT . The OUSD hunger strike is not the first time that form of protest was used to pressure local governments. The closure and consolidation plan will disproportionately affect low-income students of color. JR Valrey: Why have Oakland Unified School District students been protesting?Who and why are the two men on a hunger strike? Protests continue ahead of school board vote on OUSD closures The Oakland Unified school board is expected to vote tonight on closing or merging more than a dozen schools this year and next. Yesterday I was carjacked and had a gun to my head. The action seems disproportionate to the cause. Officials with the Oakland Unified School District issued a brief, two-sentence response Saturday to criticism from the teachers' union and community members about the board's decision Friday to uphold a decision to close seven schools and merge others. Editor's Note: A teacher and the community school's manager of Westlake Middle School in Oakland, CA, have begun a hunger strike in support of the demand to stop school closures. Carjacked at gunpoint at Target on Broadway 4PM. The OUSD staff members engaged in a hunger strike have set up a camp on the front lawn of Westlake Middle School. Critics of the school closures also point to high salaries of high-level administrators, consultants, and the yearly lease of the district's downtown headquarters at more than $1 million a year. The issue sparked weeks of contentious discussions, walkouts and a hunger strike. Two Educators Start Hunger Strike A Westlake student speaks out against plans to close his school in front of OUSD headquarters. Jocelyn Moran reports. "If I die, I want the board to know that my death was at your. On Day 10 of their hunger strike, the workers released a list of 10 demands including "an immediate stop to school closures in OUSD … Amend state . At least two teachers in the Oakland Unified School District have declared a hunger strike in protest of proposed school closures. The plans of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) have already prompted a walkout and a hunger strike. After more than three hours of heartfelt pleadings from dozens of people, including more than 70 children, the Oakland school board voted 4-2-1 Tuesday night to close seven schools in the next two years. The Oakland School Board meeting on Jan. 31, 2022 was attended by over 1,800 community members outraged by an Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) plan to close or merge 18 schools over the next two years. Westlake middle school choir director Maurice Andre San-Chez is leading the hunger strike. "The school board is attempting to close predominantly Black and Brown schools without engaging with us at all.". This includes two OUSD educators, Moses Omolade and Maurice Andre San-Chez, who have been on a hunger strike for two weeks and have played a leading role in organizing protests and actions in . The agreement calls for Moses Omolade and André San-Chez to end the hunger strike after a . :::: The Oakland Education Association (OEA) is currently on strike as a result of the Oakland Unified School District's (OUSD) refusal to fully fund public sc . Some of the best parts of the strike was witnessing the activation of the community. Some schools have to close, and yes we should debate which ones, but a hunger strike will not solve this problem, as it won't move many voters in school board districts outside of Westlake. Oakland Unified staff, students and parents are vowing to begin a hunger strike on Saturday and continue the protest of school closures. The cutbacks, which school board members approved in a 4-2 vote early Wednesday, are the latest blow to Oakland schools in a decades-long battle with . The Oakland Unified School District will decide Tuesday night whether or not to close and consolidate several schools. On the eleventh day of his hunger strike, Westlake Middle School teacher Moses Olanrewaju Omolade gets a visit from his 6 and 4 year old kids during the Freedom Friday event at the school's lawn. . School administrator Moses Omolade (left) and teacher Maurice Andre San-Chez (right) plan to hunger strike, refusing food until plans to implement school closures and mergers are cancelled. Despite an outcry from the community - including an ongoing hunger strike by two educators - Oakland Unified will close, merge or reduce classes for 11 schools over the next two years. The changes, which are aimed at reducing the . READ MORE: San Francisco South Beach Businesses Staff Up for Giants Opening Day The Oakland community will continue to organize to stop the . . "I'm willing to put my life on the line because I love these kids," said hunger striker Maurice Andre San . There have been walkouts, rallies at school sites, a rally and march from Frank Ogawa Plaza to OUSD headquarters, a rally at Prescott School, car caravans to school board members' houses, and a hunger strike at Westlake Middle School that began more than a week ago. On Tuesday, the physical condition of both men had worsened. I don't think I'll get anything back and I honestly wouldn't want my car after they had it. Withstanding hunger pangs, weakness, and health concerns, Westlake Middle School staff members Moses Omolade and Andre San-Chez stood firm on Tuesday — day eight of their hunger strike against likely school closures in Oakland Unified School District— declaring the strike will not end until their demands are met.. Despite opposition to the plan from students, community . Julie Bisharyan on February 18, 2022. The Oakland Unified School District voted to close or merge 11 schools over the next two years, upsetting teachers, students, and parents. Editor's Note: A teacher and the community school's manager of Westlake Middle School in Oakland, CA, have begun a hunger strike in support of the demand to stop school closures. OAKLAND, CA - FEBRUARY 5: Moses Olanrewaju Omolade, a teacher at Westlake Middle School in Oakland, Calif., enters his fifth day of a hunger strike, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, protesting plans by . OEA is demanding funding for Oakland's schools from Governor Gavin Newsom. We demand a meeting with Kyla Johnson-Trammell and the entire Oakland Unified School District board. After more than three hours of heartfelt pleadings from dozens of people, including more than 70 children, the Oakland school board voted 4-2-1 Tuesday night to close seven schools in the next two years. Omolade and San-Chez launched their hunger strike Feb. 1—refusing to eat until the Oakland Unified School District's board votes Tuesday evening on the schools' fate, The San Francisco . When news broke in January that OUSD was planning to close schools, Omolade said he felt "powerless." Tim Killings: Oakland students are protesting because the Oakland Board of Education had the superintendent Kyla Johnson Trammell bring recommendations on schools that should be closed, in Oakland. Maurice Andre San-Chez, a choir and dance teacher at Westlake Middle School, said they would join the hunger strike in solidarity. KFRON San Francisco. Teachers are reaching out to other educator unions and parents and students to get their support. by Ashley McBride February 8, 2022 By JR Valrey, The Minister of Information. OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Tuesday night is when the Oakland Unified School Board is slated to take a vote on a controversial proposal to close 16 schools. One of them said he's willing to die if it means standing up and fighting against the . Gavin Newsom meets with them, as well as Oakland Unified's superintendent and school board members. Shot and edited by Erik Scanlon. OAKLAND (CBS SF) — A medical response team was called in Tuesday morning to treat a pair of Oakland teachers who were in the eighth day of a hunger strike, protesting an Oakland Unified School District plan to close or merge more than a dozen schools. Two staff members at Westlake went on hunger strike on Feb. 1 in protest of the closures. Two Westlake Middle School staff members started a hunger strike at midnight on February 1 and say they'll continue to refuse food until the Oakland Unified School District and school board stops all plans to close or merge schools. An Oakland educator and administrator have finally ended their weeks-long hunger strike. Zyla Conover, 5, a student at Prescott School speaks out against OUSD school closures during the Oakland School Solidarity Rally and 4Peace Community Walk with, left to right, her mother Zazzi . The Oakland Unified District school board early Wednesday morning voted to close or merge nearly a dozen schools over the next two years, despite community objections and even a hunger strike by . Teachers are great, but this seems like a an effort doomed to fail. Mon, 02/14/2022. Students and teachers still on a hunger. Community members rallied in opposition and hunger strikers vowed to continue unless the plan is scrapped. . Two OUSD teachers, Maurice-Andre San-Chez and Moses Omolade are on day eight of a hunger strike to stop the potential closures. Two OUSD employees began a hunger strike in protest of the plans at the start of the month. They initially agreed to call off their hunger strike after Oakland Unified School District board members agreed to hold a . The issue has pitted the community against the Oakland Unified School District board since it was announced in . Omolade's strike call echoed the call of many rank-and-file Oakland Education Association members, who voted overwhelmingly April 11 to authorize the OEA Executive Board to schedule a vote on holding a one-day strike April 29. Moses Omolade is a parent and educator at Westlake Middle School and a frontline leader in the movement to stop the school closures in Oakland. OUSD school closures and hunger strike. The decision came in spite of large protests, a teacher hunger strike, and pleas from city leaders who have asked the governor to intervene. Cassidy, a student at a charter high school in Oakland, California, highlighted her . The sixteen schools that were recommended were all in Black and Brown . Obviously, they got my car, purse, and all contents of car. < 1 min read. Priority Demands. Only days after making the proposal . OUSD must find a way to cut nearly $50 million from its 2022-2023 budget. 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