>>>reporter: tony smith secured a seat four years ago. >> he campaigned for this job he really wanted it and he went around and talk to a lot of people. >>>reporter: when he settled in and he pushed for programs targeting the districts dropout rate instead of zero tolerance he made the restorative justice program at top rarity, taking student -- teaching students to deal with emotions. the president said he is moving his chicago to -- for personal reasons. >> i think his work is unfinished thank you today smith worked is recognized within the education association. >> i don't think anybody questions his commitment to oakland students. we didn't always see eye to eye on best how to serve them but i think definitely his heart was in the right place. >>>reporter: in his resignation letter he pointed to his respondent -- risley hospitalize father-in- law and the need to move. today he was not available publicly to speak about his resignation which takes effect at the end of june. so until they so until that point, to continue in his footsteps on next year's -- next week's agenda is a sear

[applause] next to nancy is tony smith who i loved his biobest of all and started he's an oakland resident and parent of students in oakland public schools. he was -- became the superintendent in 2009. he's a local boy including university of california berkeley background where he was captain of the football team and he did not include this in the biobut i know it and he wrote his under graduate thesis on emily dickon son so he's kind of a renaissance dude and he's 6-foot something. next to him is -- [applause] and next to him is george gaston and elect to the district attorney of the city and county of san francisco in 2011 after winning more than 62% of the vote which in san francisco is very enviable and focused on reducing violent crime, protecting vulnerable victims and respecting with high school truancy and rel haven't to the conversation today. last is cheryl young and the chief executive director of gate path and oversees a large nonprofit in san mateo county and focus on turning disabilities into possibilities and she's a wonderful addition to the panel and it's an area that sch

through a let yes, tony smith explained his father-in-law is in poor health. they will move to chicago to be closer to the family. he told school board members last night. >> he is not leaving for another job and in fact, he has when moving there he has no job and lrb will be unemployed. >> during that time, he cut spending and managed to get rid of a $40 million deficit. he and the board came up with a plan to broaden the needs of oakland students by agd health centers at some schools. they call it a full service community school district. many parents liked it i think besides just education, textbook, academic i think we should explore areas outside of the classroom. >> we're not looking for someone that wants to do a planning process over againful or take us down a different path. >> but like many superintendents his relationship with the teacher union was rocky. three years ago he recommended and the board voted to impose a contract on teachers. union members aren't surprised he resigned. according to american association of school administrators the avera

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. >> the superintendent of the oakland unified school district announced his resignation today, tony smith cited family reasons for stepping down. >> a lot of pressure. expectations are high and resources not as high as they could be. that leads to pressures and you know difficulties. >> smith is a cal graduate and moving his family to chicago at the end of june. and good news for two and a half student -- million students attending colleges. summer classes are coming back. a number of campuses now looking to add classes instead of cutting them. a nice change thanks to tax increase from proposition 30 and additional $210 million expected by colleges in the coming years. >> fans of the world series fans retreated to a giant home opener today. >> we're live outside at and t park and why it's so hard to find parking on fan who's ran out of gas. >> we're looking at unsettled weather so to sprinkle or not to >>> the jersey boys singing national anthem as a world champion giants played a home opener today. it was a packed house and the players took the field one at a time to the roaring clouds.

>>>reporter: tony smith secured a seat four years ago. >> he campaigned for this job he really wanted it and he went around and talk to a lot of people. >>>reporter: when he settled in and he pushed for programs targeting the districts dropout rate instead of zero tolerance he made the restorative justice program at top rarity, taking student -- teaching students to deal with emotions. the president said he is moving his chicago to -- for personal reasons. >> i think his work is unfinished thank you today smith worked is recognized within the education association. >> i don't think anybody questions his commitment to oakland students. we didn't always see eye to eye on best how to serve them but i think definitely his heart was in the right place. >>>reporter: in his resignation letter he pointed to his respondent -- risley hospitalize father-in- law and the need to move. today he was not available publicly to speak about his resignation which takes effect at the end of june. so until they so until that point, to continue in his footsteps on next year's -- next week's agenda is a sear

this job opened up after superintendent tony smith announced his resignation april 4th. the board decided to hire an interim school chief and look for a permanent leader in the fall. their selection is an educator with roots in the oakland school system. >> dr. gary yee who is an oakland native is a 40-year- plus educator here in the city of oakland. >> the board is expected to formally ai've yee's nomination at its next meeting on wednesday. he's expected to start july 1st. >>> today is earth day. you will no longer be asked paper or plastic at stores in a dozen peninsula cities. retailers in 12 san mateo cities including pacifica, redwood city, burlingame and south san francisco began a ban on single use plastic bags. if you don't have your own rerusable -- reusable bags, stores will be charging 10 cents for paper bags. some are in favor. >> i think any time we can help the earth and recycle bags will benefit all of us, especially our kids. >> with the amount of bags that i was using, so -- it's just gonna be a habit change. >> grocery stores are still able to provide

. >>> oakland school superintendent unexpectedly announced today he is resigning, tony smith said he will leave his post in june. he and his family will be moving to chicago to be closer to his wife's ailing father. in a letter smith told school board members," i feel privilegeed to have been part of bringing quality and stability back to oakland public schools. >>> the decision to leave at this time is very difficult. however my commitment to my family first means this is the right decision at this time. >>> smith's last day on the job is june 30th. >>> as we mentioned the top of the newscast we are just over an hour away from the first pitch of the world champions home opener, tara moriarty joins us live from at&t park where fans are pouring in and the excitement is building. >> reporter: just about an hour or so until things really start getting underway here. you can see there is lots of fans in the stands already. the st. louis cardinals are wrapping up soon here. the big question is who will raise the new world series championship flag and who will throw the first pitch. pablo

tony smith in oakland has an initiative that is dealing with not just things like restoretive justice alone but positive behavioral interventions and supports. couple that with response to intervention, whole school reform strategies that work on transforming the way the school is functioning and in so doing making it a more positive culture for everybody. it brings in parental engagement in families and it has the very tough conversations, in the case of oakland i know for sure, around things like race with an african american male focus in that community because it's appropriate for that community, and the way all these things link together. so certainly bullying and harassment is an avenue into transforming the way schools work. just like discipline is an avenue into transforming the way schools work, as is standards and good assessments, it is how all these things fit together to ensure that students feel safe to learn but that what they are learning are the rigorous courses and skills and they are challenged enough to stay in school, graduate, and meet our president's goal we're

yee has been on the school board since 2003 and he is in line to replace superintendent tony smith. smith is leaving because of family health issues. >> we have decided that, given the time frame that we're working with, that an acting superintendent is the right course of action at this time. >> yee is an oakland native and has worked as an educator and principal for more than 40 years. >>> residents finally allowed to return home in texas. next, newly released 911 tapes from the moments following the deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant. >>> and girl next door reese witherspoon in an unusual role what she has to say about her weekend in jail. >> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the kpix 5 weather center. high pressure and offshore winds, the temperatures are soaring, some places already in the 80s. how high will they go? we'll talk about that coming up. ,, ,, there is no mass-produced human. so we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. a collection of innovations designed around the only bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to t

tony smith notified the school board of his resignation yesterday. he says he plans to move with his family to chicago to be closer to his father-in-law who is in poor health. those who know smith say he will be hard to replace. >> the fact of the matter is he is a major-league talent and he will be heard from again and my belief and much higher places, i huge blow to oakland. >>>reporter: the school board is scheduled to discuss the resignation at its meeting on april 10. smith says his last day will be june 30. >> mild temperatures in the weekend i will detail chance of showers and parts of the bay area most likely to be affected. >> in 2 minutes of treatment for his rare cancer but one thing stands in his way. >> we have a spot reserved. but insurance says no because they are not in my network. >>>reporter: only on 2 the details of his life and death battle with bureaucracy. >> channel two news at five all about coverage we invite you to watch ktvu channel two news at five everyday day complete bay area news coverage. . >> in a story you will only

on my staff as chronic absteism and involved with the oakland school district and i partner with tony smith and this man brought innovation to the oakland school district which has a lot of challenges which he may go into. i won't. so i really echo what jeff said about soft or hard power but let me tell you from my standpoint. i have a nephew who was in school and was bullied and there were sexual overtones to it and the result is he left the school and i spent time working with the school and my district and it wasn't my area and educate them about what bullying meant and in the most heinous way described to them and it went no where and that gave me the lesson in life we have children that are in fear when they go to school so they don't go and my priority is to have safe schools and they can be educated and create their path to a successful future and it's a healthy environment and bullying prevents that for so many kids. when terreesa and i addressed issues around truancies and one of the common themes and i saw this before with sexually exploited cases and kids were afraid to go to sch

more than that, as tony smith was talking about, creating caring climate, a culture of trust and respect. and that's hard and needs to, top down but also bottom up. i just recently viewed the movie bully and brought back a lot of memories, it brought back a focus on just the cruel course of bullying and the insensitivity, the interviews with administrators and school personnel. i don't know if any of you have seen the movie or a preview of it, it's just an appalling, republic prehence sibl, the ignorance . my beloved niece took her own life a couple miles from here. she was a special needs child and it's hard to know what happened, but this story of grief and then the turn around in the movie was really positive because it emphasized the positive that was coming out of the tragedy. so for rob and for the mom over here who grieves, you have the idea i am somebody. in the movie there's tee shirts, i am somebody, everything starts with one. we got to go from here forward and replacing hate with hope. so those were good themes that came out of that movie. the department of education, we're o

tony smith said his family is moving to chicago to be closer to his wife's parents as they're aging. staff and stoob members said his resignation came as a surprise, but it wouldn't affect the work they've been doing, targeting the needs of low income and minority students in the oakland school district. smith was hired in 2009 to help address financial problems. he had two years left on his contract. but his last day will be june 30. >>> hundreds of thousands of dollars in job training money is headed for the south bay. comes from the walmart foundation which has awarded more than $2 million to the center for employment training. the cet. walmart says it's partly to recognize cet's proven approach to bringing the unemployed into the work force. the grant will be shared by six of their cet sites including the one in san jose. money will pay for training to help 1,200 people develop skills they need to get jobs. >>> we'll be back with the smell of garlic. stay tuned. >>> whenever you visit at&t park, there's that distinct aroma in the air. we're talking about garlic fries, of course,

superintendent tony smith announced his resignation thursday for personal reasons. the board he plans to move his family to chicago to be near his sick father-in-law. prior to becoming the oakland schools boss, he served as deputy superintendent of san francisco public schools. the school board is set to consider his resignation this week. but smith says his last day on the job will be june 30th. >> ride sharing apps are very popular in san francisco and other cities, but they are not welcome at s-f-o. the airport sent 'cease and desist' letters. to several of the companies which organize rides for strangers. but, as kron four's jeff bush explains, at least one company is digging in its heels and says it will not comply. >> reporter: life in the modern world allows perfect strangers to connect and the ones with cars are giving those without cars a ridesometimes, that ride might be to the airport. san francisco international doesn't like the idea and says each driver needs to pay the proper fees and get a permit to be on airport property. this cease and desist letter

kinds of tools and supports and training to superintendents, like -- i see another one over there, tony smith from oakland, the sort of heroes that are deeply trying to transform their communities and recognize that this is also a community issue, that it is not just a school issue. >> tom, why don't we have a federal definition? >> well, we're working on it. i mean, i think there's a, when we had the white house conference there was a conversation about what is the federal role and there continues to be i think a robust debate in this country about whether education issues are local issues, whether they are federal issues, and what should be done. and there are a number of people --. >> tom, let me jump in. bullying is hardly unique to school day. >> uh-huh. >> so why in the broadier sense is there not a federal definition of bullying that transcends local jurisdiction on schools? meaning, we know what bullying is when we see it. everyone may have a variation, about why isn't there a broad definition? >> certainly in the south philly case, a number of those kids were dealt with in the local

the current superintendent tony smith is resigning to move to chicago for family reasons. >>> the newest face of gun control legislation spoke out in san francisco today. ktvu's cara liu caught up with mark kelly the husband of shooting victim gabby giffords about his renewed support for gun control. >> reporter: after speaking about his final mission with space endeavor and his wife gabby giffords, mark kelly spoke to us about the gun control bill. families forever changed in newton also spoke today. >> my sister pushed the kids up against the wall out of the sight if you look into her class, my sister grabbed her keys to lock her door, and that's when he came in the room. my sister was not a coward. she protected her kids, at the same time protecting us. >> reporter: kelly say it is fight will continue. >> we are raising millions and millions of the dollars and we will try to educate the public on not only how their member of congress voted but how they feel about this issue. we're not going away. >> reporter: that sentiment echoed by bay area members of moms demand action. they tell m

superintendent of schools tony smith announced his resignation. he became superintendent of oakland unified school district four years ago, citing family reasons for stepping down. they're leaving for chicago by the end of june to care for his aling father-in-law. >> he's not leaving for another job. and in fact, and he has no job there. he will be unemployed. and so that is... the -- that is sole reason for leaving is for family consideration. >> smith is a cal grad, played for football team, previously worked for san francisco and emoriville school districts. >> workers mourning the loss of quinn boyer, a paramedic fatally shot on tuesday. news of the death yesterday prompted a memorial in front of the santa clara county ambulance company where he worked. co-workers who are trained to help others in situations like this are now relying on grief counselors and other r other professionals to get through a difficult time. >> pier to -- peer to peer group comes in to help each other, each person deal with situations and they've activated the team in