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Board of Education  
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Oakland, CA 94607  
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Meeting Minutes Long - Final  
Thursday, April 20, 2023  
9:00 AM  
Special Meeting  
Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio, B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314  
East 10th Street, Oakland, CA 94606-2291, Internet - Zoom & Granicus;  
Broadcasted - KDOL-TV (Comcast Channel 27 and AT&T Channel 99)  
Measure N - College and Career Readiness Commission  
Louise Waters, Chairperson  
David Kakishiba, Vice Chair  
Marc Tafolla, Secretary  
Members: James Harris, Katharina Nunez-Adler  
Measurencommission@ousd.org  
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AND PARTICIPATE IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY  
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Committee meeting in-person in the Committee Room, KDOL TV Studio,  
B-237, Met West High School Entrance, 314 East 10th Street, Oakland, CA  
94606-2291 or virtually as described herein.  
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A. Call to Order  
B. Roll Call  
Vice Chair David Kakishiba called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M.  
Present  
3 - Secretary Marc Tafolla  
Member Katharina Nunez-Adler  
Vice Chairperson David Kakishiba  
2 - Member James Harris  
Absent  
Chairperson Louise Waters  
C. New Business  
23-0772  
Measure N Commission - Ralph J. Bunche Academy - 2023-2024  
Education Improvement Plan  
Presentation to and discussion by Measure N Commission of Ralph J.  
Bunche Academy’s proposed 2023-2024 Measure N/Measure H Education  
Improvement Plan and the Linked Learning 4 Pillars, in an amount not to  
exceed $51,069.39.  
23-0772 Presentation - Measure N Commission - Ralph J.  
Bunche Academy - 2023-2024 Education Improvement  
Plan  
Attachments:  
23-0772 Measure N Commission - Ralph J. Bunche  
Academy - 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
23-0772 Measure N Commission - Ralph J. Bunche  
Academy - Linked Learning 4 Pillars  
Principal Dwayne Bartholomew and the team presented and discussed with  
the Commission their 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan and the  
Linked-Learning 4 Pillars.  
Public Speakers:  
Emiliano Sanchez  
Sam Davis  
Discussed  
23-0773  
Measure N Commission - Dewey Academy - 2023-2024 Education  
Improvement Plan  
Presentation to and discussion by Measure N Commission of Dewey  
Academy’s proposed 2023-2024 Measure N/Measure H Education  
Improvement Plan and the Linked Learning 4 Pillars, with a base allocation  
of $57,448.56 and a strategic carryover allocation of $83,901.97, for a  
total allocation not to exceed $141,350.53.  
23-0773 Presentation - Measure N Commission - Dewey  
Academy - 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
23-0773 Measure N Commission - Dewey Academy -  
2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan - Video  
23-0773 Measure N Commission - Dewey Academy -  
2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
Attachments:  
23-0773 Measure N Commission - Dewey Academy -  
Linked Learning 4 Pillars  
Principal Staci Ross-Morrison and the team presented and discussed with  
the Commission their 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan and the  
Linked-Learning 4 Pillars.  
Public Speakers:  
Sam Davis  
Emiliano Sanchez  
Discussed  
23-0774  
Measure N Commission - Oakland Emiliano Zapata Street  
Academy - 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
Presentation to and discussion by Measure N Commission of Oakland  
Emiliano Zapata Street Academy’s proposed 2023-2024 Measure  
N/Measure H Education Improvement Plan and the Linked Learning 4  
Pillars, with a base allocation of $60,855.07 and a strategic carryover  
allocation of $84,986.65, for a total allocation not to exceed $145,841.72.  
23-0774 Measure N Commission - Oakland Emiliano  
Zapata Street Academy - 2023-2024 Education  
Improvement Plan  
Attachments:  
23-0774 Measure N Commission - Oakland Emiliano  
Zapata Street Academy - Linked Learning 4 Pillars  
Executive Director Bukola Lawal and the team presented and discussed  
with the Commission their 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan and the  
Linked-Learning 4 Pillars.  
Public Speaker:  
Gary Middleton  
Discussed  
Recess  
Vice Chair Kakishiba recessed the meeting at 10:52 A.M.  
Vice Chair Kakishiba reconvened the meeting at 10:56 A.M.  
Reconvene  
Roll Call  
Present  
Absent  
3 - Secretary Marc Tafolla  
Member Katharina Nunez-Adler  
Vice Chairperson David Kakishiba  
2 - Member James Harris  
Chairperson Louise Waters  
23-0775  
Measure N Commission - Sojourner Truth Independent Studies -  
2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
Presentation to and discussion by Measure N Commission of Sojourner  
Truth Independent Studies’s proposed 2023-2024 Measure N/Measure H  
Education Improvement Plan and the Linked Learning 4 Pillars, with a base  
allocation of $365,065.05 and a strategic carryover allocation of  
$260,385.34, for a total allocation not to exceed $625,450.39.  
23-0775 Measure N Commission - Sojourner Truth  
Independent Studies - 2023-2024 Education Improvement  
Plan  
Attachments:  
23-0775 Measure N Commission - Sojourner Truth  
Independent Studies - Linked Learning 4 Pillars  
Principal Willie Thompson and the team presented and discussed with the  
Commission their 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan and the  
Linked-Learning 4 Pillars.  
No Public Comment.  
Discussed  
23-0778  
Measure N Commission - Rudsdale Continuation & Rudsdale  
Newcomer - 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
Presentation to and discussion by Measure N Commission of Rudsdale  
Continuation & Rudsdale Newcomer’s proposed 2023-2024 Measure  
N/Measure H Education Improvement Plan and the Linked Learning 4  
Pillars, with a base allocation of $195,949.06 and a strategic carryover  
allocation of $11,109.46, for a total allocation not to exceed $207,058.52.  
23-0778 Presentation - Measure N Commission -  
Rudsdale Continuation & Rudsdale Newcomer -  
2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan  
Attachments:  
23-0778 Measure N Commission - Rudsdale Continuation  
& Rudsdale Newcomer - 2023-2024 Education  
Improvement Plan  
23-0778 Measure N Commission - Rudsdale Continuation  
& Rudsdale Newcomer - Linked Learning 4 Pillars  
Principal Alessandra Cabrera and the team presented and discussed with  
the Commission their 2023-2024 Education Improvement Plan and the  
Linked-Learning 4 Pillars.  
Public Speakers:  
Sam Davis  
Emiliano Sanchez  
Gary Middleton  
Discussed  
D. Adjournment  
Vice Chair Kakishiba adjourned the meeting at 12:07 P.M.  
Prepared By:  
Approved By: