Overview

• The OUSD board voted 4-3 on April 23 in a closed session to approve a voluntary separation agreement that cuts Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell’s contract two years short without a public rationale.
• Johnson-Trammell will remain in her role through the school year, departing on June 30, and an interim superintendent is slated to assume leadership on July 1.
• The NAACP has demanded that the district form an inclusive search committee and engage parents and community leaders in the permanent superintendent selection.
• Under Johnson-Trammell’s eight-year tenure, OUSD exited 22 years of state receivership by repaying a $100 million loan and saw graduation rates climb while dropout rates fell.
• After restoring millions in after-school program funding, critics warn that an opaque transition process could undermine recent financial and academic gains.