Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
The board is scheduled to consider adding 80 ELOP places at Adelante Dual Language Academy and a three-day program at Renaissance Academy at Mathson.
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San Diego Unified School District
The board renewed High Tech High’s charter and approved a material revision consolidating its seven schools into a single TK–12 charter. This changes the charter structure for the network’s schools, rather than approving an ordinary renewal alone.
Oakland Unified School District
OUSD’s October 6 agenda proposed giving Oakland Military Institute, College Preparatory Academy (OMI) a statutory 30-day notice and opportunity to respond before its charter-renewal vote. State data showed that students who left had markedly lower prior ELA and math results than OMI’s averages in several years; the data do not establish why students left or whether they wanted to stay.
San Francisco Unified School District
SFUSD reviewed three still-open models for a districtwide student-assignment system, with board direction expected Oct. 13 and a final policy slated for April 2027 for use beginning fall 2028. The options range from a seat at one of 3–5 schools in a zone to a guaranteed neighborhood-school seat, including for late applicants; staff projected shortages in 20 of 58 attendance areas and said filling them could require changing 2–3 K–8/citywide programs or reducing or relocating 4–8 language pathways.
Oakland Unified School District
The board approved a five-year charter renewal for Achieve Academy, a TK–5 school operated by Education for Change. The renewal term runs July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2032.
East Side Union High School District
The Sept. 24 agenda scheduled a decision on renewing Latino College Preparatory Academy’s charter for five years, from July 1, 2027, through June 30, 2032. Staff recommended renewal on condition that the school make requested petition changes and sign the district’s standard operating agreement by Feb. 1, 2027.
Oakland Unified School District
OUSD’s Board was scheduled to consider a districtwide resolution ending recreational 1:1 device use during lunch, recess, and classroom free time and directing grade-based guidelines for devices and AI by the end of 2026–27. The proposal would review instructional programs for game-like engagement loops or excessive screen use, prepare administrators for a planned reduction in 1:1 use beginning in 2027–28, and protect device access required by IEPs or Section 504 plans.
Berkeley Unified School District
Berkeley USD reported that an August California Department of Education appeal decision directed the district to implement corrective action, specifically additional anti-discrimination training for staff.
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District
At a first reading, trustees reviewed proposed updates to parent-rights policies that would set rules for classroom and school observations and reflect a court ruling barring staff from misleading parents about a student’s gender presentation or using a different name or pronoun when a parent objects. No action was taken, so the revisions were not adopted at this meeting.
Lagunitas Elementary School District
The board approved policy changes restricting collection and disclosure of student and family immigration-status information and requiring parents to be notified of their children’s right to public education regardless of immigration status. It also updated student-and-family privacy rules to reflect a court order barring staff from misleading parents about a student’s gender presentation or using a different name or pronoun over a parent’s objection.
The September 10, 2026 board agenda scheduled a public hearing on the renewal of Dixon Montessori Charter School's charter, ahead of a planned board decision on the renewal petition in October.
Lakeside Joint School District
The board adopted the district’s AI policy, moving beyond the draft it reviewed in June. It requires district communication when AI is used in student-facing tools, instruction, or major workflows; minor internal administrative uses are exempt.
Jefferson Elementary School District
The board approved an increase to the rate structure of fees charged to groups using district facilities, effective January 1, 2027.
The board approved changing the date of the November 2026 Regular Board Meeting and the December 2026 Organizational Board Meeting to the third Wednesday of those respective months.
Berkeley Unified School District
Berkeley High staff are studying changes to the bell and master schedules. They said no schedule has been proposed yet. Surveys and other outreach will run this fall, followed by schedule options and a formal recommendation to the board in November and December.
The September 1, 2026 board agenda proposes increasing the adult lunch price at all school levels from $7.00 to $8.00 for the 2026-27 school year, while student meals remain free/unchanged.
Geyserville Unified School District
At the August 26, 2026 meeting, the Board adopted a large batch of revised board policies, administrative regulations, and exhibits (including Policy 0410, 1312.2, 1312.3, 6141, 6161.1, 6161.11, 5131.8 mobile devices, 5020/5022 parent rights and privacy, 6159 series special education, 7214 bonds, and bylaws 9220/9240) to align with new 2025 state laws (AB 715, AB 495, AB 932, SB 373, SB 848, AB 640, etc.) covering instructional-materials review standards, discrimination complaint procedures, mandated reporter training, and board-member finance training requirements.
Oakland Unified School District
The plan would limit how students use school devices for fun. It could also reduce the district's one-device-per-student program in the future. The board sent the plan to the Teaching and Learning Committee for more work. It was not approved at this meeting.
Dublin Unified School District
The Board approved a data-sharing agreement with the CSU Chancellor’s Office for the CSU Direct Admissions process. Staff told trustees that the agreement’s indemnification language remained in place after negotiations; the minutes do not specify the student data fields covered.
Fremont Union High School District
At its August 25, 2026 meeting, the FUHSD Board adopted Resolution #2627-01 opposing the construction or operation of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Santa Clara County.
Oakland Unified School District
The board started its review of Achieve Academy, Lighthouse Community School, Aspire Monarch Academy, and AIMS College Prep High School. Each school is asking to stay open for five more years, from July 2027 through June 2032. The board did not decide whether to renew the schools at this meeting.
Mountain House Elementary School District
The August 21, 2026 agenda includes a proposal for the Board to approve a revised classroom schedule for the school year.
Campbell Union High School District
On August 20, 2026, the Board approved Resolution #06-08-20-26 affirming safe, welcoming, and accessible schools for immigrant and mixed-status students and families, amended to state that district-owned or -controlled property, including parking lots, garages, and open space, shall not be used as a staging area, processing location, or operations base for federal civil immigration enforcement activities, to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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