The election could mark a change in direction for a school community rocked by controversial campus closures, intensely disputed internal finances and concerns over student safety.
A year of instability — and often chaos — at the Oakland Unified School District is likely culminating in new leadership, with retired teacher Jennifer Brouhard, union organizer Valarie Bachelor and business executive Nick Resnick in the lead for board seats.
But the union’s hefty spending was matched by another independent entity that spent similarly large sums of cash on both Resnick and incumbent Director Kyra Mungia, who is losing to Bachelor in District 6. Currently, ranked choice results from the already-counted ballots indicate that Resnick is leading Hutchinson 52% to 48% in District 4, which runs from the Allendale neighborhood to Montclair in the north.
“It was eye-opening to see how much it costs to run a school board campaign,” Brouhard said, crediting the teachers union’s financial support as “so helpful in dealing with those costs.” Resnick, a former Oakland Unified math teacher and the CEO of a textbook company, opposed the closures this year over concerns that primarily Black and Brown students would be affected by them, but he does believe consolidating campuses could help restore the district’s finances.
In total, the union’s PAC spent $68,000 in support of Manigo, $50,000 in support of Brouhard and $46,000 in support of Bachelor — mostly for mailers and digitals ads. All are candidates who campaigned against the school closures and faced opponents — Resnick, Kakishiba and Mungia — who have adopted more moderate stances.
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