Baker, who has been a firefighter for nearly four decades, said he desperately regrets he couldn’t save his family members. “I couldn’t get in there to save them. That is the biggest thing that has been on me. I couldn’t get in there to save them,” he said.
Berkeley school board discusses reopening, graduation plans
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education met Wednesday go over school reopening plans and graduation plans. The Office of Family Engagement and Equity provided an update as well.
The Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Board of Education met Wednesday to hear public comments, go over school reopening and graduation plans and receive an update from its Office of Family Engagement and Equity, or OFEE.
During public comment, fifth-grader Samya Van Valer and sixth-grader Violet Kessler encouraged the board to support clean water funds and utilize reusable resources rather than single-use plastics in BUSD schools.