The Schroedinger functional running coupling with staggered fermions

We discuss the Schroedinger functional in lattice QCD with staggered fermions including its order O(a) boundary counterterms. We relate it, inthe classical continuum limit, to the Schroedinger functional as obtained in the same limit with Wilson fermions. We compute the strong coupling constant defined via the Schroedinger functional with staggered fermions at one loop and show that it agrees with the continuum running coupling constant in the Schroedinger functional formalism. (orig.)