The Oakland Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the nomination of Antwan Wilson as OUSD’s next superintendent. Wilson will take the helm on July 1, 2014, when Acting Superintendent Gary Yee steps down after a year in the District’s top administrative post.
“Antwan has numerous qualities to recommend him, but we were most impressed by his work in reinvigorating troubled schools, eliminating inequity and producing results for all students, and creating a strong college-going culture everywhere he’s worked,” said Oakland Board of Education President David Kakishiba.
Those achievements helped the Lincoln, Nebraska native and married father of three best more than 20 other applicants for the Oakland Superintendent position.