The document discusses the All Kids Campaign, which calls on the Oakland Board of Education to enact local decision-making authority at schools. This would empower school communities, including parents, students, teachers and principals, to make decisions about educational programs, budgets, staffing, and schedules. The campaign aims to give school sites more autonomy to tailor these areas to student needs. It provides context on school funding comparisons and lists community endorsements. The timeline notes opportunities for public engagement and the potential school board vote in April.

1. Photo by Hasain Rasheed
The All Kids Campaign
School Communities Know Best

2. CA Compared to National School Funding
SOURCE: California Budget Project, http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2010/1006_SFF_how_does_ca_compare.pdf

3. The All Kids Coalition
Organizations Individuals
• Sean McClung, Principal, MetWest High School
• Toai Dao, Teacher, Life Academy
• Peter Fiske & Kelly Kirkpatrick, Chabot
Elementary
• Dr. Washington “Bob” Burns, Prescott Joseph
Center
• Father Jesus Nieto-Ruiz, Saint Anthony's Catholic
Church
• Rev. George Cummings, Imani Community
Church
• Pastor H. James Hopkins, Lakeshore Ave. Baptist
Church
Prescott Joseph Center • Rev. Ken Chambers Sr., West Side Missionary
Baptist Church
• Lewis Cohen, Fmr. Executive Director, Coalition
of Essential Schools & Fmr. Asst. Superintendent
OUSD
• Geoffrey Peete, Businessman & Philanthropist

4. More than 2,000 Petition Endorsers
We call on the Board of Education to implement full-
service community schools by enacting local decision-
making authority at every Oakland neighborhood
school to make decisions over educational curriculum,
budgets, staffing, and schedules.
Empowering our school site communities ensures that
the families, students, teachers, school staff and
principals are in charge of our educational decisions!

5. All Kids Campaign - Core Values
• Local Decision Making means
empowering Oakland school
communities to make the school-site
level decisions necessary for student
success.
• School Communities means parents,
students, teachers, school staff, and
principals.

6. Local decision making in four areas
Education School
Program Budget
School
Staffing
Schedules

7. 1. Educational Programs
Local decision-
making authority
to develop and
implement
curriculum and
instruction tailored
to meet student
needs. Photo by Hasain Rasheed

8. 2. School Site Budgets
Local decision-
making authority
to allocate site
resources to best
meet student
needs
Photo by Hasain Rasheed

9. 3. Staffing
Local decision-
making
authority to
hire, support,
and retain staff
based on
student needs.
Photo by Hasain Rasheed

10. 4. School Schedules
Local decision-making
authority to create
school schedules –
which could include
additional time in the
day and/or school
year – to best meet
student needs.
Photo by Hasain Rasheed

11. Campaign Timeline – This Spring
MAY and
LATE APRIL BEYOND
MARCH
School Supt.
Special APRIL 4
Board Vote Smith’s
Committee Special
on Local implemen-
Public Committee
Decision- tation of
Engagemen Meeting
Making Local
ts
Policy Decision-
Making

12. About Great Oakland Public Schools Leadership Center
Students First
Every decision should focus on what Oakland students need in order to
attain a quality education. For many Oakland students, accessing quality
public schools is an issue of life or death. We must work with
tremendous urgency. Students cannot wait until tomorrow.
Sense of Possibility
All children can succeed as a result of quality schools and effective
teaching. Innovation and inquiry are essential to disrupt the status quo
in service of students.
Equity
Great Oakland Public Schools Students of all backgrounds and in all neighborhoods deserve equitable
and excellent outcomes. Resources and opportunities must be
Leadership Center is a 501(c)(3) prioritized for historically underserved communities and students.
Power of Community
charitable organization that Our Oakland community has high expectations for our students and
public schools – and the power to deliver quality education for all
provides education, advocacy, and students. Together, we are responsible for preparing all students with
the skills and knowledge required for success in college, career, and life.
leadership within the Oakland
Shared Decision-Making and Accountability
community so that all our students People should have a say in the decisions that shape their lives, and
educational decisions should be made transparently, based on evidence,
have the opportunity to attend and by those who are closest to students. Those who are responsible for
making decisions should be held accountable for those decisions based
quality public schools. on student results.
Respectful Communication
We communicate directly and with respect at all times, enabling us to
be transparent and pragmatic, foster learning, and create long-lasting,
www.goleadershipcenter.org accountable relationships.