Dump the D Campaign focuses on our Black and Brown students. Although our students are graduating from OUSD or a charter, their grades make them ineligible to even apply to the UC or CSU system or other first tier schools. The most stressful part is that our students often do not know this until it is too late. The encouraging thing is we can absolutely fix this issue. We NEED every high school to take this issue on and assure that all our babies are prepared for college. We need to Dump the D!

At one public school, 100% of Black students graduated, only half were UC/CSU eligible. At what is considered the “Black” high school, 93% of Black student graduated and 48% were college eligible. We have other schools, where 100% of Black graduates are college eligible, district and charter. The issue is one of grading and support.

Please watch the recent A-G awards. There are powerful testimonies from schools that are showing results with our students, So please join us in our campaign to change these grading policies, create transparency for families and equity in college eligibility for our students who need it most. Sign our petition and lets get OUSD schools and charters who haven’t yet, to guarantee college access and Dump the D.