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The “Outstanding Teachers for All Oakland Students” tax, as the name implies, would raise the pay packages of the school system’s more than 2,000 teachers — but not its custodians, its secretaries, its teachers’ aides, or its attendance clerks.

Which, of course, raises the question of equity: For the school system to improve, shouldn’t all school employees benefit equally?

Most of the speakers at last night’s hearing — which drew a decent sized crowd for Aug. 4 — seemed to think so. Noel Gallo, the only school board member who supports OUSD’s latest parcel tax initiative, made an intersesting counterpoint.