Ratifies up to $30,000 for Elevate Oakland's East Oakland vocal music project

The district would pay Elevate Oakland up to $30,000 to build a vocal music program from elementary through high school in East Oakland, with a curriculum and teaching artists who work alongside district teachers. The project ends with a performance at Castlemont High School in April 2026. The term began September 9, 2025, one day before this approval.

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Vendor / partner: Elevate Oakland · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Classroom & academic programs
Term: Sep 9, 2025 – May 22, 2026
This vote: $30,000
Schools: Castlemont High School
Funding: Measure G, Parcel Tax
Resource / site: 9334-909
Vendor no.: 000196
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-1980 · agenda O.-28
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 10, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Elevate Oakland, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide services to implement special new projects that will continue to strengthen the quality of OUSD music programs and support the artistic growth of students in East Oakland; develop an articulated vocal music program from elementary through high school; manage the development and implementation of the East Oakland Vocal Music Project; provide a vocal music curriculum; provide teaching artists to work with OUSD teachers to provide vocal music enrichment experiences to students in participating schools; and produce a culminating performance at Castlemont High School in April of 2026, via Academics and Instruction Department, for the period of September 9, 2025 through May 22, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.

History

Sep 10, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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