The Oakland Unified School District is racing against the clock and a massive budget deficit. The school board must decide by Wednesday how to cut $100 million from the next school year’s budget.
After emerging from a 22-year state takeover this past summer, the district faces the possibility of state receivership again if it cannot close the gap.
For parents like Sarah Selvidge, the budget crisis hits close to home. Selvidge volunteers at her son’s school, Edna Brewer Middle School, helping to beautify a campus garden…