The Oceanside school district suffers from subpar academic performance and serves a majority of underprivileged families
Oceanside, California is a beautiful seaside town and home to a working-class community with a median per-capita income of $37,366. The city’s two largest public employers are: Oceanside Unified School District (OUSD), a public K-12 school district, and Camp Pendleton, a major U.S. Marine Corps base.
OUSD has a diverse student body, of which 60% are of Hispanic descent. According to the 2022 California Smarter Balanced results, only 28.73% of OUSD students could do math at the grade level and only 41.2% had English proficiency. For the 2021-22 school year, the California Department of Education calculates that over 62% of OUSD students qualified for free or reduced-price meals.
Recently, a diverse group of concerned parents and citizens in OUSD have organized to confront their school board representatives with growing evidence of questionable teaching practices and materials in the local schools.
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