District board members urge investigation of Oakland school
Michael Short/California Watch St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church in West Oakland The board members were responding to a California Watch investigation into a West Oakland K-12 school run by St. Andrew Missionary Baptist Church, which sends its students to ask for money at BART stations. Oakland Unified School District allocated $50,000 in federal funds this year based on the school's claim that it had 195 students, including 61 low-income children. Former students and government inspections, however, indicate the