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Competing for attention: Moldy portables, broken heaters and a 90-yard football field - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

Competing for attention: Moldy portables, broken heaters and a 90-yard football field - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools:


Competing for attention: Moldy portables, broken heaters and a 90-yard football field



Thursday, May 10th, 2012 at 1:14 am in UncategorizedNo Comments
Improving Oakland’s school facilities will be a major focus for the district in the coming months. The long-awaited Facilities Master Plan is up for a vote on May 23. Then, in the first week of June, the board reviews the proposed language for a $475 million bond measure that might go on the November ballot.
Gene Bregman, a market researcher hired by OUSD, reported at tonight’s school board meeting that he was “very encouraged” by the results of his firm’s telephone poll about a possible bond election.
Tim White, who heads the district’s facilities department (which has created this website for the master plan), said that, over the years, the district has received many millions of dollars for upgrades in addition to local