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MLA Family Handbook 2024-2025
Our family handbook has all the important MLA info you need. Updated in collaboration with MLA parents, teachers, and leadership. Design by Rocío Camacho.
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School tours will take place in December 2024 and January 2025. More info coming in the near future.
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Family Handbook
Our family handbook has all the important MLA info you need. Updated in collaboration with MLA parents, teachers, and leadership. Design by Rocío Camacho.
Hoodies & T-Shirts
Order hoodies and t-shirts online for pickup at both MLA locations.
Join Us
School tours will take place in December 2024 and January 2025. More info coming in the near future.
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Bilingual learning and leadership that lasts
Melrose Leadership Academy is a TK–8 dual language school where students learn in Spanish and English every day. We offer strong academics, leadership development, and daily social-emotional support in a caring, inclusive environment. Our teachers build strong relationships with families and help students grow with pride and purpose. As part of OUSD, we prepare students to thrive in two languages and lead with confidence.
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Oakland Unified Advances Major School Facilities Program After Successful Bond Sale; Refinancing Prior Bonds to Save Taxpayers Nearly $8.5 Million
Oakland Unified School District is entering the next phase of its long-term vision to create safe, healthy, sustainable, and inspiring schools for every student in the city. This follows several significant milestones, including Board adoption of the 2026 Facilities Master Plan, the successful sale of Measure Y bonds that generated more than $8.5 million in taxpayer savings, and another strong independent bond audit.
Together, these milestones position the District to move forward with some of the most ambitious school construction and modernization projects in Oakland’s history. They include major renovations of McClymonds High School, Roosevelt Middle School, Coliseum College Preparatory Academy, Melrose Leadership Academy, and Garfield Elementary School.