Oakland Unified lacks agreements with teachers, others as school start looms

With one week before school starts Aug. 10 in Oakland Unified, the district is still in negotiations with its labor unions on how it will deliver distance learning and how it will determine when it is safe to bring students and staff back to campuses.

Although the district announced tentative plans on July 10 for distance learning and a phased approach to returning to classroom instruction, it alerted parents on July 29 that it could not release “clear detailed plans to reopen schools” until it establishes agreements with each of its unions, including the Oakland Education Association, which represents teachers.