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Sign our petition to get OUSD leadership to take action immediately!Â
Join us WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 at the OUSD Board Meeting!Â
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On March 19, a big group of cross-OUSD caregivers shared our urgent message with the board's Facilities Committee.Â
Our local new station covered our efforts!Â
Please click to watch and show NBC Bay Area that this is a high-engagement news story, worthy of their continuing coverage.Â
And read on to get involved!Â
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We are caregivers, students, educators, and community members in Oakland, California who want cooler & more equitable classrooms across our district -- so teachers can teach and kids can learn.Â
We have been capturing and sharing testimonies with OUSD leadershp since August 2025. This is only a small sample of the voices we have collected across more than half of OUSD's schools.
🥵Temperatures regularly reach 80s and 90s in 2,100 OUSD classrooms. This is a safety threat and equity failure that deepens achievement gaps and health disparities.Â
🚨 Student cognitive performance can increase on average 20% when temperatures cool from 86 to 68 degrees, according to Harvard's Center on the Developing Child (2024).
✅ OUSD’s own study in 2022-2023 showed that "passive measures" like window replacements, roof insulation, and ceiling fans can bring immediate relief without electrical upgrades.Â
✅ A low-cost, quick fix cooling pilot at Sequoia Elementary decreased classroom temperatures by up to 8 degrees Fahrenheit.
The district knows it can take easy, immediate, affordable action.
We're done being told to wait.Â
💰 Measure Y bonds raised $735M for OUSD Facilities, including $8M allocated to heat abatement. These funds should be used to address the overheating emergency, immediately.
Every day makes a difference for our kids and educators.Â
Fix the heat before fall!