The parents leading this urban grassroots powerhouse responded immediately to the Covid crisis by designing and implementing a learning Hub that launched with 200 students in the face of the education system’s inertia and grew to 400 by fall. While they are pushing Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) to adopt their model, they are continuing their own efforts to reach all K-8 families who would rather choose distance learning for their students and will support almost 1,000 students this year alone.