BUSD is continuing to host Town Hall meetings to discuss the plan for Fall 2020, in advance of the first day of instruction on Monday, August 17.  Recordings of the August 6 (English) and August 6 (Spanish) Town Halls can be found on the Berkeley Unified School District YouTube channel.  Special Education Town Hall – […]

Acompañe al Distrito Escolar de Berkeley para una reunión Town Hall con el Superintendente Brent Stephens el día hoy, 6 de agosto a las 6:30-8:00 de la tarde.  El Superintendente compartirá el Plan de Distance Learning (Aprendizaje a Distancia) del Distrito para el Otoño del 2020.  El Town Hall se llevará a cabo en español […]

  Berkeley Unified School District is hosting a series of online Town Hall meetings in early August, with the first meeting to be held Monday, August 3 at 6:30 pm.  These meetings are an opportunity for our community to learn more from district leadership about the Distance Learning Plan for the Fall of 2020 before […]

  July 31, 2020   Dear BUSD Community,  With the Board of Education, I’m pleased to share the district’s Distance Learning Plan for the Fall of 2020. In this Back To School Fall 2020 plan, you’ll find detailed information about distance learning schedules at each grade level, including scheduled live teaching time with your child’s […]

  July 25, 2020   Dear BUSD Community, We are looking forward to sharing details of the fall distance learning plan for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. On Wednesday, July 29th, we will share and discuss the plan at a special meeting of the Board of Education. Our school community is encouraged to […]

    Berkeley Unified School District and the City of Berkeley have teamed up to host a Red Cross Blood Drive on August 4, 2020. The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donations during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Berkeley community can help. Healthy individuals are needed to donate to help patients […]

Dear BUSD Students, Families, and Staff, At noon today, July 17, Governor Gavin Newsom shared new criteria for reopening California schools. Any school district located within counties on the COVID-19 monitoring list must start the fall in distance learning. Since Alameda County is on the state’s list and case rates are climbing, all schools in […]

In a unanimous vote at the July 15, 2020 meeting, the Berkeley Unified Board of Education approved Superintendent Stephen’s recommendation to begin the 2020-21 School Year with distance learning. Elementary and middle schools will stay in distance learning for the first eight weeks of instruction, until October 9th. High school students will also stay in […]

  Dear Berkeley Community,   At the Board of Education meeting on July 15, Superintendent Stephens will make the following recommendations for the formal approval of the Board: BUSD will begin the 2020-21 School Year with an improved Distance Learning plan. The program will be very different from the online teaching last spring. There will […]

July 14, 2020 Beginning this Wednesday, July 15, the Berkeley Unified School District parking lot located on Browning Street, near Addison Street, will be closed due to construction.  The construction project, which will include demolition of the parking lot, trenching for conduit, concrete pour back, material installation, parking lot striping and electrical work, is scheduled […]