After 26 years in education, including 23 years of distinguished service to the Berkeley Unified community, Maggie Riddle, Executive Director PreK-8 Schools, has announced her retirement effective July 1, 2020.  Maggie Riddle began her career as a teacher in Oakland before coming to Berkeley. She devoted ten years to teaching at Jefferson Elementary School […]

  May 29, 2020   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, This week, I begin by solemnly marking the ongoing and repeated trauma experienced by families of color, and African American families especially. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbury should affect all of us. As we join in the nationwide calls for justice […]

  Fecha: jueves, 28 de mayo Hora: 6:30-8:00 Enlace Zoom para la Reunión   Acompañe al Superintendente Brent Stephens, a la Directora del School Board Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, y miembros del Gabinete Ejecutivo de BUSD para un Town Hall en español, para obtener más información acerca de la programación del Verano del Distrito 2020 y la […]

  May 22, 2020   Dear BUSD Community, As we head into the Memorial Day weekend, I wanted to share with you the latest news about our evolving plans for next year, including making a change to the teaching schedule for the last week of this school year, and my current thoughts about what the […]

                   BUSD Black/African American Affinity Town Hall Date: May 26, 2020 Time: 6:30-8:00 pm Zoom Meeting Link   Join Superintendent Brent Stephens, School Board Members, BUSD Executive Cabinet members and other key district staff for a Town Hall conversation in partnership with Parents of Children of African […]

  May 15, 2020   Dear Berkeley Community, Yesterday Governor Newsom provided a state budget which includes significant cuts to public school education funding due to the economic effects of the COVID-19 crisis. The only good news is that the cuts are somewhat less than the worst case scenarios we’d been bracing for, but clearly […]

  May 12, 2020   Dear Berkeley Community, As I hope you’ve already heard, we are holding another Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, May 13 at 6:30 pm.  Here is the Zoom link, in case you are able to join us. At this Town Hall, as at all of our Board Meetings, I will be […]

  April 30, 2020   Dear Berkeley Community, I am very grateful for the high level of participation at last night’s Town Hall. You can watch the meeting on the BUSD YouTube page, and we have also uploaded the slide deck. I’d like to invite you to continue to engage with us as we respond […]