Tony Smith, on OUSD schools turning into charters
Thursday, April 19th, 2012 at 11:14 pm in Tony SmithNo Comments
2011 file photo by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News GroupAt a meeting with principals and other administrators before spring break, Oakland Superintendent Tony Smith apparently said he didn’t care how many of the city’s schools became independently run charters.
After reading the comments a couple of you posted about those remarks, I asked OUSD Spokesman Troy Flint if Smith did, indeed, say something to that effect. He did.
“Basically, the point of those comments was to emphasize that we need to create more good options for children, and that needs to be the focus of our efforts,” Flint said.
He added: “He was just emphasizing that these are Oakland’s kids, and we’re responsible for their success. Our