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New chief looks to reinvent Oakland schools
- 04-07-2010
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Column by Chip Johnson/San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Unified School District faces a massive $85 million general fund budget deficit, Oakland teachers have set a one day walkout for April 22, and five students were shot - two fatally - in separate shootings on March 27. Yet as daunting as those realities seem, they aren't Smith's biggest challenge. Smith, formerly the No. 2 man in the San Francisco public school system, must find a way to make Oakland residents believe in public schools, because they are leaving the district in a steady flow. (more...)
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