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 2025-2026:

First Day of School: August 4, 2025
Labor Day: September 1, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): September 19, 2025
Fall Break: September 29 – October 3, 2025
Staff PD Day (no students): October 6, 2025
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: October 13, 2025
Veterans Day: November 11, 2025
Harvest Break: November 24 – 28, 2025
Winter Break: December 22, 2025 – January 09, 2026
Staff PD Day (no students): January 12, 2026
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: January 19, 2026
Presidents’ Day: February 16, 2026
Spring Break: March 30 – April 06, 2026
Staff PD Day (no students): April 07, 2026
Memorial Day: May 25, 2026
Last Day of School: June 09, 2026
Juneteenth: June 19, 2026

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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