January 4, 2023   Dear BUSD Community, Power outages being experienced in some areas of Berkeley are impacting several BUSD schools. All schools remain open and district staff are bringing battery-operated lighting equipment to schools to light restrooms and other common areas. School administrators are following safety protocols at each site.  At this time, these […]

› January 3, 2023   Dear BUSD Community, The Bay Area is forecast to have a level 5 storm tomorrow, likely to include heavy rain and high winds.  All BUSD schools will be open tomorrow and we expect to fully run our transportation services. We are taking appropriate precautions, including moving activities indoors and monitoring […]

      December 15, 2022   Dear Berkeley Unified Parents and Caregivers, The California Department of Education (CDE) today released the 2022 California School Dashboard.  The Dashboard is an online tool designed to help communities across the state access important information about kindergarten through grade twelve schools and districts. The Dashboard, which features easy-to-read […]

November 15, 2022   Dear Berkeley Unified Community,  As part of our promises of  Excellence, Equity, Enrichment, and Engagement, we must create school communities and classrooms that are welcoming, humanizing, inclusive and safe for each and every student.  We believe that to accomplish this mission we must stand up as a community against bigotry, discrimination […]

November 1, 2022 Dear Berkeley Unified Community, November is Indigenous People’s Heritage Month, also known as Native American Heritage Month, which is an important time of year for our community to reflect on the vital role of the first and original stewards of these lands we now call the United States. Our schools reside on […]

  October 21, 2022   Dear BUSD Community,  Halloween is quickly approaching, and no doubt our babies are as excited as I am for the fun traditions of this holiday. One of my favorite things to do on this day is to visit school sites and see the excitement of our students arriving in their […]

October 13, 2022   Dear BUSD Community, Since many of the BUSD staff working to organize our October 15 Nuestra Gente (Our People) event and celebration have instead been working in support of our Latine/x community over the last week, we are unable to support this Saturday’s Nuestra Gente event at Longfellow Middle School with […]

October 7, 2022 Dear Berkeley Unified Community, As part of our work to offer culturally-relevant curriculum and to honor and welcome all students, families, and staff in our schools, we celebrate and uplift heritage and history months throughout the school year. In October, the District recognizes and celebrates LGBTQ+ History Month and Filipino/x American History […]

October 3, 2022   Dear Berkeley Unified Community, Today, we are a district community in grief. We’ve lost two beautiful Berkeley High School (BHS) students this weekend to a senseless act of gun violence. Berkeley is a small and tightly-knit community. A tragedy like this affects all of us, and it will also take all […]