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School Safety Information Report
Education Partnership Comittee 4/13/26
Presented by Nelson Alegria, Executive Director of Safety Misha Karigaca, Director Student Support & Safety
OUSD All City Council Eman Ibrahim, Culture and Climate Director

OUSD Safety Team
Eman Ibrahim,
Culture and Climate
Director
All City Council Student Safety
Leaders
Sophie Mehouelley,
Health and Wellness
Director
● Misha Karigaca, Director Student Support
& Safety
● Emily Zanoli, Prog Mgr Violence
Prevention
● Rebecca Littlejohn, Risk Management
Officer
● Vilma Bermudez, Emergency Preparedness
Manager
● Jules Milstead, Coordinator of Culture
Keepers & Ambassadors

Maximus Simmons,
Student Board
Director
Marianna Smith,
Student Board
Director
Guiding Principles
Creating Joyful
Schools
Reimagining school to be
Places of Joy, Inclusion,
and Beauty
George Floyd Resolution
Eliminate the OSPD and develop
alternatives that reduce policing,
create positive relationships,
and support an anti-racist,
restorative culture.

Creation of the Village Response
Teams
Pillars of
School Safety
Facilities, School
Culture & Climate,
Emergency
Preparedness, Central
Support

Safety Investments GFR
Full Time Employees (FTEs) included in the bar chart are described below:

1. Site Culture Climate Personnel
a. School Counselors
b. Targeted Strategies Staff
c. Restorative Justice Facilitators
d. Community School Managers
e. Social Workers / Clinicians (newcomer, general ed, special ed therapists)

2. Site Safety Related Personnel
a. Culture Keepers
b. Site Based Culture & Climate Ambassadors
c. Central Culture & Climate Ambassadors

3. Central Leadership / Supports Personnel
a. Violence Prevention Leadership - Director, Coordinator, & Program Manager
b. Behavioral Health Program Managers & Director
(trafficking, interns, network)

Safety Investments GFR

Successful City Partnerships
● OUSD has been
participating in
Mayor Barbara Lee’s
Protect The Town
Task Force alongside
several community
organizations
Challenges Federal Immigration
Enforcement
Illegal Dumping &
Neighborhood
Conditions
Success
● Many successful
cleanups near schools
have taken place
● We will continue to
partner with Public
Works to address
dumping near schools

Community Schools, Thriving Students
1000 Broadway, Suite 680, Oakland, CA 94607

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