“The OUSD Office of Equity and family engagement team are collaborating with GO and a number of other Office of Equity partners to reach as many families as possible with the survey that will provide very important information about our planning the reopening of school. On the other hand Director Jody London’s response to constituent questions about the survey indicates that she was informed. She doesn’t care that as a Director, I am her boss.” “The Superintendent will not respond to my emails about the survey. OUSD Director Roseann Torres was characterized as being hopping mad when she found out about the survey. Their other role is to shape the composition of the board of OUSD and ACOE, and to support the growth of charter schools, at least historically.” In this case, their intent was to support our efforts to understand families’ needs. “I understand the desire to collaborate and avoid duplication of efforts, but please remember that GO plays two roles in the Oakland education arena. Can you tell me more about the robocall that went out today that referred parents to GO’s website/survey and why it was decided to send this to parents? We don’t typically use our infrastructure to refer people to groups that engage in political activities, so I am curious.” On May 13, when OUSD Director Shanti Gonzalez learned about the Survey, she wrote to Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell, It seems the survey resulted from a secret negotiation between OUSD administrators, GO and possibly some OUSD board members. This month, a survey was launched in Oakland, California with the claim “This survey is a primary partnership between OUSD and GO Public Schools Oakland.” Apparently some Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) board members were stunned by the news and were not happy about raising the stature of a billionaire financed organization dedicated to privatizing public schools.
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