SCHOOL’S OUT
Feb 19, 2022
3 minutes
BY KATIE REILLY
The Brief is reported by Eloise Barry, Madeleine Carlisle, Tara Law, Sanya Mansoor, Ciara Nugent, Billy Perrigo, and Olivia B. Waxman
IVE YEARS AGO, THERE WERE 37,049 STUDENTS enrolled in Oakland, Calif., public schools. Today that number is down nearly 10%—a decline the district attributes to lower birth rates, a lack of affordable housing, and the pandemic causing more families to leave the Bay Area. And after a marathon debate that stretched eight hours, the city’s school board did
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