School notebook: ‘Not-so-dire’ budget cuts, re-envisioning school policing, a fire at BUSD, Oxford renovations, grab-and-go meals
Berkeley school news — in brief.
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Renovations underway at historic Berkeley Community Theatre
The $45 million project, scheduled to be completed in summer 2022, will redo the 3,500-seat community theater and the Florence Schwimley Little Theatre.
What will ‘back to school’ look like in Berkeley? BUSD plans for hybrid learning — if COVID-19 restrictions ease
BUSD will pair in-person classes with distance learning for K-12 students beginning in August — if, and only if, county and local shelter-in-place guidelines move to the next phase of reopening.
East Bay teens talk pandemic, protests and the people in their lives
Eight teenagers in Oakland and Berkeley talk about how they’ve had to adapt after the shutdown upended their social lives and support systems.
BUSD Board President Judy Appel will not run for re-election
Appel is stepping down, partly, she says, to focus on healing after a car crash in January 2019 that left her and her wife in critical condition.
BUSD will rename Jefferson and Washington elementary schools in broader ‘Black Lives Matter’ push
Board member Ka’Dijah Brown emphasized that renaming of the schools is only a small step in the district’s work to address systemic racism.
BUSD prepares for ‘distance learning’ in fall, creating child care concerns for some families
The Berkeley School Board on Wednesday approved a general planning framework as the district gets ready for 2020-21.
Programs for black students will be preserved despite budget cuts due to COVID-19, BUSD board says
BUSD turned to issues specifically affecting black students and their families in a virtual town hall on Tuesday evening, hearing from over 100 community members.
School notebook: Gigantic budget cuts, principal turnover, mural gets a mask
Berkeley school news — in brief.
Photos: Berkeley High class of 2020 grabs caps and gowns at celebratory drive-thru
Spirits were high Friday at a drive-thru where seniors collected their graduation caps and gowns, and got photos taken.
Orderly hallways, 12-person classes. Berkeley schools could be unrecognizable in the fall
At a town hall Wednesday, BUSD leaders painted a more vivid picture of how schools could be structured with kids staying 6 feet apart.
