It’s official: The Oakland school district will hold school on Thursday, despite the one-day strike. So far, about 300 emergency teachers have cleared background checks, with more in the pipeline, according to district spokesman Troy Flint; at least 60 people from the central office will head out to the schools as well.
But just in case you were thinking about sending your kids to school on strike day,
this letter from the Oakland teachers union — which was sent home with children in at least one school — warns that you might be placing them in harm’s way:
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