Oakland Puts Brakes On Plan To Close Schools

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A plan to shutdown dozens of public schools in Oakland appears to be on hold as the financial outlook improves for the Oakland Unified School District.

The Oakland School Board voted to shutdown five elementary schools and merge several others back in October.

That was expected to be the first round of closures. But now, Oakland Unified School District Superintendent Tony Smith said there’s no immediate need to close 20-30 schools as had been talked about earlier.