Dozens of Oakland school principals, warning of dire conditions in classrooms, urged district leaders this week to stop stalling and do what has to be done: Close schools and pick a permanent superintendent.
In a letter to the school board and interim Superintendent Denise Saddler, 42 district principals raised a wide range of concerns about district finances and expressed a lack of confidence in current leadership.
It was an unprecedented show of force by more than half the school’s site leaders…