Oakland Schools Leroy Gaines: OUSD Announces Arrival of New Network 4 Superintendent

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OUSD Announces Arrival of New Network 4 Superintendent, Former Elementary School Principal, Leroy Gaines

Oakland – Oakland Unified School District, which is divided into 5 K-12 schoolhouse networks, including 3 for simple schools, present has a caller Network 4 Superintendent, and helium is precise acquainted to galore successful the District due to the fact that of his 9 years arsenic main of Acorn Woodland Elementary. Leroy Gaines joined the District arsenic Network Superintendent this semester, and helium oversees 17 K-5 and K-8 schools including Allendale, Glenview, La Escuelita, Markham and Sequoia.

Gaines started teaching successful 2002. He joined Teach For America instantly aft graduating from Bowdoin College successful Maine, and began teaching successful San Jose’s Alum Rock District. He taught 3rd done 5th grades determination for 5 years, and past went to Columbia’s Teachers College wherever helium earned a Masters Degree successful Education Leadership. He became Academic Dean astatine LPS High School successful Richmond, past joined the New Leaders programme and became Principal of Acorn Woodland successful 2010. He near OUSD concisely to go the Executive Director of New Leaders, and aboriginal the Director of New Leaders Alumni Impact. Gaines takes implicit for LaResha Martin, who went to the West Contra Costa School District.

“It feels large to beryllium backmost successful OUSD and I’m humbled to instrumentality arsenic a Network Superintendent,” said Gaines. “In bid for Oakland, arsenic a whole, to retrieve and thrive, we request our schools to beryllium successful. To me, palmy schools are safe, inclusive spaces wherever students go fantabulous readers and captious thinkers. I look guardant to ensuring each students person the tools they request to scope those goals.”

Gaines is Afro-Latino. His parent is from Honduras (Garifuna), his begetter is from Boston, and helium grew up successful Western Massachusetts. He was recognized by Our Family Coalition for his enactment implementing the Welcoming Schools program astatine Acorn Woodland and was featured successful the book Breakthrough Principals. Gaines precocious received the Distinguished Educator Award from Bowdoin College.

“We are excited to person Mr. Gaines backmost successful OUSD, and cognize helium is successful the cleanable spot arsenic Network Superintendent to usage the skills and cognition helium gained astatine Acorn Woodland and passim his vocation and acquisition to enactment each the schools successful Network 4,” said Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell. “The Network Superintendent presumption is captious successful OUSD, arsenic it gives tract leaders contiguous entree to District enactment for guidance and enactment with immoderate issues and challenges that mightiness originate astatine schools, and enactment with academics and curricular programming. Please articulation maine successful welcoming Mr. Gaines to the District and Network 4.”

To larn much astir Leroy Gaines, delight work this nonfiction from the Bowdoin College Magazine.

About the Oakland Unified School District
In California’s astir divers city, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is dedicated to creating a learning situation wherever “Every Student Thrives!” More than fractional of our students talk a non-English connection astatine home. And each of our 80 schools is staffed with talented individuals uniting astir a communal acceptable of values: Students First, Equity, Excellence, Integrity, Cultural Responsiveness and Joy. We are committed to preparing each students for college, vocation and assemblage success.

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