April 12, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, The Berkeley Unified School District is announcing its intention to place the Berkeley Schools Excellence Program (BSEP) local special tax measure renewal on the ballot in March 2024. Thanks to tremendous support from the Berkeley Community, BSEP has supported Berkeley Unified School District students and schools […]

انقر هنا لقراءة هذه الرسالة باللغة العربية. April 10, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, Welcome back from Spring Break. We are happy to return to school in celebration of Arab American & South West Asian North African (SWANA) Heritage Month throughout April. Last year, BUSD joined several local and regional school districts and our […]

    April 6, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, I write to you today to share sad news about the passing of the Hon. Karen Hemphill, a beloved member of our BUSD community.  Ms. Hemphill served on the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education from 2006-2018, twice serving as School Board President. Among […]

  March 24, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, We are pleased to announce the creation of Berkeley USD’s Reparations Task Force! Additional information regarding the Task Force is available here. We are seeking community members to serve on the Task Force. The District will be holding an online information session next Thursday, March 30, […]

March 9, 2023 Dear Berkeley Unified Community, In BUSD, we know that our educators are essential to our ability to realize our mission to enable and inspire our diverse student body to achieve academic excellence and make positive contributions to the world. Towards this end, we are holding a recruitment fair on March 18.   Hiring […]

  March 9, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community/Estimada Comunidad en Berkeley Unified, This message was shared with the parents/caregivers of our high school seniors on Monday.  I’m sharing it with you now after getting requests to share it more broadly in our school community.  Este mensaje fue compartido el lunes con los padres/cuidadores de […]

February 3, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, We anticipate sharing the 2023-2024 calendar with our community shortly. As we work towards final approval, we wanted to make sure you have some key dates so you can begin to plan vacations, summer camps, and other activities.  2023-2024 School Year First Day of School for K-12 […]

January 25, 2023   Dear BUSD Community, The Wednesday, February 1, 2023 meeting of the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education will be held in person.  Anyone wishing to participate in public comment can do so in person during either of the two public comment periods.  The meeting will also be livestreamed on the district’s […]

January 22, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, Today, as so many in our community celebrate Lunar New Year, we are also confronted with yet another deadly mass shooting. This shooting occurred in a largely Asian American Southern California community. Although none of us can yet speak on the motivation behind this senseless act, we […]

  January 4, 2023   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, I hope that you are warm, dry, and safe this evening. I want to give a quick update from today and share our plans for tomorrow. Although we experienced temporary power outages at some schools today, as well as disruption of some phone and internet services, […]