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Oakland Unified Board of Education

75 meetings on our record, 35 of them from the past year · typical meeting 4 h 54 min · 33,916 students · 7 members on our roster · The city of Oakland

Latest · Oct 14, 2026
Board meeting, 5 h 07 min
Newest meeting we have
Oct 14, 2026 · District's board page ↗ (it may list later ones)
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Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source
Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Board meeting · 5 h 07 minWednesday, October 14, 2026
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Special meeting · 3 h 11 minTuesday, October 6, 2026Oakland board renews Aspire Monarch Academy and Ames charters through June 30th, 2032School closuresVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Rachel Latta, Jennifer Brouhard, VanCedric Williams, Valarie Bachelor and 1 more
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Special meeting · 2 h 34 minMonday, September 28, 2026Oakland school board approves charter renewals for Achieve Academy and LighthouseChronic absenteeismReading and test scoresVouchers and school choiceSpeakers: Rachel Latta, Jennifer Brouhard, VanCedric Williams, Patrice Berry and 2 more
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Special meeting · 5 h 45 minWednesday, September 23, 2026Chronic absenteeismBudget cuts and layoffsEnrollmentPhones in schoolReading and test scoresSpeakers: Rachel Latta, Jennifer Brouhard, VanCedric Williams, Mike Hutchinson and 2 more
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The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 29 board meetings, Nov 12, 2025 – Oct 6, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatThis board's coverage isn't measured on whole meetings yet.
Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting
Jennifer BrouhardPresident · District 2 · runs the meeting, not rankedShare12.6min, at least29 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart
Members · listed by seat
Rachel LattaDirector · District 1Share3.7min, at least20 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
VanCedric WilliamsDirector · District 3Share6.5min, at least26 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Mike HutchinsonDirector · District 4Share17.7min, at least22 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Patrice BerryDirector · District 5Share5.4min, at least21 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Valarie BachelorVice President · District 6Share5.0min, at least24 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked
Clifford ThompsonDirector · District 7Share3.1min, at least21 of 29meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record
All 75 meetings on our record
Clips

What board members said

I'm not attacking anyone. I'm asking for the people in charge of our finances. Excuse me. I'm asking for the people in charge of our finances to give me the information that I need in order to do the job I was elected for.Mike HutchinsonDirector · Oakland Unified Board of Education · May 27, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:11:11
  • I just want to cut you off because they're going to cut off my time. Scenario 3 is not a plan. …Mike HutchinsonDirector · Oakland Unified Board of Education · Jan 20, 2026Watch the full meeting from 1:56:26
  • my question is about like what your early thinking— what your early thinking is about the real work that we do need to do if we're on a path such that the work that we've done already is not going to yield $100 million. …Patrice BerryDirector · Oakland Unified Board of Education · Nov 12, 2025Watch the full meeting from 4:28:18
Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Budget and finance28%21%–37%
Public comment5%4%–7%
Safety and discipline1%0%–4%
Ceremony and recognition1%0%–3%

    The two readers didn’t agree on 16% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

    Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

    Public comment

    Of the 75 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 30; 28 had at least one. The busiest, on Jan 28, 2026, heard from 44.

    44 on Jan 28, 202644 speakers22 speakers15.2 a meeting on average
    Attendance

    The roll call at 30 of the 75 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

    Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
    MemberOct 6Sep 28Sep 23Aug 26Aug 24Aug 12Aug 4Jun 29Jun 24Jun 15Jun 10May 27May 13Apr 22Apr 2Mar 25Mar 11Feb 27Feb 25Feb 11Jan 28Jan 26Jan 20Jan 14Jan 5Dec 18Dec 15Dec 10Nov 19Nov 12
    Mike HutchinsonNot shownNot shownNot shownNot recordedNot shownNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot shownNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot shownPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedPresentNot shownNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot shown
    Valarie BachelorPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Clifford ThompsonPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownNot shownNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentNot shownNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresent
    VanCedric WilliamsNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentPresent
    Jennifer BrouhardPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Rachel LattaPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot shownPresentPresentPresentPresent
    Patrice BerryNot shownPresentPresentNot recordedNot shownNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentNot recordedNot recordedPresentPresentPresentPresentPresentNot recordedPresentNot shownNot recordedNot recordedNot shownPresent

    PresentNot shownNot recorded

    Federal district ID 0628050 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting dates and agenda times from the district clerk