Bay Area

Welcome to the Bay Area Region at Aspire Public Schools; home to 9 Aspire schools, serving over 4,000 students in Oakland, Richmond, and East Palo Alto. We invite you to discover more about our incredible teammates in each of our Bay Area schools. 

Aspire Bay Area Regional Office
1001 22nd Avenue, Suite 200
Oakland, CA 94606

Office Contact
Marlene Gutierrez Ramirez
Special Projects Manager
(510) 910-3881

Key Dates 2024-25:

First Day of School: August 5, 2024
Labor Day: September 2, 2024
Staff PD Day (no students): September 13, 2024
Fall Break: September 30 – October 4, 2024
Staff PD Day (no students): October 7, 2024
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 14, 2024
Veterans Day: November 11, 2024
Harvest Break: November 25 – 29, 2024
Winter Break: December 23, 2024 – January 10, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): January 13, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 20, 2025
Presidents’ Day: February 17, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): March 7, 2025
Spring Break: March 24 – 31, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): April 1, 2025
Memorial Day: May 26, 2025
Last Day of School: June 10, 2025

For Title IX & UCP, please get in touch with Pamela Saberton (510) 981-9180; pamela.saberton@aspirepublicschools.org

For Special Education inquiries, please get in touch with Kay Amerson, Regional Senior Manager of SPED, at kay.amerson@aspirepublicschools.org.

Aspire families can report a bullying incident by completing this online form.

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