RBB Issue Group Finalizes Recommendations
The RBB Issue Group has made a total of sixteen specific recommendations to address the current challenges of results-based budgeting, as it is currently implemented in the Oakland Unified School District. We believe that this set of recommendations will allow for the greatest equity in funding distribution, while addressing the concerns from schools with higher personnel costs. RBB Issue Group co-chairs David Silver and Sondra Aguilera have distributed the RBB group’s letter throughout the district, and have been asking principals to show their support by endorsing it. Katy Murphy also included a post about the letter on her blog last week. As of Tuesday, December 8, eighty-three Oakland principals have endorsed the letter. Click here to download the full text of the letter and click here to endorse.
In mid-October, RBB Issue Group members collaboratively developed a survey to gather information from OUSD principals about the efficacy and challenges of RBB within our school communities. Over 60 principals from across the district took our survey; they represent elementary, middle, and high schools, small and traditional schools, and schools from the hills and the flatlands, North, East, and West Oakland. Small groups of principals met twice to review the data and analyze the responses to identify significant patterns and trends. Results from the survey indicated that: