COMMENTARY: Valarie Bachelor and Jennifer Brouhard are Excellent School Board Members and Deserve to Be Reelected

Share Tweet By Dr. Kitty Kelly Epstein and Dr. Kimberly Mayfield Oakland schools have excellent leadership right now. I know it’s hard to believe – because there is so much wrong with the national education picture. This school year: The Oakland Unified School District escaped from state control after 22 years. Every classroom had a teacher at the beginning of the year, unlike past years when many classes started the year with day-to-day substitute teachers. Dr. Denise Saddler, an African American woman, is leading the district as Superintendent. She was an excellent choice with vast understanding of Oakland, of schools, and of educational systems. The school board and teachers managed to avert a teachers’ strike by strategizing, listening and compromising. The school board does not plan to close more schools for the first time in decades. The two women leading the school board are excellent educators.

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