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Breed sent in her team of experts to assist the district’s consolidation plan the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The October rollout was also chaotic: After news on Oct. 4 suggested Wayne might hold the list until November, the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008286/is-san-franciscos-school-closure-list-delayed-again-district-offers-little-clarity\">didn’t offer much information\u003c/a> until the following Monday, when Wayne announced in a video message that he would be releasing a list of schools that met the district’s criteria for closure on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">The list\u003c/a> went live around 4 p.m. after it was obtained by\u003cem> Mission Local\u003c/em> and led to confusion about whether the list — which included plans for which campuses would merge or welcome students from other campuses — was just the schools that were eligible for closure or the district’s actual proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve heard over and over is confusion and concern around the proposed school closures/merger list and how it has been communicated and managed,” Breed’s statement continues. “I’ve heard from parents, students, and educators who are fearful about the futures of their schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many school communities and political leaders have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008873/san-francisco-school-closures-will-hurt-chinese-immigrant-communities-city-leaders-say\">protested the closures\u003c/a> in the past week, and parent groups have raised concerns regarding the equity of the list, which disproportionately affects schools on the east side of the city and would relocate students in two schools with Cantonese biliteracy programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">raised concerns\u003c/a> about the criteria the district used, which targeted small schools and included “composite scores” that rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Those criteria were also changed the same day the list was posted, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed suggested that her rescue team and members of the school board weren’t even clued in to all of the district’s communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was our understanding from our work with the school board that our stabilization team would be taken seriously,” she said, speaking with reporters after her announcement. “There were some major communication issues with our superintendent. And the fact is, if we are working on this together and we’re providing that support, we need to all be on the same page, and unfortunately, we haven’t been with this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K–5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Board President Matt Alexander said that Breed’s statement made “some valid points,” adding that the rollout wasn’t done in the way he expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said although the mayor’s team has been working closely with district staff on fiscal and operational stabilization, the superintendent seemed to decline assistance with strategic communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a fair amount of chaos and unnecessary drama,” Alexander told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Board of Education is actively monitoring the situation. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005932/sf-mayor-sends-team-to-address-crisis-at-school-district-but-dont-call-it-a-takeover\">the rescue team\u003c/a> of city administrators she sent to aid the district three weeks ago has worked alongside district staffers on operational issues, including cutting roughly $110 million from the district’s budget. If that shortfall isn’t closed by the end of the year, the district could face a takeover by the California Department of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “mismanaged school closure process” has made addressing those issues difficult, Breed said in her statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also slammed Wayne, saying she does not believe the current school closure plan can be carried out in a way that will benefit SFUSD students and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008832\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members march from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro on Oct. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I recognize that discussions around school closures and mergers are difficult and painful, but that only speaks to why any effort to engage in this conversation must be done with care, clarity, and competence,” Breed said. “That has not happened here, and I don’t have confidence that it can happen right now under the current conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the week since Wayne released the list, there has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008882/sfusd-faces-backlash-school-closures-community-rallies-town-halls\">significant fallout from communities\u003c/a> who were told their schools met the district’s criteria for closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year was already off to a rocky start, especially after Wayne \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004831/anxious-waiting-game-drags-on-as-sfusd-delays-list-of-school-closures\">pushed the planned September announcement\u003c/a> of the closure list back a month, just two days before it was anticipated. That week, the former school board president announced that her abrupt resignation from the board was in part due to Wayne’s failures in leadership, and the school board called an emergency weekend meeting, purportedly to discuss whether to keep Wayne in his job. Breed sent in her team of experts to assist the district’s consolidation plan the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The October rollout was also chaotic: After news on Oct. 4 suggested Wayne might hold the list until November, the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008286/is-san-franciscos-school-closure-list-delayed-again-district-offers-little-clarity\">didn’t offer much information\u003c/a> until the following Monday, when Wayne announced in a video message that he would be releasing a list of schools that met the district’s criteria for closure on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Those criteria were also changed the same day the list was posted, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed suggested that her rescue team and members of the school board weren’t even clued in to all of the district’s communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was our understanding from our work with the school board that our stabilization team would be taken seriously,” she said, speaking with reporters after her announcement. “There were some major communication issues with our superintendent. And the fact is, if we are working on this together and we’re providing that support, we need to all be on the same page, and unfortunately, we haven’t been with this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K–5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Board President Matt Alexander said that Breed’s statement made “some valid points,” adding that the rollout wasn’t done in the way he expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said although the mayor’s team has been working closely with district staff on fiscal and operational stabilization, the superintendent seemed to decline assistance with strategic communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a fair amount of chaos and unnecessary drama,” Alexander told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Board of Education is actively monitoring the situation. 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By 11, they retreated to their air-conditioned classrooms, where they stayed active by moving through an obstacle course.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Restructuring play time is just one part of the preschool’s overall strategy to adapt to extreme heat and other climate-driven events that are affecting young children in the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of their families have had to evacuate from their homes multiple times in recent years, beginning with the destructive North Bay wildfires in 2017 — either to avoid fire danger, unhealthy smoke created by the fires, or power shutoffs meant to prevent high winds from sparking another fire.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you look at what these kids have experienced during the first six years of their lives, the world is very unpredictable, dangerous and scary,” said Susan Gilmore, president of North Bay Children’s Center, which operates Fitch Mountain and 13 other preschools in Sonoma and Marin counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really about helping them build resiliency,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitch Mountain operates in a space rented from a local elementary school. About six years ago, it got permission from the school to rip up asphalt in the play yard and replace it with an edible garden. Mulch covers most of the ground except for the tricycle track and the outdoor dining area. The staff repurposed redwood tree stumps to form steps up to a slide and planted willows to create a tunnel-shaped structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a hot day, you can go in and [the structure] can be as much as 20 degrees cooler,” said Teresa Fogolini, who directs the gardening and nutrition program for the center. “And it’s a living structure, so the children are learning and seeing and watching it grow over the years.”\u003ci> \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007549\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007549\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An arched tunnel made out of willow trees in a garden.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An arched tunnel made out of willow trees at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reducing children’s exposure to heat has become increasingly urgent as human-caused climate change \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994643/yes-these-california-heat-waves-are-connected-to-climate-change-heres-how\">has increased the frequency, size, intensity, and duration of heat waves\u003c/a>. Researchers at UCLA found that on a 93-degree day, \u003ca href=\"https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Action-Area-3-Protecting-Students-from-Heat-Outdoors.pdf\">asphalt in school yards can get as hot as 145 degrees\u003c/a> — enough to cause third-degree burns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under age 5 are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because they have fewer sweat glands and have a harder time cooling down, which can make it hard for them to sleep well, said Lisa Patel, a pediatrician at Stanford Medicine and executive director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Young kids are often not aware when they’re experiencing symptoms of overheating and dehydration, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the early childhood education field could do more to improve its infrastructure and come up with standards to deal with high temperatures, like making sure kids get enough water during hot days and recognizing when they may be suffering from heat-related illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The early childhood and care ecosystem is so diverse, and so it’s hard to have a unified approach because some of them have been out of people’s homes, some of them happen in larger buildings, some of them happen from a business that is offering day care,” Patel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A young children standing at a table looks at a teacher digging into a pumpkin.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Ramirez shows a student the inside of a pumpkin at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Patel said child care facilities in coastal areas that historically have had cooler climates need to prepare for warmer and longer heat waves. She said the San Francisco preschool one of her own kids attended didn’t have an air conditioner, so she helped to get a portable AC unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Improving spaces like child care centers where young kids spend much of their time is crucial so that they’re protected from weather-related risks, \u003ca href=\"https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/PlanningforResilientEarlyCareandEducation9.26.22Final.pdf\">according to a 2022 report\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities and Schools and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF). The study said most early learning facilities are old, poorly constructed and “largely unequipped to withstand the impacts of a worsening climate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged woman standing in a garden.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Fogolini, director of Garden of Eatin’, at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the California child care providers receiving a portion of the $350 million in state grants to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, many have requested upgrades to reduce climate impacts, said Angie Garling, senior vice president of early care and education at LIIF, which is distributing the funds. Projects include solar panels, shade structures, HVAC systems, insulated windows and misting systems to keep children cool when they’re playing outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garling said child care programs across California also received another $30 million from a state grant to help school districts green their play yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay Children’s Center received $1.5 million in pandemic relief funds toward building a $12 million campus in Novato. The building will have backup power, air filtration and temperature control systems, allowing the center to stay open during hot, windy or smoky days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilmore said the center will be a “resiliency hub,” able to stay open and be a gathering place for families during a natural disaster or local emergency — somewhere they can go and be safe instead of an evacuation shelter. She recalls that when the 2017 wildfires forced them to shutter one of their preschool sites, they were able to move everyone to another one, which helped provide child care for working parents and maintained a reassuring routine for the kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>We would minimize the trauma that these families experienced when everything did close down, and they didn’t have power or air filters at home,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007548\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A raised bed of strawberries.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bed of strawberries growing at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fogelini said the play yard will also have plenty of shade structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the structural improvements, she said the center’s staff teaches children about seasonal changes in the garden as one way to introduce climate change in developmentally appropriate ways. The center adopts the Reggio Emilia philosophy of early childhood education, which considers the environment a “third teacher” in addition to parents and educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids learn to recycle and compost food waste in worm bins as part of the center’s \u003ca href=\"https://nbcc.net/garden-of-eatin/\">“Garden of Eatin’” curriculum\u003c/a>, which has become a model for teaching young kids about the environment and has been adopted by early education programs in other states and countries like Uganda, Fogelini said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids are also taught to routinely take water breaks. Fogelini said these are positive ways for children to build their “green muscle memories” and help them adapt to a changing climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more children understand what’s happening in their environments, the more they’re not going to be surprised or overwhelmed by the changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that pediatrician Lisa Patel helped get an HVAC system installed at her child’s preschool. It was a portable air conditioner.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really about helping them build resiliency,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitch Mountain operates in a space rented from a local elementary school. About six years ago, it got permission from the school to rip up asphalt in the play yard and replace it with an edible garden. Mulch covers most of the ground except for the tricycle track and the outdoor dining area. The staff repurposed redwood tree stumps to form steps up to a slide and planted willows to create a tunnel-shaped structure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a hot day, you can go in and [the structure] can be as much as 20 degrees cooler,” said Teresa Fogolini, who directs the gardening and nutrition program for the center. “And it’s a living structure, so the children are learning and seeing and watching it grow over the years.”\u003ci> \u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007549\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007549\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"An arched tunnel made out of willow trees in a garden.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-07-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An arched tunnel made out of willow trees at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reducing children’s exposure to heat has become increasingly urgent as human-caused climate change \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994643/yes-these-california-heat-waves-are-connected-to-climate-change-heres-how\">has increased the frequency, size, intensity, and duration of heat waves\u003c/a>. Researchers at UCLA found that on a 93-degree day, \u003ca href=\"https://innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Action-Area-3-Protecting-Students-from-Heat-Outdoors.pdf\">asphalt in school yards can get as hot as 145 degrees\u003c/a> — enough to cause third-degree burns.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Children under age 5 are especially vulnerable to high temperatures because they have fewer sweat glands and have a harder time cooling down, which can make it hard for them to sleep well, said Lisa Patel, a pediatrician at Stanford Medicine and executive director of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Young kids are often not aware when they’re experiencing symptoms of overheating and dehydration, she added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the early childhood education field could do more to improve its infrastructure and come up with standards to deal with high temperatures, like making sure kids get enough water during hot days and recognizing when they may be suffering from heat-related illnesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The early childhood and care ecosystem is so diverse, and so it’s hard to have a unified approach because some of them have been out of people’s homes, some of them happen in larger buildings, some of them happen from a business that is offering day care,” Patel said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007546\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007546\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A young children standing at a table looks at a teacher digging into a pumpkin.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-04-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nicole Ramirez shows a student the inside of a pumpkin at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Patel said child care facilities in coastal areas that historically have had cooler climates need to prepare for warmer and longer heat waves. She said the San Francisco preschool one of her own kids attended didn’t have an air conditioner, so she helped to get a portable AC unit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Improving spaces like child care centers where young kids spend much of their time is crucial so that they’re protected from weather-related risks, \u003ca href=\"https://citiesandschools.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/PlanningforResilientEarlyCareandEducation9.26.22Final.pdf\">according to a 2022 report\u003c/a> by UC Berkeley’s Center for Cities and Schools and the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF). The study said most early learning facilities are old, poorly constructed and “largely unequipped to withstand the impacts of a worsening climate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007556\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007556\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"A middle-aged woman standing in a garden.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-09-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teresa Fogolini, director of Garden of Eatin’, at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Among the California child care providers receiving a portion of the $350 million in state grants to help recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, many have requested upgrades to reduce climate impacts, said Angie Garling, senior vice president of early care and education at LIIF, which is distributing the funds. Projects include solar panels, shade structures, HVAC systems, insulated windows and misting systems to keep children cool when they’re playing outside.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Garling said child care programs across California also received another $30 million from a state grant to help school districts green their play yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The North Bay Children’s Center received $1.5 million in pandemic relief funds toward building a $12 million campus in Novato. The building will have backup power, air filtration and temperature control systems, allowing the center to stay open during hot, windy or smoky days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gilmore said the center will be a “resiliency hub,” able to stay open and be a gathering place for families during a natural disaster or local emergency — somewhere they can go and be safe instead of an evacuation shelter. She recalls that when the 2017 wildfires forced them to shutter one of their preschool sites, they were able to move everyone to another one, which helped provide child care for working parents and maintained a reassuring routine for the kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>“\u003c/b>We would minimize the trauma that these families experienced when everything did close down, and they didn’t have power or air filters at home,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12007548\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12007548\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"A raised bed of strawberries.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241002-CHILDCARE-AND-CLIMATE-CHANGE-MD-06-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A bed of strawberries growing at Fitch Mountain Preschool in Healdsburg, part of the North Bay Children’s Center, on Oct. 2, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fogelini said the play yard will also have plenty of shade structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond the structural improvements, she said the center’s staff teaches children about seasonal changes in the garden as one way to introduce climate change in developmentally appropriate ways. The center adopts the Reggio Emilia philosophy of early childhood education, which considers the environment a “third teacher” in addition to parents and educators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids learn to recycle and compost food waste in worm bins as part of the center’s \u003ca href=\"https://nbcc.net/garden-of-eatin/\">“Garden of Eatin’” curriculum\u003c/a>, which has become a model for teaching young kids about the environment and has been adopted by early education programs in other states and countries like Uganda, Fogelini said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The kids are also taught to routinely take water breaks. Fogelini said these are positive ways for children to build their “green muscle memories” and help them adapt to a changing climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more children understand what’s happening in their environments, the more they’re not going to be surprised or overwhelmed by the changes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>In the 1860s, an armed militia swept into the historic land of the Serrano people in the San Bernardino mountains and went on a killing spree, attempting to slaughter the entire tribe. A tribal leader named Santos Manuel led the surviving 30 members to safety in a nearby valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Manuel’s great-great-grandson has ensured that every K–12 student in California will learn the story of the Serrano people and other California native tribes who endured atrocities during the Spanish colonial and Gold Rush eras in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hope is that students learn the true history of California, the horror and the genocide, but also the resiliency of the Indian people,” said \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/james-ramos-149649\">Assemblymember James Ramos\u003c/a>, a descendent of Manuel who authored \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab1821\">a bill requiring schools\u003c/a> to teach about the mistreatment and perspectives of Native Californians in social studies classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time that the voices of California’s first people drive the educational process, especially when the subject is our ways, our people, our history,” said Ramos, who lives on the San Manuel Indian reservation in San Bernardino County and is the first Native Californian to serve in the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill in September. It goes into effect Jan. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Expanding fourth-grade history curriculum\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new law will be most relevant to fourth-graders when they study California history, exploring the stories of California missions, the discovery of gold and statehood — all of which profoundly impacted the indigenous people who’d lived in the region for at least 20,000 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf/documents/hssfwchapter7.pdf\">current fourth-grade history curriculum\u003c/a> covers the plight of Native Californians, but it’s only recommended and not required. As a result, lessons vary across school districts, with some students getting scant information – or lessons focused largely on the missions. Under Ramos’ law, lessons on the mistreatment of Native Californians will be mandatory. Some of the information may also be covered in California’s new ethnic studies requirement for high school students, which goes into effect in fall 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tribal leaders said they were pleased with the bill but hope students learn more about Native California history than just the tragedies. Ideally, they said, students should be learning the full breadth of Native history and culture: learning basket techniques in art class, reading Native authors in literature class, studying Native healing practices in health and science classes, and learning Native approaches to environmentalism, politics and economics throughout the entire curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’d also like to see schools develop relationships with local tribes, inviting members in to teach the tribe’s history, language and traditions. Students should learn at least some phrases in the local indigenous language, and the school should promote Native culture at every opportunity, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These stories matter for all Californians,” said William Bauer, a history professor at UC Riverside who specializes in Native Californian studies and is a member of the Round Valley tribe. “I’d hope kids leave school with the idea that California Indians have survived and thrived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shannon Rivers, manager of the nonprofit Indigenous Education Now, a Los Angeles advocacy group, said the bill is much needed, but schools also need to do a better job specifically serving Native students, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/03/native-american-students-california/\">many of whom are struggling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native students lag behind the state average in nearly every measurement, including attendance, graduation rates, math and literacy scores and discipline. One solution, Rivers said, is to create special programs for Native students that focus on their history, language and traditions, which could boost students’ interest in school and help make curriculum more relevant to their lives. His group is currently working with Los Angeles Unified on such a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important we do this, so Native students have a better understanding of who they are,” said Rivers, a member of the Akimel O’otham tribe in Arizona. “Although the challenge with all these initiatives is that Native people are not monolithic. They’re incredibly diverse, especially in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Disease, enslavement, killing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Spanish missionaries arrived in the late 1700s, at least 300,000 people lived among an estimated 200 tribes scattered in every part of California, making it one of the most densely populated and diverse regions in North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Native numbers began to decline with the arrival of Spanish missionaries, who brought diseases for which Natives had no immunity, including smallpox, malaria and diphtheria. The Spanish also introduced crops and livestock that altered the landscape and created food shortages for tribes. Thousands of native people died when they became enslaved or imprisoned at the missions, where they were forced to work in the fields and convert to Catholicism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most violent period followed the discovery of gold in the Sierra foothills in the mid-1800s. Settlers, private militias and the U.S. troops carried out massacres across California with the intent of exterminating the Native population. By 1900, only about 16,000 Native Californians remained, many living in small groups away from their original homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white illustration of six Native Americans standing near each other outside.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1659\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-800x664.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1020x846.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-160x133.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1536x1274.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1920x1593.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of Native Americans belonging to the Ohalne, which lived along the coast of California, strecthing from San Francisco Bay to the lower Salinas Valley. This image is a reproduction of a painting by George H. Langsdorff done in 1806. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the next century, the population gradually rebounded and Native people nurtured their culture and traditions despite being subject to abuse at government-run boarding schools, discrimination, and legal fights over land ownership. By 2020, there were about 1.4 million Californians who identified as at least part Native American, \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/california-population-change-between-census-decade.html\">according to the U.S. Census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The violent history may be difficult to digest, especially for younger children, but schools should find thoughtful, sensitive ways to impart the full story of Native Americans in California, said Joely Proudfit, head of the Native American studies department at Cal State San Marcos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009436\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A vintage image of Native American people sitting near a bark hut.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1569\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01-800x628.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01-1020x800.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01-160x126.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01-1536x1205.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Mono-Women-CM-01-1920x1506.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Four Mono native women sit outside of a bark hut. Bark huts were traditionally built for winter habitation and provided protection from rain, snow and wind. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The history of California is tragic. It’s brutal. It’s violent. Genocide occurred here,” said Proudfit, who is both Payómkawichum and Tongva, tribes that are indigenous to Southern California. “We need to be honest about our history, so maybe we’ll have some compassion and empathy with what’s happening in today’s world.” [aside postID=\"mindshift_64338,news_12001659,news_11970846\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that high-quality teacher training will be key in making Ramos’ bill a success. Even though the bill does not come with funding, she said the state should set aside money to help teachers learn the material and find effective ways to present it. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Currently, Proudfit helps run a nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://www.caindianeducationforall.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Indian Education for All\u003c/a> that provides free and low-cost training for teachers on how to teach about the history, culture and contributions of Native Californians.\u003c/span> But the task should not rely solely on volunteers, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A state like ours, with its rich diversity of tribes, is going to need millions upon millions of dollars to create quality curriculum,” Proudfit said. “Asking cultural knowledge-keepers and professionally trained educators to continue to do these things for free is not appropriate. It’s a cultural taxation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Innocent bystanders’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Bernardino County, where Ramos’ family has lived for hundreds, if not thousands of years, the story of the 1860s massacre remains fresh. According to documents provided by the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, the Serrano tribe did not provoke the attack; “they really were innocent bystanders,” said Lyn Killian, a librarian with the historical society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four young Paiute Indians from Utah, who had come west with a wagon train, became involved in a tit-for-tat skirmish with some local cowboys that resulted in several deaths and, according to local historians, the Piutes burning a sawmill. For revenge, an armed posse stormed into the Serrano village — even though the Serranos were not involved in the fighting — and chased the inhabitants to Chimney Rock, near Lucerne Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite their cover in the rocks, the Indians were wiped out,” according to a 1966 report by a local historian in the San Bernardino Sun-Telegram newspaper. “Posse men went on to destroy the nearby Indian village, even killing women and children. … The peaceful Serrano had taken no part in the mill burning, but they were driven from their ancestral home nonetheless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the bloodshed, the remaining members of the tribe moved around the valley, pushed further and further east as more settlers arrived. In 1891, the federal government granted them a reservation and recognized their sovereignty. Last year, the San Manuel tribe had about 200 members, a casino, resort and charity that provides scholarships, after-school programs, housing assistance, environmental restoration, arts and music programs and support for other tribes, among other causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This history is still very much real to all of us, all California Indian people,” Ramos said. “With this bill, we have a chance to share the true accounts of what happened to us. And also that we’re still here, even though we were almost wiped off this earth. I sit now in the state Legislature with Serrano and Cahuilla blood in my veins. … That’s a story people should know.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>In the 1860s, an armed militia swept into the historic land of the Serrano people in the San Bernardino mountains and went on a killing spree, attempting to slaughter the entire tribe. A tribal leader named Santos Manuel led the surviving 30 members to safety in a nearby valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Manuel’s great-great-grandson has ensured that every K–12 student in California will learn the story of the Serrano people and other California native tribes who endured atrocities during the Spanish colonial and Gold Rush eras in California history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The hope is that students learn the true history of California, the horror and the genocide, but also the resiliency of the Indian people,” said \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/legislators/james-ramos-149649\">Assemblymember James Ramos\u003c/a>, a descendent of Manuel who authored \u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_202320240ab1821\">a bill requiring schools\u003c/a> to teach about the mistreatment and perspectives of Native Californians in social studies classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s time that the voices of California’s first people drive the educational process, especially when the subject is our ways, our people, our history,” said Ramos, who lives on the San Manuel Indian reservation in San Bernardino County and is the first Native Californian to serve in the state Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill in September. It goes into effect Jan. 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Expanding fourth-grade history curriculum\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The new law will be most relevant to fourth-graders when they study California history, exploring the stories of California missions, the discovery of gold and statehood — all of which profoundly impacted the indigenous people who’d lived in the region for at least 20,000 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/hs/cf/documents/hssfwchapter7.pdf\">current fourth-grade history curriculum\u003c/a> covers the plight of Native Californians, but it’s only recommended and not required. As a result, lessons vary across school districts, with some students getting scant information – or lessons focused largely on the missions. Under Ramos’ law, lessons on the mistreatment of Native Californians will be mandatory. Some of the information may also be covered in California’s new ethnic studies requirement for high school students, which goes into effect in fall 2025.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tribal leaders said they were pleased with the bill but hope students learn more about Native California history than just the tragedies. Ideally, they said, students should be learning the full breadth of Native history and culture: learning basket techniques in art class, reading Native authors in literature class, studying Native healing practices in health and science classes, and learning Native approaches to environmentalism, politics and economics throughout the entire curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’d also like to see schools develop relationships with local tribes, inviting members in to teach the tribe’s history, language and traditions. Students should learn at least some phrases in the local indigenous language, and the school should promote Native culture at every opportunity, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These stories matter for all Californians,” said William Bauer, a history professor at UC Riverside who specializes in Native Californian studies and is a member of the Round Valley tribe. “I’d hope kids leave school with the idea that California Indians have survived and thrived.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shannon Rivers, manager of the nonprofit Indigenous Education Now, a Los Angeles advocacy group, said the bill is much needed, but schools also need to do a better job specifically serving Native students, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/03/native-american-students-california/\">many of whom are struggling\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Native students lag behind the state average in nearly every measurement, including attendance, graduation rates, math and literacy scores and discipline. One solution, Rivers said, is to create special programs for Native students that focus on their history, language and traditions, which could boost students’ interest in school and help make curriculum more relevant to their lives. His group is currently working with Los Angeles Unified on such a plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s important we do this, so Native students have a better understanding of who they are,” said Rivers, a member of the Akimel O’otham tribe in Arizona. “Although the challenge with all these initiatives is that Native people are not monolithic. They’re incredibly diverse, especially in California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Disease, enslavement, killing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>When Spanish missionaries arrived in the late 1700s, at least 300,000 people lived among an estimated 200 tribes scattered in every part of California, making it one of the most densely populated and diverse regions in North America.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Native numbers began to decline with the arrival of Spanish missionaries, who brought diseases for which Natives had no immunity, including smallpox, malaria and diphtheria. The Spanish also introduced crops and livestock that altered the landscape and created food shortages for tribes. Thousands of native people died when they became enslaved or imprisoned at the missions, where they were forced to work in the fields and convert to Catholicism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the most violent period followed the discovery of gold in the Sierra foothills in the mid-1800s. Settlers, private militias and the U.S. troops carried out massacres across California with the intent of exterminating the Native population. By 1900, only about 16,000 Native Californians remained, many living in small groups away from their original homeland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12009437\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12009437\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg\" alt=\"A black and white illustration of six Native Americans standing near each other outside.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1659\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-800x664.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1020x846.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-160x133.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1536x1274.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/100924-Ohlone-Traditional-Dancing-CM-01-1920x1593.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An illustration of Native Americans belonging to the Ohalne, which lived along the coast of California, strecthing from San Francisco Bay to the lower Salinas Valley. This image is a reproduction of a painting by George H. Langsdorff done in 1806. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Over the next century, the population gradually rebounded and Native people nurtured their culture and traditions despite being subject to abuse at government-run boarding schools, discrimination, and legal fights over land ownership. 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Bark huts were traditionally built for winter habitation and provided protection from rain, snow and wind. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the California State Library)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The history of California is tragic. It’s brutal. It’s violent. Genocide occurred here,” said Proudfit, who is both Payómkawichum and Tongva, tribes that are indigenous to Southern California. “We need to be honest about our history, so maybe we’ll have some compassion and empathy with what’s happening in today’s world.” \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that high-quality teacher training will be key in making Ramos’ bill a success. Even though the bill does not come with funding, she said the state should set aside money to help teachers learn the material and find effective ways to present it. \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Currently, Proudfit helps run a nonprofit called \u003ca href=\"https://www.caindianeducationforall.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Indian Education for All\u003c/a> that provides free and low-cost training for teachers on how to teach about the history, culture and contributions of Native Californians.\u003c/span> But the task should not rely solely on volunteers, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A state like ours, with its rich diversity of tribes, is going to need millions upon millions of dollars to create quality curriculum,” Proudfit said. “Asking cultural knowledge-keepers and professionally trained educators to continue to do these things for free is not appropriate. It’s a cultural taxation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Innocent bystanders’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In San Bernardino County, where Ramos’ family has lived for hundreds, if not thousands of years, the story of the 1860s massacre remains fresh. According to documents provided by the San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society, the Serrano tribe did not provoke the attack; “they really were innocent bystanders,” said Lyn Killian, a librarian with the historical society.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four young Paiute Indians from Utah, who had come west with a wagon train, became involved in a tit-for-tat skirmish with some local cowboys that resulted in several deaths and, according to local historians, the Piutes burning a sawmill. For revenge, an armed posse stormed into the Serrano village — even though the Serranos were not involved in the fighting — and chased the inhabitants to Chimney Rock, near Lucerne Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Despite their cover in the rocks, the Indians were wiped out,” according to a 1966 report by a local historian in the San Bernardino Sun-Telegram newspaper. “Posse men went on to destroy the nearby Indian village, even killing women and children. … The peaceful Serrano had taken no part in the mill burning, but they were driven from their ancestral home nonetheless.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the bloodshed, the remaining members of the tribe moved around the valley, pushed further and further east as more settlers arrived. In 1891, the federal government granted them a reservation and recognized their sovereignty. Last year, the San Manuel tribe had about 200 members, a casino, resort and charity that provides scholarships, after-school programs, housing assistance, environmental restoration, arts and music programs and support for other tribes, among other causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Instead, they opted for an alternative workshop from an anti-racist education institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds like the training they received compared to the alternate training that the rest of us received was very polar opposite,” said Marloes Sijstermans, a math teacher at Galileo Academy of Science & Technology who attended the alternative training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003864/san-francisco-schools-cancel-antisemitism-workshops-after-complaints-about-potential-bias\">raised concerns weeks ago about the American Jewish Committee\u003c/a> — the organization that the district chose to host antisemitism training at Galileo Academy as well as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Balboa high schools — citing its longstanding support for Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself. The initial training, set for September, was called off and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005210/sfusd-reschedules-antisemitism-workshops-amid-outcry-from-parents-jewish-groups\">rescheduled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the district maintained that the workshop would not focus or take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, some teachers and administrators worried that the AJC could not provide unbiased training against that context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008751\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham Lincoln High School on Dec. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District began its antisemitism training on Wednesday for high school teachers at Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology and George Washington after postponing the sessions due to objections from pro-Palestinian activists over the American Jewish Committee, the group running the training, and its stance on Israel. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With support from their union, a group of teachers organized an alternative workshop to be held at the same time and led by PARCEO, an education justice institute, with support from the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PARCEO and AJC declined to release their training materials, but educators who attended each workshop shared notes and photos of the presentations with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Galileo, 33 people — about one-third of the school’s staff members — attended PARCEO’s training, according to Sijstermans. Half of all staff, Sijstermans said, didn’t attend either workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple educators said PARCEO’s workshop focused on preparing them to discuss antisemitism with their students. Ian Williams, a special education teacher at Balboa, said he felt it was a better use of his time than other professional development sessions mandated by the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the topic, it was one of the best [professional development opportunities] I’ve ever been to,” Williams said. “That speaks to political passion versus the pedagogy that we normally get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, not all attendees at the PARCEO workshop were satisfied with the training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry Machtay, a media arts teacher at Galileo, said he felt the training focused too much on “disengaging Zionism and Judaism” rather than antisemitism itself. In hindsight, he said he would have preferred to attend neither.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are negatives about both organizations, and my choice was really a statement about the paternalistic attitude of San Francisco Unified School District — the way they have foisted these professional developments on us one after another after another without any input from teachers,” Machtay said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at George Washington High School, teacher Julia David said the AJC training saw about half of all staff in attendance. She said the main focus was the history of antisemitism globally and the complex identity of Jewish people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel did come up because it’s a large part of our identity,” David said, adding that the presentation did not delve into the geopolitical aspect of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the scheduled training, Galileo principal De Trice Rodgers reminded staff to attend the AJC workshop in an email obtained by KQED. Other schools received similar emails from their principals, Sijstermans said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect teachers to attend this professional development opportunity, and any other type of presentation taking place is not District-approved professional development and you are not authorized to attend during your working hours and while on the school site,” the email reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union, United Educators of San Francisco, said it would support any educator who skipped the mandatory training in favor of PARCEO’s, according to a union email sent to educators at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the district said it could not comment on the PARCEO training because it was not district-sponsored or vetted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is on how to provide our diverse student population a safe and supportive learning environment without advocating for any one stance on an issue,” the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also chose not to comment on the status of possible disciplinary actions, stating that they were confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers were willing to come up to me and address their own biases that they’re confronting, and I think that’s the point of this workshop,” David said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Attorneys for a student who is suing \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/uc-santa-cruz\">UC Santa Cruz\u003c/a> over a temporary campus ban she received after last spring’s pro-Palestinian protests are accusing university police of targeting her with a retaliatory, overly broad search in an apparent effort to stifle her speech.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Laaila Irshad is the lead plaintiff in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003855/uc-santa-cruz-students-professor-sue-over-campus-bans-after-pro-palestinian-protest\">a lawsuit filed last month\u003c/a> on behalf of two students and a professor who were temporarily barred from UCSC’s campus, saying their suspensions were illegal and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006851/uc-santa-cruz-campus-bans-protesters-fundamentally-unfair\">caused great harm\u003c/a> during the last two weeks of the spring academic session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Less than a week after instruction began this fall, attorneys said, Irshad had her phone seized by university police.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a fire alarm went off early on Oct. 1, she was standing outside the dormitory where she serves as the resident advisor when police approached with a search warrant for her phone, according to Chessie Thacher, an ACLU of Northern California attorney representing Irshad.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The warrant was issued based on a sealed affidavit that allegedly outlines probable cause to believe the phone’s contents include evidence of a felony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the affidavit is sealed, Thacher said her team has reason to believe the warrant is unrelated to the protest that led to Irshad’s arrest and the separate but related civil rights lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11989566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11989566\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/GettyImages-2153876773-160x106.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz workers who are union members of UAW 4811, part of the United Auto Workers, and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the UC Santa Cruz campus on May 20, 2024, in Santa Cruz. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The kicker for us was that this search warrant, served in such a public way, had a picture of Laila on it, and it wasn’t a picture of her student ID — it was a picture of her giving an interview to a news reporter about her involvement in the case,” Thacher told KQED. “This just feels like it has a retaliatory motive or intent, or an attempt to kind of say to Ms. Irshad: ‘Proceed with caution because we are intent on silencing your speech.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys filed a motion on Friday declaring that Irshad plans to petition the court to destroy or void the warrant, return her phone, order the destruction of all seized information and unseal the affidavit at a hearing in December. If the warrant isn’t voided, she is requesting that the court seal her phone until there can be a hearing about her claim that the warrant is overly broad and the phone contained communication that falls under attorney-client privilege.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Hernandez Jason, a spokesperson for UC Santa Cruz, said in an email that the warrant was related to an “active investigation that began prior to the lawsuit” and could not share any additional information.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last May, Irshad was among 112 protesters \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11988397/many-protesters-arrested-at-uc-santa-cruz-pro-palestinian-encampment\">who were arrested\u003c/a> after police in riot gear were deployed to a pro-Palestinian encampment in a little-used parking lot near the base of UC Santa Cruz’s hilly campus. Rachel Lederman, another of the protesters’ attorneys, told KQED in September that throughout the night, officers squeezed in on the protesters and eventually detained many of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11988048\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11988048\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1250\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-800x521.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1020x664.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-160x104.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/GettyImages-2153876794-1536x1000.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">UC Santa Cruz academic workers represented by UAW 4811 and pro-Palestinian protesters carry signs as they demonstrate in front of the campus on May 20, 2024. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Irshad and others who were detained received temporary campus bans under Section 626.4 of the California Penal Code, which allows university officials to revoke consent for a person to be on campus for up to 14 days “whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that such person has willfully disrupted the orderly operation of such campus or facility.” Entering the campus while the ban is in place is a misdemeanor punishable by jail time or a fine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, fellow student Elio Ellutzi and professor Christine Hong joined a lawsuit over their bans in September, accusing UC Santa Cruz of illegally applying Section 626.4. The bans were issued without a hearing, which is unlawful unless the person’s presence on campus constitutes a “substantial and material threat of significant injury to persons or property,” according to the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008430 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241008-UCB-CAMPUS-WALKOUT-MD-09-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although some students had hearings, they did not begin to take place until at least a week after the bans were issued, Lederman said in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The protesters are asking the court for an injunction to prevent UC Santa Cruz from issuing these bans and a declaration that doing so is illegal, as well as a preliminary injunction that would halt the university’s use of the tactic until the case is ultimately decided.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Irshad, who was a resident advisor last year as well, said she was compensated for her RA work with free campus housing and meal points — both of which she lost access to when she was barred from campus. She also said she could not access her computer, complete assignments or attend class, ultimately leading her to fail courses, according to a declaration filed in Santa Cruz Superior Court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The search warrant for her phone was issued on Sept. 25, about two and a half weeks after her lawsuit was filed and five days after filing for the preliminary injunction. Thacher said the “series of events” is troubling to the attorneys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also believes that the warrant itself — which gives officers access to all data on Irshad’s phone since it first stored data — is overly broad because it does not define a time period and searches her entire digital history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If Ms. Irschad was not a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against the UC Santa Cruz Police Department and others, this warrant would still be overbroad,” Thacher said. “But she is a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against [UCSC], and the events here … are really troubling. It feels retaliatory. And we’re asking the court to help us understand what is going on here so that we can protect and defend Ms. Irschad’s rights to be a plaintiff in this lawsuit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, the motion for a preliminary injunction in Irshad’s civil rights suit is slated for a hearing in November, and a hearing to decide whether to void or tighten the restrictions around her search warrant is set for Dec. 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> officials plan to hold the first of three town hall meetings on Thursday night to discuss the newly released \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">list of schools\u003c/a> proposed for closure or merger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday’s announcement, parent and teacher groups have raised several concerns about the school closure list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents point out that most of the selected schools are located on the city’s east side, several have Cantonese biliteracy programs and some could merge with schools with different schedules and after-school programs, making it harder for communities to transition together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some school communities have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">vowed to fight the closures. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, parents, students and teachers at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rallied against their school’s inclusion on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many hope to get answers during Thursday night’s town hall, but some are disappointed with the virtual-only format. Led by Superintendent Matt Wayne, the meeting requires questions to be submitted in advance via \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">a Google form\u003c/a> on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/resource-alignment-initiative/town-halls\">district’s website. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If I am expressing concerns about something with my child’s school, I want an active human being that I can interact with,” said Vanessa Marrero, executive director for Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco. “I don’t want a screen that can’t talk back to me or questions that are cherry-picked that may not be my questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marrero added that she’s concerned that the question form wasn’t made available in other languages for non-English speaking families and may be difficult to access for parents who are visually impaired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think that that is a huge indicator of how culturally unresponsive, as the view has been to the immigrant communities in San Francisco,” Marrero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting will also include updates regarding the district’s ongoing budget deficit crisis, which the closures are meant to help address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Lara, executive vice president for United Educators of San Francisco, said he’s interested in hearing more about how the district is rectifying the budget while minimizing the negative impacts on students and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The central office has been bloated and is obviously not capable of carrying out its objectives,” Lara said. “So why all of a sudden is the focus on targeting school sites for budget cuts? What happened to the central office cuts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has also stepped into the fray, saying in a statement that she has “heard from families that are confused and frustrated, and there is a lot of fear in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Breed announced a new School Stabilization Team to assist district officials. That came not long after the district announced it was delaying the release of the school closure list despite the fact that parents and educators had already been waiting for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the team has been encouraging district leadership to deeply engage with families on this matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the way the Superintendent and the School District rolled out their plan earlier this week was antithetical to these goals,” Breed said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining two town halls will be held on Oct. 26 and Nov. 6, and the proposal will appear before the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 12. Over the next few weeks, district officials will also conduct visits to impacted schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in viewing Thursday’s meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/mxSq7UuDn8k\">can do so at this link\u003c/a>. Questions for the superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">can be submitted to this link\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Lara, executive vice president for United Educators of San Francisco, said he’s interested in hearing more about how the district is rectifying the budget while minimizing the negative impacts on students and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The central office has been bloated and is obviously not capable of carrying out its objectives,” Lara said. “So why all of a sudden is the focus on targeting school sites for budget cuts? What happened to the central office cuts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has also stepped into the fray, saying in a statement that she has “heard from families that are confused and frustrated, and there is a lot of fear in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Breed announced a new School Stabilization Team to assist district officials. That came not long after the district announced it was delaying the release of the school closure list despite the fact that parents and educators had already been waiting for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the team has been encouraging district leadership to deeply engage with families on this matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the way the Superintendent and the School District rolled out their plan earlier this week was antithetical to these goals,” Breed said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining two town halls will be held on Oct. 26 and Nov. 6, and the proposal will appear before the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 12. Over the next few weeks, district officials will also conduct visits to impacted schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in viewing Thursday’s meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/mxSq7UuDn8k\">can do so at this link\u003c/a>. Questions for the superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">can be submitted to this link\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>City leaders rallied Thursday morning to urge the San Francisco Unified School District to halt its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">effort to close as many as 11 campuses\u003c/a>, which they say will have a disproportionate impact on the city’s immigrant population and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes three elementary schools that could close, said Jean Parker Elementary, in particular, is integral to the Chinatown community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more than just a school site,” Peskin, who is a candidate for mayor, said during the rally outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School, which is also on the list of potential closures. “This is an intimate part of the fabric of this community. This is the densest part of San Francisco, and that’s why we have this many school sites in San Francisco. It is also the heartland of the Chinese-American community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a hectic and agonizing few months of waiting and confusion for parents, Superintendent Matt Wayne on Tuesday released \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">a list of 11 campuses that could close\u003c/a> at the end of this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list includes a few schools with special programs geared toward Cantonese-speaking families, one of which is in Peskin’s District 3 near Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe title=\"Student Demographic Makeup at SFUSD Schools Slated to Merge or Close\" aria-label=\"Multiple Donuts\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-rz3JE\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rz3JE/5/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"481\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003cbr>\nJean Parker, which serves students from Chinatown along with Nob Hill and Russian Hill, has a Cantonese biliteracy program, and about 65% of its students identify as Asian or Pacific Islander. More than 80% of students at both Gordon J. Lau and John Yehall Chin elementary schools, where Jean Parker’s general education students could go next year if it closes, also identify as Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, who represents the Richmond and Presidio, said that it “seems like [the closures are] targeting Chinese Americans and Asian American families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the district’s initial list, is the only bilingual and immersion school in the Richmond, Chan said, and many of its students have family members who are monolingual Cantonese speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs cover the fence in front of Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, to push for city intervention in SFUSD’s school closure plans. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students who are enrolled in Sutro’s Cantonese biliteracy program would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary next year, but Chan said an immersion program would be very different from the support they get at Sutro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chinese [Immersion School at] De Avila is really an immersion program where your primary language doesn't have to be Chinese — or in this case, Cantonese — to be part,” she told KQED. “For Sutro Elementary, though, it’s not just about the language itself, but also many of [the students] are actually what we would call newcomer immigrants. They typically would be first generation, newly arrived immigrants, or their family, are typically monolingual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while the goal of an immersion program is often for students to become bilingual, the biliteracy program at Sutro is geared toward families whose first language is Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at the event got emotional discussing the school communities affected by the list of potential closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a press conference outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a similar situation for me because … during my senior year of high school, we were told our school was cutting a bunch of teachers because we didn't have money because enrollment was down,” said Queena Chen, an alumna of Spring Valley Elementary. “Does that sound familiar?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD last \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/MANY-S-F-SCHOOLS-TO-CLOSE-OR-MERGE-In-front-of-3237431.php\">closed schools in 2005 and 2006\u003c/a>. Those consolidations drew criticism for disproportionately affecting schools with higher percentages of Black students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four schools in the Western Addition neighborhood shuttered in those two years, along with a K-8 school in the Bayview. The Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program was merged with Rosa Parks Elementary School in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has made a point to center equity in this round of cuts, citing an equity audit and weighing equity heavily in the “composite scores” it is giving schools to guide its decisions. In Wayne’s announcement sharing the initial list of campuses that qualify for closure under the district’s criteria, he said that elementary schools with under 260 students and composite scores in the lower 50% — which weigh equity, academic performance, school culture and use of resources — could be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfusd-releases-list-sf-schools-facing-closure-19752856.php\">Data\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> shows that the demographic split of students affected by the closures aligns pretty closely with the demographic makeup of the district. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:05 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After touring eight different schools, Nicole Macias and her husband fought through rounds of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\">difficult enrollment lottery\u003c/a> for a spot at their top pick: Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro, just two blocks from their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a dream,” Macias said. “Our daughter loves it. Her kindergarten teacher is wonderful. The curriculum is wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Macias and her family must prepare for the likelihood of a new school. Harvey Milk is on the list of 11 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">San Francisco campuses that could close\u003c/a> after this academic year as the district grapples with declining enrollment and a staggering budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias said it wasn’t a huge surprise to see Harvey Milk on the list, which SFUSD finally released Tuesday afternoon following months of uncertainty. She knew the school was small and had spoken with her district supervisor over the weekend, who gave her the sense it was likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said that as she picked her daughter up from school and walked her and 15 or so students over to soccer practice, she wasn’t sure how she would have the conversation about the decision with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m honestly scared,” she told KQED outside a Tuesday night school board meeting where frustrated parents turned out to vent. “I’ve kind of mentioned to her that this could happen, but just really high level. I’m at a loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also thinking about the logistics that families will have to take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the district’s tentative proposal, Harvey Milk students would merge with Sanchez Elementary. However, the two schools have significantly different schedules; Harvey Milk starts at 9:30 a.m. and gets out later than Sanchez, which starts at 7:50 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to force a lot of people to have to get aftercare who don’t have it because the school will end much earlier in the day,” Macias said. “The idea that the community will stay together is not really possible. It’s not going to be viable for a lot of families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">campuses that could close or merge\u003c/a> — meaning all of their students would move together to another campus — are small elementary schools that have fewer than 260 enrolled students and fall in the bottom half of the district’s “composite scores,” which rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Two are high schools that have fewer than 400 students without a specialized program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of Sara Sullivan’s kids have attended San Francisco Community School, a K-8 campus in the Excelsior that is proposed to merge with Paul Revere TK-8. While her daughter transferred to a different middle school, her son is in third grade this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said parents are hoping they’ll be able to keep the campus open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still fighting to not let them close our school because it’s such a special place,” Sullivan said. “It’s been a place that both of my kids have really grown up and flourished and many other kids have grown up and flourished. It doesn’t make sense to close a thriving school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias, meanwhile, said she’s “envisioning a lot of Harvey Milk tactics” in the coming weeks as parents try to keep that campus open, too. On Wednesday afternoon, some plan to march from the school to Harvey Milk Plaza to protest Tuesday’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last year has been difficult as families navigate confusing messaging from the district and an “incredibly not transparent rollout,” Sullivan told KQED. 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And now, they’re telling us that they’re going to close us because we’re not good enough,” she said. “That is not OK. That is not equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools are on the city’s east side. Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the list for potential closure, offers Cantonese and biliteracy programs in kindergarten through fifth grade in addition to its general education classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that school shutters, students enrolled in Cantonese biliteracy would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary near Buena Vista Park, about two and a half miles southeast of Sutro Elementary’s Richmond campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the district’s language programs, like Sutro’s, are under-enrolled, according to Frank Lara, the executive vice president of the San Francisco teacher’s union. He said that based on feedback from families, the union is suggesting more dual immersion programs, where two language programs could be taught on one school site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how you can actually attract families and increase enrollment,” Lara told KQED. “The challenge we have with the current district and the level of mismanagement — and to some degree incompetence — is that instead of talking about how to expand these types of programs, they’re looking to cancel out the programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg\" alt='A white man speaks to the audience from behind a dais with an \"SFUSD\" emblem on it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superintendent Matt Wayne speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first class of graduates from San Francisco high schools using the Kindergarten to College (K2C) savings account at the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s also the question of whether the eventual school closures will be enough. Superintendent Matt Wayne has said significant staff reduction will be needed to rightsize the district’s budget, and there are already schools that are understaffed and under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the district has said, declining enrollment over many years has left about 14,000 empty seats across its campuses, even if all of the closures and mergers on the list released Tuesday are made, only about 2,000 students will be affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meredith Dodson, the executive director of San Francisco Parents Coalition, said it appears district officials are suggesting “they can’t deliver on the education that our kids deserve at these really underserved schools because they can’t provide enough staff to support a high-quality education there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008524 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240916-UnionSFSchoolClosures-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that is your rationale,” Dodson said, “how are we going to actually deliver on that on the other side of this if we’re still going to see not the staffing capacity that we need for that high-quality education because we’re not making enough adjustments?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple Board of Education members have said that about two dozen schools would need to close to make the necessary staffing and budget impacts, Dodson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others who have done independent analyses put that number as high as 30 or 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the question remains, ‘Is it worth it to put these communities through this pain if we’re not even going to see the results that we desire in terms of a higher-quality education across San Francisco?” Dodson asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, President Matt Alexander said the board encourages people at affected schools to engage in upcoming town halls and discussions with Wayne and his staff. Wayne said he plans to meet with families and staff at every campus on the list to discuss their budget impacts next year and what the transition to a new school would look like for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander said the board expects “meaningful community engagement,” as well as an independent equity audit and fiscal analysis of the closures to be approved by the California Department of Education when a final recommendation is presented next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne’s proposal will undergo a first reading on Nov. 12, and the board is set to vote on Dec. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will be after November’s general election, when San Franciscans will vote on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco/propositions#proposition-a\">a $790 million school bond\u003c/a>, which, if passed, would mostly go toward modernizing district buildings and creating a new central food hub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey Milk underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in the last few years in a modernization project funded by another bond measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was money from a bond measure in 2016,” Macias said. “What does that say to voters when they’re just as willing to abandon buildings that they invest in?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias said it wasn’t a huge surprise to see Harvey Milk on the list, which SFUSD finally released Tuesday afternoon following months of uncertainty. She knew the school was small and had spoken with her district supervisor over the weekend, who gave her the sense it was likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said that as she picked her daughter up from school and walked her and 15 or so students over to soccer practice, she wasn’t sure how she would have the conversation about the decision with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m honestly scared,” she told KQED outside a Tuesday night school board meeting where frustrated parents turned out to vent. “I’ve kind of mentioned to her that this could happen, but just really high level. I’m at a loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also thinking about the logistics that families will have to take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the district’s tentative proposal, Harvey Milk students would merge with Sanchez Elementary. However, the two schools have significantly different schedules; Harvey Milk starts at 9:30 a.m. and gets out later than Sanchez, which starts at 7:50 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to force a lot of people to have to get aftercare who don’t have it because the school will end much earlier in the day,” Macias said. “The idea that the community will stay together is not really possible. It’s not going to be viable for a lot of families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">campuses that could close or merge\u003c/a> — meaning all of their students would move together to another campus — are small elementary schools that have fewer than 260 enrolled students and fall in the bottom half of the district’s “composite scores,” which rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Two are high schools that have fewer than 400 students without a specialized program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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And now, they’re telling us that they’re going to close us because we’re not good enough,” she said. “That is not OK. That is not equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools are on the city’s east side. Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the list for potential closure, offers Cantonese and biliteracy programs in kindergarten through fifth grade in addition to its general education classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that school shutters, students enrolled in Cantonese biliteracy would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary near Buena Vista Park, about two and a half miles southeast of Sutro Elementary’s Richmond campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the district’s language programs, like Sutro’s, are under-enrolled, according to Frank Lara, the executive vice president of the San Francisco teacher’s union. He said that based on feedback from families, the union is suggesting more dual immersion programs, where two language programs could be taught on one school site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how you can actually attract families and increase enrollment,” Lara told KQED. “The challenge we have with the current district and the level of mismanagement — and to some degree incompetence — is that instead of talking about how to expand these types of programs, they’re looking to cancel out the programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg\" alt='A white man speaks to the audience from behind a dais with an \"SFUSD\" emblem on it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superintendent Matt Wayne speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first class of graduates from San Francisco high schools using the Kindergarten to College (K2C) savings account at the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s also the question of whether the eventual school closures will be enough. 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