Oakland teachers and families’ one-day strike (photo gallery)

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Hundreds gathered at the Frank Ogawa Plaza outside Oakland City Hall for the one-day teachers’ strike. The “Big O,” a band of music school teachers, performed for the crowd. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.

Oakland teachers and families picketed outside schools Thursday. According to various reports, few students attended school.

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Joyce Baker, a music teacher in Oakland, plays drums with Oakland Unified School District music teachers, during the one-day strike at Frank Ogawa Plaza. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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Channon Neal de Stanton, a fifth-grade teacher at New Highland Academy, said she wants to fight for smaller class sizes. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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Isabella Jensen-Williams (left), 6, climbs a tree while her mother, an Oakland Unified School Distirct teacher, demonstrates in front of Oakland City Hall. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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Teachers, staff and families from Lake View Elementary School vie for the attention of passing cars. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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Wendy Dondero, a third-grade teacher at Lakeview Elementary School, said that students arrived to school, but a majority supported the one-day strike by staying off campus. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.
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Yanai Tadesse, a fourth-grader at Lakeview Elementary School, Mailick Kalako, 7, Bintu Keita, a parent of a second-grader, protested alongside teachers on Grand Avenue. Photo by Monica Jensen/SF Public Press.

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