With a projected budget shortfall of $95 million next year, Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) latest plan to close schools would trim costly overhead. The district has lost over 2,200 students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic—six schools have lost at least 20 percent of their enrollment. But school closures are contentious, and a similar attempt failed in 2022 after an uproar led to board members being recalled.
https://reason.com/2025/01/07/california-schools-stay-open-despite-plummeting-enrollment/
