The same can be said for this year’s Oakland Schools Scripps Regional Spelling Bee. In the ninth round, eighth grader Sanvi Mandvekar from Larson Middle School ... to eighth grade I took some ...

“We’ve been fighting against any cuts to Newcomers,” said Mark Airgood, who teaches eighth-grade math at Sojourner Truth Virtual Academy, an online-only K-12 school in Oakland. “I think we ...