'You always have to look forward. You always have to have a spirit of optimism and hope,' OUSD Superintendant Dr. Kyla Johnson-Trammell told ABC7 News.
Teachers, students and staff across 77 Oakland Unified elementary, middle and high schools are marking day one of the 2023-2024 school year.They're back! Teachers, students and staff across 77 Oakland Unified elementary, middle and high schools are marking day one of the 2023-2024 school year.
On Monday morning, campuses welcomed 34,000 kids. Among them, fourth grader Marguerite Kott who told ABC7 News, "I got up and then I got dressed. Then I went downstairs and I ate breakfast. And then got my backpack ready and then I started walking to school.""What I'm looking forward to is learning other stuff," she continued.
Along with the backpacks and lesson plans, everyone is carrying with them hope for a seamless start. This comes after an admittedly rough last school year which ended in a nearly two-weeks-long teachers' strike.
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