Ratifies up to $75,000 for Destiny Arts Center after-school arts classes at five Oakland schools
Destiny Arts Center would teach after-school drumming, African dance, hip hop, martial arts and photography at five schools, serving up to 100 students for at least one hour after school. The agreement runs from August 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The period began before the board's vote, which approves it after the fact.
Plain-English summary written by AI from the official text. AI summary · amounts checked against official text
- Vendor / partner
- Destiny Arts Center · Oakland, CA
- Action
- New agreement
- Category Categories and sub-categories are assigned by AI from each item's official text, using a fixed set of definitions. They can be wrong. How categories work
- After-school & summer programs
- Term
- Aug 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026
- This vote
- $75,000
- Schools
- Madison Park Academy, Reach Academy, Prescott Elementary School, Lockwood STEAM Academy, Emiliano Zapata Street Academy
- Funding
- Expanded Learning Opportunities Programs
- Resource / site
2600-922- Vendor no.
001363- Presented by
- Chief Academic Officer
- File
25-2110· agendaO.-32- Outcome
- Adopted on the General Consent Report, Sep 24, 2025
Official text
Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2025-2026 by and between the District and Destiny Arts Center, Oakland, CA, for the latter to provide after school performing and visual arts programming at Madison Park Academy (Drumming/African Dance); Reach Academy (Hip Hop and Drumming); Prescott Elementary School (Martial Arts/Dance); Lockwood STEAM Academy (Drumming/African Dance) and Emiliano Zapata Street Academy (Photography), with programs serving up 10-20 students per class and up to 100 students for at least one hour after school, via Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period of August 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $75,000.00.
History
- Adopted on the General Consent Report