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Major renovations to Oxford Elementary School on the horizon
Students will be relocated for the year of renovations. The community can hear about the modernization plans at a meeting tonight.
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BUSD approves $27 million Oxford School reconstruction
The construction project, one of BUSD's largest in years, will be funded by Measure I revenue.
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School notebook: Ultra-low vaccine rate at Berkeley school; prizes for kids...
Berkeley school news — in brief.
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Oxford Elementary at risk of major earthquake damage, report finds. BUSD...
Engineers found that the North Berkeley school could sustain major structural damage during an earthquake.
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Safety hazards prompt Oxford Elementary to move to West Campus next school year
The temporary relocation addresses safety issues but not the longterm future of Oxford.
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School notebook: ‘Not-so-dire’ budget cuts, re-envisioning school policing, a...
Berkeley school news — in brief.
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First-day jitters, songs and celebratory pancakes: A taste of Berkeley’s...
What was back-to school-day like today? We followed three students and two teachers as many elementary students went back onto campuses after the long months of lockdown.
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Delta variant looms as Berkeley students head back to school
What you need to know about mask mandates, quarantines, social distancing, remote learning and more in Berkeley.
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A year’s trash in a tiny jar: Berkeley’s zero-waste classroom is almost there
Jacqueline Omania’s fifth-grade students have been spreading the zero-waste gospel to everyone in their lives, from kindergarteners to parents to politicians.
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Berkeley science teacher wins Time magazine innovative teaching award
Neelam Patil is one of 10 teachers chosen by Time for her work using "pocket forests" to help students see they can make a difference in climate change.
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Black and Latino students in Berkeley Unified are overrepresented in special ed
Twenty-eight percent of Black students are in special ed, compared to 7% of white students. Berkeleyside digs into BUSD's plan to address the disparity.
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What’s next for Berkeley’s old Oxford Elementary School?
Sell it? Turn it into housing? Knock it down? The fate of the North Berkeley school building, vacated in 2020 after a report showed vulnerability to earthquake damage, is still undecided.
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