Make Our Board Meetings Boring Again: In conversation with outgoing Board President Sam Davis

"We have to be really clear-eyed that if we're saying no to mergers, no to closures, no to consolidations, then we're saying yes to cuts in the other areas." Being a School Board Director in Oakland is... interesting if nothing else. As he prepares to exit the Board, we speak with School Board President Sam Davis about some wins, his biggest regrets, the current budget deficit, and why he believes the next School Board will need to once again take up the matter of operating fewer schools. Mentioned in this episode: Previous Episode: High School Isn't What You Remember Measure N/ Measure H ⁠Cole Administrative Building OUSD Budget deficit McClymonds Measure Y project Get GROW WITH US Gear: Impress the public school afficionados with your hoodies and T-shirts demonstrating your level of local education knowledge. ⁠Right here!