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She says districts have to actively reach out to people and leverage the networks that already exist to try to solve the sub shortage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s going to go beyond just the responsibility of the HR offices,” Edmunds said. “Everyone’s going to have to get involved, including the school site staff recruiting parents, people reaching out to members of the community and coming together as a village to help solve the staffing shortage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Marin County Superintendent of Schools Office is spearheading an effort to find new substitute prospects by approaching people in line at vaccination clinics, for example. 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"content": "\u003cp>The effort to recall three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners has divided the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on the take, the recall is a coup attempt by a mob of venture capitalists and moneyed moms; a righteous crusade to save the city’s marginalized children run by a bootstrapping crew of political newbies; or a misguided effort to exorcize the demons of the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort to oust school board members Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga — the first recall effort to make it onto the city’s ballot in almost four decades — is a uniquely San Franciscan edition of the ire directed at school boards across the country. Parents have been pushed to the brink by COVID-era stresses, and many have felt abandoned by their public institutions — and are hungry for accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should Collins, López and Moliga be held responsible for the disarray largely wrought by the pandemic?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, anger over the handling of education during the pandemic launched a parent advocacy movement that surfaced the recall effort. That push has been fueled by long-simmering tensions, including a battle over who should have access to the city’s premier public high school and a years-old racial justice effort to rename certain schools — all of which have been highlighted by detractors as evidence of the school board’s ineptitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prolonged debacle has garnered national media attention and hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations in support of the recall. Politicians have piled on. There have been lawsuits, allegations of racism and even death threats. And now, finally, it’s almost time to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballots will be mailed Jan. 12. To help you understand how we got to this point, here’s a timeline of key events that have led to the Feb. 15 recall election. Good luck, voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/faauuga-e1637364441573.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11896856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/faauuga-e1637364441573.jpeg\" alt=\"SF Mayor London Breed faces a man in a suit holding up his right hand.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1406\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed appoints Faauuga Moliga to the SF Board of Education on Oct. 15, 2018, on the campus of the June Jordan School for Equity. Breed has since supported the effort to recall Moliga, who is now the board's vice president. \u003ccite>(Courtesy \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1051912735196250112\">London Breed/Twitter\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>May 22, 2018\u003c/strong>: School Board Resolution No. 184-10A1, “In Support of a Formal Process in the Renaming of San Francisco Unified School District Schools,” is \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=ANVP8B5C815A\">unanimously adopted by board commissioners\u003c/a>. Written in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., the resolution calls for the school renaming process to be led by a blue-ribbon panel selected by the superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 15, 2018\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-appoints-faauuga-moliga-san-francisco-unified-school-district-board\">Mayor London Breed appoints Faauuga Moliga\u003c/a> to the school board to fill a seat vacated by Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell. Breed has since announced her support for recalling Moliga, as well as fellow board members Alison Collins and Gabriela López, and will select their replacements if the effort to oust them is successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 6, 2018\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-school-board-election-Collins-Lopez-and-13369546.php\">Gabriela López, Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga are elected\u003c/a> to the school board. The three, all people of color, have since focused much of their policymaking on the district’s historically underserved students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>June 25, 2019\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php\">school board votes to paint over a controversial mural\u003c/a> at Washington High School. The 1936 \"Life of Washington\" mural, by Victor Arnautoff, had been criticized for its derogatory depictions of Native Americans and African Americans. The decision comes after a community advisory committee — consisting of local Native American community members, students, school representatives, district representatives, local artists and historians — recommends permanently removing the offensive content. But the board’s decision triggers a backlash from the school’s alumni association, art historians and local preservationists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 13, 2019\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php\">board reverses course on the Washington High mural\u003c/a>, voting 4-3 to cover the painting rather than permanently remove it. Board President Stevon Cook and board members Rachel Norton, Jenny Lam and Faauuga Moliga vote to cover the mural, while Alison Collins, Mark Sanchez and Gabriela López vote against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg\" alt=\"People take photos of a mural.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the public snap pictures of the controversial 'Life of Washington' mural during viewing hours at George Washington High School. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 16, 2020\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/schools-will-close-students-3-weeks\">SFUSD schools close\u003c/a> due to the onset of the COVID pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Summer 2020\u003c/strong>: A parental group called Decreasing the Distance, which forms to pressure the district to reopen schools, begins holding rallies and lobbying local and state elected officials. The group eventually evolves into the San Francisco Parent Coalition, laying the organizational groundwork to propel the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>June 24, 2020\u003c/strong>: In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the school board unanimously passes a resolution limiting police presence on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>July 15, 2020\u003c/strong>: SFUSD announces, per Superintendent Vince Matthews's recommendation, that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-confirms-it-will-begin-school-year-distance-learning\">classes for the 2020-21 school year will begin remotely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sept. 24, 2020\u003c/strong>: About a month after the \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-announces-next-phase-reopening-begin-monday\">state moves San Francisco into the “red” reopening tier\u003c/a>, allowing for the resumption of limited capacity TK-sixth grade in-person learning, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-shares-planning-process-return-person-learning\">district shares an initial reopening plan\u003c/a>. Under the plan, the city must meet certain public health indicators and have measures in place, including a COVID testing strategy, staff training and labor agreements. Once met, SFUSD says it will apply to the city to offer in-person classes for priority student populations.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11894065,news_11897089,news_11892743\"]\u003cstrong>Oct. 21, 2020\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/board-education-approves-lowell-high-school-admissions-change-incoming-class-fall-2021\">board adopts a change to a lottery-based admissions process\u003c/a> at Lowell High School for the 2021-22 school year only, approving \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/lowell-high-school-admissions-change-incoming-class-fall-2021\">a policy presented by Matthews\u003c/a>. With standardized testing and letter grades halted because of the pandemic, district officials say it's not possible to carry out the normal admissions process at Lowell. The elite high school’s merit-based admissions system has for decades been the subject of controversy, and the board's decision stokes anger among some parents and helps galvanize recall supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 23, 2020\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-bloody-glove-and-swastikas-SF-school-board-15676326.php\">Racist and threatening social media posts\u003c/a> attacking board members López and Collins appear online in response to the board’s unanimous vote to temporarily halt merit-based admissions at Lowell. Elected officials gather to denounce the harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 10, 2020\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/files/BV7UJT7C54B0/%24file/Presentation%20To%20BOE_School%20Names%20Panel%20Update.pdf\">School Names Advisory Committee provides an update\u003c/a> to the school board, including a list of 44 school sites identified for possible renaming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dec. 18, 2020\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/sfusd-updates-timeline-person-learning\">district pushes back its Jan. 25 target date to reopen\u003c/a> the first 12 schools for in-person instruction because an agreement with labor unions hasn't yet been reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 4, 2021\u003c/strong>: A \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgRX68QeYT7C01jyfNfEXeIloxJgtZAd/view\">survey of SFUSD families\u003c/a> finds that 57% of respondents plan to return their children to in-person learning once it is offered. But those rates vary significantly by race/ethnicity, with 80% of white, 62% of Black, 61% of Latino and 36% of Asian families opting to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 20, 2021\u003c/strong>: Students and staff at \u003ca href=\"https://thelowell.org/9736/features/looking-back-and-moving-forward-on-racial-equity-at-lowell/\">Lowell High School are exposed to racist, antisemitic and pornographic content\u003c/a> during a school-wide online anti-racism lesson. In response, the school's \u003ca href=\"https://lowell-blackstudentunion.medium.com/lowell-bsu-2020-2021-demands-339494e24641\">Black Student Union leaders issue a set of 23 demands\u003c/a> aimed at creating a safe environment for Lowell’s underrepresented students. The first demand calls for the school board to pass a resolution permanently ending merit-based admissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11899779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg\" alt='A young woman looks at the camera wearing a purple sweatshirt that says, &outclass of 21\" with a raised fist in place of the number 1.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster, a Lowell High School senior and student delegate for the district, stands outside her school in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 26, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school board \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/SF-Board-of-Education-Advances-Plan-to-Rename-Schools\">votes to move ahead with renaming 44 sites\u003c/a>. The plan calls for the committee to review new names by April 19 and then make recommendations to the board. Commissioner Kevine \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BW6NYK613C77\">Boggess is the only dissenter\u003c/a>. Mayor Breed criticizes the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 2, 2021\u003c/strong>: School board commissioners Collins, López and Matt Alexander and student delegates Shavonne Hines-Foster and Kathya Correa Almanza \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BXR4HA0B9CC0\">introduce a resolution\u003c/a> that would permanently end the merit-based admissions system at Lowell High School and replace it with the same lottery system used at the district’s comprehensive high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 3, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2021/02/03/herrera-sues-school-board-and-district-to-implement-real-reopening-plan/\">City Attorney Dennis Herrera sues the school district\u003c/a> and its board, alleging they have failed to come up with a reopening plan that meets state requirements. Three days later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-unions-reach-tentative-agreement-health-and-safety-standards-person-learning\">SFUSD and labor unions reach a tentative agreement\u003c/a> on the health and safety standards for in-person learning. Still, on Feb. 11, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2021/02/11/herrera-files-for-emergency-court-order-to-open-sf-public-schools/\">Herrera files an emergency court order\u003c/a> to reopen schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 9, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BW6P3X614632\">board votes to permanently end merit-based admissions at Lowell High School\u003c/a>. Commissioners Lam and Boggess vote against the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 19, 2021\u003c/strong>: Parents Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj launch a campaign committee in support of recalling López, Collins and Moliga — the only three commissioners who have served on the school board long enough to face a recall challenge, per city election rules. (Leaders of the effort say they would recall all seven board members if they could.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Autumn_Siva_petitions_credit_Recall_SF_School_Board-1-scaled-e1635468698126.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11894302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Autumn_Siva_petitions_credit_Recall_SF_School_Board-1-scaled-e1635468698126.jpeg\" alt=\"A man and a woman, smiling and arm in arm, stand at the corner of two walls stacked with election filing boxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Looijen, left, and Siva Raj, co-founders of the Recall SF School Board campaign, stand in front of boxes filled with signed petitions to put the effort on the ballot. \u003ccite>(Recall SF School Board)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recall opponents brand the couple interlopers because Looijen’s children attend Los Altos schools, while Raj and his children only moved to the city from Pleasanton months before initiating the recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 21, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/S-F-school-board-president-Renamings-are-on-15967923.php\">In an opinion piece in The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>, López, who recently became school board president, says the board will put the school renaming effort on hold to prioritize reopening classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: SFUSD announces\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11863665/questions-linger-as-san-francisco-schools-aim-to-reopen-next-month\"> an agreement with the United Educators of San Francisco\u003c/a> to resume in-person learning on April 12 for some of the district’s youngest students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 18, 2021\u003c/strong>: Attorney Paul Scott, representing high school alumni associations and others, \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alumni-v.-SFUSD.pdf\">sues the school board \u003c/a>over its decision to rename 44 schools, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Did-S-F-school-board-s-renaming-of-44-schools-15938584.php\">following through on an earlier, February threat\u003c/a>. The same day, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SFSchoolNaming-ORDER.pdf\">orders the district to either withdraw its renaming resolution\u003c/a> or show good cause for why it has not done so at a hearing set for May 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 19, 2021\u003c/strong>: A growing number of students, community members and local leaders begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/SFUSD-school-board-member-criticized-for-racist-16039069.php\">calling for school board vice president Alison Collins to resign\u003c/a> after the discovery of a series of tweets she wrote in 2016 disparaging Asian Americans. The tweets are resurfaced and circulated by recall supporter and Lowell alum Diane Yap, who herself has \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/upzonethememes/status/1374136766802718720\">come under fire for past comments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/IMG_7815-scaled-e1617305062188.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11867521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/IMG_7815-scaled-e1617305062188.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing in front of microphones at a news conference.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner Alison Collins addresses her supporters at a rally in San Francisco on March 31, 2021. \u003ccite>(MJ Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school board \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BYMMM75BCEF6\">votes to strip Collins of her role as vice president\u003c/a>. Commissioners Lam and Moliga, who authored the resolution, call for her to resign, saying she has failed to take responsibility for the harm she caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 31, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/SF-school-board-member-Alison-Collins-sues-16068075.php\">Collins sues the school district\u003c/a> and fellow board members for $87 million, claiming they unlawfully retaliated against her for the 2016 tweets and violated her free speech rights. She ultimately drops the lawsuit in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 1, 2021\u003c/strong>: The “Committee to Support the Recall of Board of Education Commissioners, Lopez, Collins, and Moliga” (later renamed \"Recall School Board Members Lopez, Collins, & Moliga\") begins circulating petitions to qualify the effort for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: Superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-superintendent-announces-decision-postpone-retirement-until-june-30-2022\">Matthews announces his decision to postpone his retirement\u003c/a> until June 30, 2022. The \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BYMM8S599F9A\">conditions of his staying on\u003c/a> are laid out in a new contract approved by the board on April 20 that includes a requirement that it follow its own rules and stay focused on reopening. Recall proponents argue that replacing the three board members is key because the school board will select the next superintendent.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11896759,news_11893795,news_11896685\"]\u003cstrong>April 6, 2021\u003c/strong>: The board \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/files/BZPR896CB91E/%2524file/Second%2520Amended%2520Resolution%2520Re%2520Renaming%2520Schools.pdf\">votes to rescind its decision to rename 44 schools\u003c/a>, citing the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 7, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sf-board-education-commits-returning-all-students-full-time-person-learning-fall-2021\">The board votes for all SFUSD students\u003c/a> to have the option to return to full-time in-person school starting the first day of the 2021-22 academic school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 12, 2021\u003c/strong>: Students in pre-K through second grade \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869003/a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-some-san-francisco-kids-return-to-in-person-school\">begin returning to the classroom\u003c/a>, with third, fourth and fifth graders starting a week later. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-resume-high-school-athletics-programs-april-12\">High school athletics resume.\u003c/a> New York City schools had begun opening seven months earlier, while Chicago schools started two months before. Frustration among some parents over the pace of reopening in San Francisco is central to the recall push. On April 26, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-welcomes-back-secondary-students-focal-populations\">2,000 middle and high school students in certain populations\u003c/a> return to in-person learning, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873384/a-lot-of-people-are-unhappy-about-sfusd-plan-to-bring-high-school-seniors-back-to-class\">with some high schoolers joining in mid-May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 23, 2021\u003c/strong>: Lowell alums and other groups that oppose the move to lottery-based admissions \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/S-F-school-board-sued-over-controversial-change-16125125.php\">sue the school board\u003c/a>, alleging it voted in violation of the Brown Act, a state law requiring public access to local government agency meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>May 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: The campaign supporting the recall receives its first donation of at least $100. Previously, the campaign limited donations to under $100 in order to, they say, democratize their campaign and limit record-keeping responsibilities. In late August, venture capitalist Arthur Rock \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894065/sf-school-board-recall-funded-mostly-by-local-donors-with-venture-capitalists-topping-the-list\">contributes $49,500 to the pro-recall campaign committee\u003c/a>, the largest donation up to that point. Rock has contributed to organizations with ties to charter schools, including political advocacy arms of the California Charter Schools Association, and the EdVoice for the Kids political action committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Sacks, a fellow venture capitalist, also chips in $49,500 for the recall. He previously contributed $180,000 to the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom and hosted a fundraiser in San Francisco for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Critics of the recall seize on the Rock and Sacks donations, labeling the campaign a coup attempt bankrolled by politically motivated outsiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897090\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11897090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg\" alt='A woman wearing a black mask kneels down next to a small girl wearing a blue mask who is holding a poster that reads \"no to recall!\"' width=\"1200\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-800x640.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-160x128.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Unified School Board President Gabriela López poses for a photo with a young supporter at the launch event for the No School Board Recalls campaign on Nov. 13, 2021. \u003ccite>(https://noschoolboardrecall.org/)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>July 27, 2021\u003c/strong>: A judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/judge-overturns-2019-decision-by-sfusd-to-cover-up-mural-at-washington-hs\">overturns the school board’s 2019 decision to cover the mural\u003c/a> at Washington High School, ruling in favor of the George \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/george-washington-high-schools-alumni-association-sues-over-controversial-s-f-mural/\">Washington High School Alumni Association, who had sued the district\u003c/a> and school board on the grounds that the district didn’t do an environmental review required by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 16, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-opens-full-person-learning-2021-2022-school-year\">SFUSD resumes in-person learning\u003c/a> full time at all schools, five days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sept. 15, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/time-is-of-the-essence-san-franciscos-school-district-faces-possible-state-takeover/\">State officials tell SFUSD they are stepping in\u003c/a> to oversee budget-related decisions in the face of a $125 million deficit. California Department of Education officials give the district until Dec. 15 to present a plan to address the shortfall. The news is made public the following month, emboldening recall supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent’s budget-balancing plan, approved Dec. 14, would cut $50 million from school sites, resulting in the loss of about 360 positions and $40 million from the central office. The balance would be made up in savings and new revenue. López is the sole no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s budget troubles date back years. In Feb. 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/educators-hit-with-first-layoff-warning-in-a-decade/\">Matthews warned district employees of layoffs\u003c/a> and “drastic cuts” totaling $26 million, citing rising costs that by then had outpaced revenues for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Week of Sept. 27, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Judge-orders-S-F-school-district-to-pay-legal-16500190.php\">A judge orders SFUSD to pay $60,000 in legal fees\u003c/a> related to a lawsuit over the renaming of schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: The board \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C738F91DFC25\">votes 6-1 to appeal\u003c/a> a court ruling that found that the board violated state law when it decided to cover the Washington High mural. Lam is the only no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 18, 2021\u003c/strong>: The San Francisco Department of Elections announces that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892743/recall-of-3-san-francisco-school-board-members-headed-to-ballot\">all three school board member recalls qualify\u003c/a> for the ballot, and sets a Feb. 15 election date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: “Stop the Recall of Faauuga Moliga” political action committee is formed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 30, 2021\u003c/strong>: A campaign committee to oppose the recall of all three board members, “No on Recalls of School Board Commissioners Lopez, Collins and Moliga,” is created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11897133\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a green t-shirt and two women, one wearing a navy blue shirt and the other with a black jacket, yellow pin and shirt with a flowers stand on the street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFUSD teachers and school board recall opponents (from left) Alex DiCicco, Karina Hwang and Cynthia Meza stand outside Leonard Flynn Elementary School in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 4, 2021\u003c/strong>: State Sen. Scott \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/scott_wiener/status/1456302181187944458\">Wiener, D-San Francisco, announces his endorsement of the recall\u003c/a> of all three board members. Five days later, Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/Mayor-Breed-backs-recall-of-three-San-Francisco-16607126.php\">announces her endorsement\u003c/a> of the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 15, 2021\u003c/strong>: A second pro-recall campaign committee, \u003ca href=\"https://public.netfile.com/pub2/?aid=sfo\">Concerned Parents Supporting the Recall of Collins, Lopez, and Moliga\u003c/a>, is formed to handle the messaging and media in support of the recall. Todd David, the former political director for Wiener’s state Senate campaign, is listed as the treasurer. Arthur Rock, the venture capitalist, chips in $350,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 17, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/judge-lowell-admissions-decision-violated-open-meeting-law/\">A judge rules that the school board violated the Brown Act\u003c/a> when it voted to do away with merit-based admissions at Lowell. The order leaves open the possibility of correcting the procedural error by putting the resolution on the school board's agenda with proper notice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dec. 16, 2021\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sf-board-education-approves-maintaining-current-admissions-criteria-lowell-high-school-2022-23\">school board votes\u003c/a> to maintain lottery-based admissions at Lowell High School for the 2022-23 school year.\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-superintendent-proposes-maintaining-choice-based-admissions-lowell-high-school-2022-23-school\"> Matthews put forward the proposal in late November\u003c/a>, saying there wasn't enough time to transition back to a merit-based system before the district’s Feb. 4 application deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 15, 2022\u003c/strong>: The recall election.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The effort to recall three San Francisco Board of Education commissioners has divided the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Depending on the take, the recall is a coup attempt by a mob of venture capitalists and moneyed moms; a righteous crusade to save the city’s marginalized children run by a bootstrapping crew of political newbies; or a misguided effort to exorcize the demons of the last two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort to oust school board members Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga — the first recall effort to make it onto the city’s ballot in almost four decades — is a uniquely San Franciscan edition of the ire directed at school boards across the country. Parents have been pushed to the brink by COVID-era stresses, and many have felt abandoned by their public institutions — and are hungry for accountability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Should Collins, López and Moliga be held responsible for the disarray largely wrought by the pandemic?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, anger over the handling of education during the pandemic launched a parent advocacy movement that surfaced the recall effort. That push has been fueled by long-simmering tensions, including a battle over who should have access to the city’s premier public high school and a years-old racial justice effort to rename certain schools — all of which have been highlighted by detractors as evidence of the school board’s ineptitude.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The prolonged debacle has garnered national media attention and hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations in support of the recall. Politicians have piled on. There have been lawsuits, allegations of racism and even death threats. And now, finally, it’s almost time to vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ballots will be mailed Jan. 12. To help you understand how we got to this point, here’s a timeline of key events that have led to the Feb. 15 recall election. Good luck, voters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11896856\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/faauuga-e1637364441573.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11896856\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/faauuga-e1637364441573.jpeg\" alt=\"SF Mayor London Breed faces a man in a suit holding up his right hand.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1406\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Mayor London Breed appoints Faauuga Moliga to the SF Board of Education on Oct. 15, 2018, on the campus of the June Jordan School for Equity. Breed has since supported the effort to recall Moliga, who is now the board's vice president. \u003ccite>(Courtesy \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/LondonBreed/status/1051912735196250112\">London Breed/Twitter\u003c/a>)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>May 22, 2018\u003c/strong>: School Board Resolution No. 184-10A1, “In Support of a Formal Process in the Renaming of San Francisco Unified School District Schools,” is \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=ANVP8B5C815A\">unanimously adopted by board commissioners\u003c/a>. Written in the wake of the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., the resolution calls for the school renaming process to be led by a blue-ribbon panel selected by the superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 15, 2018\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/mayor-london-breed-appoints-faauuga-moliga-san-francisco-unified-school-district-board\">Mayor London Breed appoints Faauuga Moliga\u003c/a> to the school board to fill a seat vacated by Hydra Mendoza-McDonnell. Breed has since announced her support for recalling Moliga, as well as fellow board members Alison Collins and Gabriela López, and will select their replacements if the effort to oust them is successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 6, 2018\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/SF-school-board-election-Collins-Lopez-and-13369546.php\">Gabriela López, Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga are elected\u003c/a> to the school board. The three, all people of color, have since focused much of their policymaking on the district’s historically underserved students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>June 25, 2019\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php\">school board votes to paint over a controversial mural\u003c/a> at Washington High School. The 1936 \"Life of Washington\" mural, by Victor Arnautoff, had been criticized for its derogatory depictions of Native Americans and African Americans. The decision comes after a community advisory committee — consisting of local Native American community members, students, school representatives, district representatives, local artists and historians — recommends permanently removing the offensive content. But the board’s decision triggers a backlash from the school’s alumni association, art historians and local preservationists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 13, 2019\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php\">board reverses course on the Washington High mural\u003c/a>, voting 4-3 to cover the painting rather than permanently remove it. Board President Stevon Cook and board members Rachel Norton, Jenny Lam and Faauuga Moliga vote to cover the mural, while Alison Collins, Mark Sanchez and Gabriela López vote against it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11765101\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-11765101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg\" alt=\"People take photos of a mural.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos.jpg 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-160x120.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-632x474.jpg 632w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/08/washignton-mural-photos-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the public snap pictures of the controversial 'Life of Washington' mural during viewing hours at George Washington High School. \u003ccite>(Chloe Veltman/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 16, 2020\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/schools-will-close-students-3-weeks\">SFUSD schools close\u003c/a> due to the onset of the COVID pandemic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Summer 2020\u003c/strong>: A parental group called Decreasing the Distance, which forms to pressure the district to reopen schools, begins holding rallies and lobbying local and state elected officials. The group eventually evolves into the San Francisco Parent Coalition, laying the organizational groundwork to propel the recall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>June 24, 2020\u003c/strong>: In the wake of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, the school board unanimously passes a resolution limiting police presence on campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>July 15, 2020\u003c/strong>: SFUSD announces, per Superintendent Vince Matthews's recommendation, that \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-confirms-it-will-begin-school-year-distance-learning\">classes for the 2020-21 school year will begin remotely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sept. 24, 2020\u003c/strong>: About a month after the \u003ca href=\"https://sfmayor.org/article/san-francisco-announces-next-phase-reopening-begin-monday\">state moves San Francisco into the “red” reopening tier\u003c/a>, allowing for the resumption of limited capacity TK-sixth grade in-person learning, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-shares-planning-process-return-person-learning\">district shares an initial reopening plan\u003c/a>. Under the plan, the city must meet certain public health indicators and have measures in place, including a COVID testing strategy, staff training and labor agreements. Once met, SFUSD says it will apply to the city to offer in-person classes for priority student populations.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 21, 2020\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/board-education-approves-lowell-high-school-admissions-change-incoming-class-fall-2021\">board adopts a change to a lottery-based admissions process\u003c/a> at Lowell High School for the 2021-22 school year only, approving \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/lowell-high-school-admissions-change-incoming-class-fall-2021\">a policy presented by Matthews\u003c/a>. With standardized testing and letter grades halted because of the pandemic, district officials say it's not possible to carry out the normal admissions process at Lowell. The elite high school’s merit-based admissions system has for decades been the subject of controversy, and the board's decision stokes anger among some parents and helps galvanize recall supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 23, 2020\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/A-bloody-glove-and-swastikas-SF-school-board-15676326.php\">Racist and threatening social media posts\u003c/a> attacking board members López and Collins appear online in response to the board’s unanimous vote to temporarily halt merit-based admissions at Lowell. Elected officials gather to denounce the harassment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 10, 2020\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/files/BV7UJT7C54B0/%24file/Presentation%20To%20BOE_School%20Names%20Panel%20Update.pdf\">School Names Advisory Committee provides an update\u003c/a> to the school board, including a list of 44 school sites identified for possible renaming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Dec. 18, 2020\u003c/strong>: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/sfusd-updates-timeline-person-learning\">district pushes back its Jan. 25 target date to reopen\u003c/a> the first 12 schools for in-person instruction because an agreement with labor unions hasn't yet been reached.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 4, 2021\u003c/strong>: A \u003ca href=\"https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgRX68QeYT7C01jyfNfEXeIloxJgtZAd/view\">survey of SFUSD families\u003c/a> finds that 57% of respondents plan to return their children to in-person learning once it is offered. But those rates vary significantly by race/ethnicity, with 80% of white, 62% of Black, 61% of Latino and 36% of Asian families opting to return.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 20, 2021\u003c/strong>: Students and staff at \u003ca href=\"https://thelowell.org/9736/features/looking-back-and-moving-forward-on-racial-equity-at-lowell/\">Lowell High School are exposed to racist, antisemitic and pornographic content\u003c/a> during a school-wide online anti-racism lesson. In response, the school's \u003ca href=\"https://lowell-blackstudentunion.medium.com/lowell-bsu-2020-2021-demands-339494e24641\">Black Student Union leaders issue a set of 23 demands\u003c/a> aimed at creating a safe environment for Lowell’s underrepresented students. The first demand calls for the school board to pass a resolution permanently ending merit-based admissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899779\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11899779\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg\" alt='A young woman looks at the camera wearing a purple sweatshirt that says, &outclass of 21\" with a raised fist in place of the number 1.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/010_SanFrancisco_LowellHS_Shavonne_01292021-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavonne Hines-Foster, a Lowell High School senior and student delegate for the district, stands outside her school in San Francisco on Jan. 29, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Jan. 26, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school board \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/SF-Board-of-Education-Advances-Plan-to-Rename-Schools\">votes to move ahead with renaming 44 sites\u003c/a>. The plan calls for the committee to review new names by April 19 and then make recommendations to the board. Commissioner Kevine \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BW6NYK613C77\">Boggess is the only dissenter\u003c/a>. Mayor Breed criticizes the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 2, 2021\u003c/strong>: School board commissioners Collins, López and Matt Alexander and student delegates Shavonne Hines-Foster and Kathya Correa Almanza \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BXR4HA0B9CC0\">introduce a resolution\u003c/a> that would permanently end the merit-based admissions system at Lowell High School and replace it with the same lottery system used at the district’s comprehensive high schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 3, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2021/02/03/herrera-sues-school-board-and-district-to-implement-real-reopening-plan/\">City Attorney Dennis Herrera sues the school district\u003c/a> and its board, alleging they have failed to come up with a reopening plan that meets state requirements. Three days later, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about/news/current-news/sfusd-unions-reach-tentative-agreement-health-and-safety-standards-person-learning\">SFUSD and labor unions reach a tentative agreement\u003c/a> on the health and safety standards for in-person learning. Still, on Feb. 11, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcityattorney.org/2021/02/11/herrera-files-for-emergency-court-order-to-open-sf-public-schools/\">Herrera files an emergency court order\u003c/a> to reopen schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 9, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BW6P3X614632\">board votes to permanently end merit-based admissions at Lowell High School\u003c/a>. Commissioners Lam and Boggess vote against the resolution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 19, 2021\u003c/strong>: Parents Autumn Looijen and Siva Raj launch a campaign committee in support of recalling López, Collins and Moliga — the only three commissioners who have served on the school board long enough to face a recall challenge, per city election rules. (Leaders of the effort say they would recall all seven board members if they could.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11894302\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Autumn_Siva_petitions_credit_Recall_SF_School_Board-1-scaled-e1635468698126.jpeg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11894302\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/10/Autumn_Siva_petitions_credit_Recall_SF_School_Board-1-scaled-e1635468698126.jpeg\" alt=\"A man and a woman, smiling and arm in arm, stand at the corner of two walls stacked with election filing boxes.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Autumn Looijen, left, and Siva Raj, co-founders of the Recall SF School Board campaign, stand in front of boxes filled with signed petitions to put the effort on the ballot. \u003ccite>(Recall SF School Board)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Recall opponents brand the couple interlopers because Looijen’s children attend Los Altos schools, while Raj and his children only moved to the city from Pleasanton months before initiating the recall campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Feb. 21, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/S-F-school-board-president-Renamings-are-on-15967923.php\">In an opinion piece in The San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/a>, López, who recently became school board president, says the board will put the school renaming effort on hold to prioritize reopening classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: SFUSD announces\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11863665/questions-linger-as-san-francisco-schools-aim-to-reopen-next-month\"> an agreement with the United Educators of San Francisco\u003c/a> to resume in-person learning on April 12 for some of the district’s youngest students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 18, 2021\u003c/strong>: Attorney Paul Scott, representing high school alumni associations and others, \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Alumni-v.-SFUSD.pdf\">sues the school board \u003c/a>over its decision to rename 44 schools, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Did-S-F-school-board-s-renaming-of-44-schools-15938584.php\">following through on an earlier, February threat\u003c/a>. The same day, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman \u003ca href=\"https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SFSchoolNaming-ORDER.pdf\">orders the district to either withdraw its renaming resolution\u003c/a> or show good cause for why it has not done so at a hearing set for May 6.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 19, 2021\u003c/strong>: A growing number of students, community members and local leaders begin \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/SFUSD-school-board-member-criticized-for-racist-16039069.php\">calling for school board vice president Alison Collins to resign\u003c/a> after the discovery of a series of tweets she wrote in 2016 disparaging Asian Americans. The tweets are resurfaced and circulated by recall supporter and Lowell alum Diane Yap, who herself has \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/upzonethememes/status/1374136766802718720\">come under fire for past comments\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11867521\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/IMG_7815-scaled-e1617305062188.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11867521\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/04/IMG_7815-scaled-e1617305062188.jpg\" alt=\"A woman standing in front of microphones at a news conference.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Board of Education Commissioner Alison Collins addresses her supporters at a rally in San Francisco on March 31, 2021. \u003ccite>(MJ Johnson/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: The school board \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BYMMM75BCEF6\">votes to strip Collins of her role as vice president\u003c/a>. Commissioners Lam and Moliga, who authored the resolution, call for her to resign, saying she has failed to take responsibility for the harm she caused.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>March 31, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/SF-school-board-member-Alison-Collins-sues-16068075.php\">Collins sues the school district\u003c/a> and fellow board members for $87 million, claiming they unlawfully retaliated against her for the 2016 tweets and violated her free speech rights. She ultimately drops the lawsuit in September.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 1, 2021\u003c/strong>: The “Committee to Support the Recall of Board of Education Commissioners, Lopez, Collins, and Moliga” (later renamed \"Recall School Board Members Lopez, Collins, & Moliga\") begins circulating petitions to qualify the effort for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: Superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-superintendent-announces-decision-postpone-retirement-until-june-30-2022\">Matthews announces his decision to postpone his retirement\u003c/a> until June 30, 2022. The \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=BYMM8S599F9A\">conditions of his staying on\u003c/a> are laid out in a new contract approved by the board on April 20 that includes a requirement that it follow its own rules and stay focused on reopening. Recall proponents argue that replacing the three board members is key because the school board will select the next superintendent.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 6, 2021\u003c/strong>: The board \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/files/BZPR896CB91E/%2524file/Second%2520Amended%2520Resolution%2520Re%2520Renaming%2520Schools.pdf\">votes to rescind its decision to rename 44 schools\u003c/a>, citing the lawsuit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 7, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sf-board-education-commits-returning-all-students-full-time-person-learning-fall-2021\">The board votes for all SFUSD students\u003c/a> to have the option to return to full-time in-person school starting the first day of the 2021-22 academic school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 12, 2021\u003c/strong>: Students in pre-K through second grade \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11869003/a-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-some-san-francisco-kids-return-to-in-person-school\">begin returning to the classroom\u003c/a>, with third, fourth and fifth graders starting a week later. \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-resume-high-school-athletics-programs-april-12\">High school athletics resume.\u003c/a> New York City schools had begun opening seven months earlier, while Chicago schools started two months before. Frustration among some parents over the pace of reopening in San Francisco is central to the recall push. On April 26, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-welcomes-back-secondary-students-focal-populations\">2,000 middle and high school students in certain populations\u003c/a> return to in-person learning, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11873384/a-lot-of-people-are-unhappy-about-sfusd-plan-to-bring-high-school-seniors-back-to-class\">with some high schoolers joining in mid-May\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>April 23, 2021\u003c/strong>: Lowell alums and other groups that oppose the move to lottery-based admissions \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/S-F-school-board-sued-over-controversial-change-16125125.php\">sue the school board\u003c/a>, alleging it voted in violation of the Brown Act, a state law requiring public access to local government agency meetings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>May 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: The campaign supporting the recall receives its first donation of at least $100. Previously, the campaign limited donations to under $100 in order to, they say, democratize their campaign and limit record-keeping responsibilities. In late August, venture capitalist Arthur Rock \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11894065/sf-school-board-recall-funded-mostly-by-local-donors-with-venture-capitalists-topping-the-list\">contributes $49,500 to the pro-recall campaign committee\u003c/a>, the largest donation up to that point. Rock has contributed to organizations with ties to charter schools, including political advocacy arms of the California Charter Schools Association, and the EdVoice for the Kids political action committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>David Sacks, a fellow venture capitalist, also chips in $49,500 for the recall. He previously contributed $180,000 to the campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom and hosted a fundraiser in San Francisco for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Critics of the recall seize on the Rock and Sacks donations, labeling the campaign a coup attempt bankrolled by politically motivated outsiders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897090\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11897090\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg\" alt='A woman wearing a black mask kneels down next to a small girl wearing a blue mask who is holding a poster that reads \"no to recall!\"' width=\"1200\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31.jpg 1200w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-800x640.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-1020x816.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/PHOTO-2021-11-17-15-56-31-160x128.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Francisco Unified School Board President Gabriela López poses for a photo with a young supporter at the launch event for the No School Board Recalls campaign on Nov. 13, 2021. \u003ccite>(https://noschoolboardrecall.org/)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>July 27, 2021\u003c/strong>: A judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.ktvu.com/news/judge-overturns-2019-decision-by-sfusd-to-cover-up-mural-at-washington-hs\">overturns the school board’s 2019 decision to cover the mural\u003c/a> at Washington High School, ruling in favor of the George \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/george-washington-high-schools-alumni-association-sues-over-controversial-s-f-mural/\">Washington High School Alumni Association, who had sued the district\u003c/a> and school board on the grounds that the district didn’t do an environmental review required by state law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aug. 16, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/about-sfusd/sfusd-news/current-news-sfusd/sfusd-opens-full-person-learning-2021-2022-school-year\">SFUSD resumes in-person learning\u003c/a> full time at all schools, five days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sept. 15, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/time-is-of-the-essence-san-franciscos-school-district-faces-possible-state-takeover/\">State officials tell SFUSD they are stepping in\u003c/a> to oversee budget-related decisions in the face of a $125 million deficit. California Department of Education officials give the district until Dec. 15 to present a plan to address the shortfall. The news is made public the following month, emboldening recall supporters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The superintendent’s budget-balancing plan, approved Dec. 14, would cut $50 million from school sites, resulting in the loss of about 360 positions and $40 million from the central office. The balance would be made up in savings and new revenue. López is the sole no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s budget troubles date back years. In Feb. 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/educators-hit-with-first-layoff-warning-in-a-decade/\">Matthews warned district employees of layoffs\u003c/a> and “drastic cuts” totaling $26 million, citing rising costs that by then had outpaced revenues for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Week of Sept. 27, 2021\u003c/strong>: \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Judge-orders-S-F-school-district-to-pay-legal-16500190.php\">A judge orders SFUSD to pay $60,000 in legal fees\u003c/a> related to a lawsuit over the renaming of schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 5, 2021\u003c/strong>: The board \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/goto?open&id=C738F91DFC25\">votes 6-1 to appeal\u003c/a> a court ruling that found that the board violated state law when it decided to cover the Washington High mural. Lam is the only no vote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 18, 2021\u003c/strong>: The San Francisco Department of Elections announces that \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11892743/recall-of-3-san-francisco-school-board-members-headed-to-ballot\">all three school board member recalls qualify\u003c/a> for the ballot, and sets a Feb. 15 election date.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 25, 2021\u003c/strong>: “Stop the Recall of Faauuga Moliga” political action committee is formed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Oct. 30, 2021\u003c/strong>: A campaign committee to oppose the recall of all three board members, “No on Recalls of School Board Commissioners Lopez, Collins and Moliga,” is created.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11897133\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11897133\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A man wearing a green t-shirt and two women, one wearing a navy blue shirt and the other with a black jacket, yellow pin and shirt with a flowers stand on the street.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/RS52670_009_SanFrancisco_SchoolBoardRecallOpponents_11192021-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">SFUSD teachers and school board recall opponents (from left) Alex DiCicco, Karina Hwang and Cynthia Meza stand outside Leonard Flynn Elementary School in San Francisco on Nov. 19, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Nov. 4, 2021\u003c/strong>: State Sen. 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"content": "\u003cp>With California expecting another year of record state revenues, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday unveiled a spending plan that would make deep investments into containing the current COVID-19 surge, expanding health care access, shoring up drought response and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11899691/gov-newsom-boosts-efforts-to-combat-organized-retail-theft-in-california\">fighting organized retail crime\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $286.4 billion proposal is aimed at tackling what Newsom’s administration deems California’s “most existential threats”: COVID-19, climate change, homelessness, inequality and public safety. With midterm elections and the governor’s reelection campaign looming this fall, however, those challenges also pose clear political threats to the national Democratic establishment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Gov. Gavin Newsom\"]‘[We] continue to do what we can to fight this latest surge.’[/pullquote]His budget seems aimed at getting ahead of some of that. Newsom is asking lawmakers to spend an extra $1.4 billion immediately on pandemic response measures — a proposal that comes as the state faces down its third year of addressing the pandemic even as COVID-19 cases surge to record levels, causing major disruptions in schools and hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor wants the state to earmark $2.7 billion in additional money over the next 18 months \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/01/08/governor-newsom-announces-new-2-7-billion-covid-19-emergency-response-package/\">for increased testing, vaccination campaigns and support for hospitals and health care workers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The goal this year is to do more in testing and those vaccine boosters,” he said. “[We] continue to do what we can to fight this latest surge, in issues related to staffing of frontline workers in our hospitals, and dealing with this incredible stress and strain that so many in our system are facing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also praised “the individuals that show up every single day for work against just extraordinary, extraordinary circumstances.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With at least $45 billion more in expected revenue than had been forecast by state officials last year — a number that could climb even higher over the coming months — Newsom also wants to expand health care access to all Californians, regardless of immigration status. If his proposal to make Medi-Cal available to all undocumented immigrants is approved, California would become the first state in the nation to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11879724\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/RS50190_GettyImages-1310021506-qut-1020x668.jpg\"]Not all of that $45 billion in extra money is unspoken for. Newsom noted that $16 billion of it will automatically go to schools, and $9 billion will be put in state reserves or used to pay down debt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In all, California leaders will have about $20 billion extra to spend — cash Newsom said he wants to spend largely on one-time investments. It’s still unclear, the governor said, whether the state will have to refund any money to taxpayers under a 1979 law that places limits on state spending.\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Schools and COVID-19\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>With the pandemic still top of mind for many Californians, Newsom is including a proposed $1.2 billion to help expand hours and capacity at testing sites as well as distribute millions of antigen tests to schools, local governments and clinics. The lack of access to testing has become a huge problem for schools in particular as the omicron variant drives cases to unprecedented levels, prompting staffing shortages and posing political challenges for Newsom and other state leaders.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to testing, the governor wants to pump another $583 million into efforts to get more Californians vaccinated and boosted. That money would fund not only in-home vaccination and testing programs and free transportation to vaccine appointments, but also a public education campaign aimed at combating vaccine misinformation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor also wants to invest billions more into behavioral health services — including for young people who have been hit hard by mental health issues during the pandemic. And, he’s proposing to continue offering two free meals a day to all public schoolchildren, not just those from families with incomes deemed low enough to qualify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, to address concerns about how declining public school enrollment could hurt schools already struggling to survive the pandemic, Newsom is proposing a new way to calculate how much money school districts receive. Instead of basing budget figures on a district’s average daily attendance over one school year, the budget proposes allowing them to consider an average of three years of attendance figures.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Climate investments\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Despite wet weather in recent weeks, California is still facing a historic drought. Last year, lawmakers and the governor approved a $5.2 billion water package that will fund infrastructure projects around the state to make water more reliable and safer. In this year’s plan, Newsom proposes spending an additional $750 million to help residents, farmers and wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are mindful of our need to do better to prepare not only for short-term, medium- and long-term realities of a world that’s being replumbed both literally and figuratively as it comes to weather,” Newsom said, adding that in addition to investments in storage and infrastructure, “we have got to do more, all of us including my family, on water conservation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11900750\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/GettyImages-1323577332-1-1020x676.jpg\"]The governor is also including $1.2 billion in new spending on initiatives like forest thinning, prescribed burns, grazing, reforestation, fuel breaks and new technology to detect wildfires early. And he wants to direct nearly $650 million in new funds to support firefighting efforts — including $400 million for CalFire firefighters directly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are overwhelmed, they are stressed,” Newsom said of the CalFire workforce. “We have gotten staffing up [in recent years] but the workload is still profound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom wants to reduce the state’s reliance on fossil fuels in part by investing a total of $10 billion to encourage the switch to electric vehicles, including nearly $4 billion for trucks, buses and heavy-duty vehicles. And he’s proposing over $1 billion over the next three years in new tax credits for businesses that create “cutting-edge climate solutions” and “develop green energy technologies and agree to share profits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Targeting inequality\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The governor also is prioritizing the state’s high cost of living, saying he wants to help blunt the rising costs of health care, housing and child care — and help small businesses stay open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among his initiatives:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Expanding Medi-Cal health coverage to undocumented immigrants who are between age 26 and 50. In recent years, the state has slowly increased access to the health care insurance program for Californians with lower incomes — first by expanding it to young people up to age 26 in 2019, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news//so-thankful-california-to-offer-medi-cal-to-235000-undocumented-californians\">and then last year by including an estimated 235,000 undocumented people over the age of 50\u003c/a>. Under this year’s proposal — which is likely to be embraced by the Democrat-led Legislature, another 764,000 people would be covered by January of 2024.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Investing in child care and education programs by adding thousands of new child care slots for lower-income families and increasing access to before-, after- and summer-school programs. He’s also proposing $4 billion in spending over the next several years to create universal preschool in California.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Earmarking $2 billion for grants and tax credits aimed at increasing housing production in California.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Providing hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and tax breaks to small businesses as well as waiving fees. Newsom, a business owner himself, noted the challenges small businesses have faced during this pandemic.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>$182 million to fight the opioid epidemic, particularly the fentanyl crisis, including for overdose prevention and medication-assisted treatment.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>And, the governor said the state will be experimenting with a way to bring down the cost of prescription drugs by entering into agreements to produce its own insulin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Insulin epitomizes the failures in the pharmaceutical industry,” he said, adding that more details will be released in the coming months but that he hopes the pilot program could be a model for other pharmaceutical products.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Reducing homelessness\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In addition to $12 billion authorized last year, Newsom is proposing another $2 billion in spending this year aimed at getting people off the street and into shelters that have behavioral health support. He noted that the state has housed more than 50,000 people since the pandemic began, through its Project Roomkey program, but said more needs to be done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most strikingly, the governor indicated he intends to double down on one of the state’s most controversial strategies for getting people into housing: conservatorship laws, which allow counties to force residents deemed mentally incompetent by a court into treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11887815\" hero=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/09/GettyImages-1233456190-1020x680.jpg\"]Conservatorship laws have been vociferously opposed by some advocates for unhoused people and by civil libertarians, but the governor promised to overhaul the state’s laws this year, with more details in the coming weeks for what is sure to be a controversial proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Look, we recognize our responsibility to do more and better,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among his budget proposals: $1.4 billion for mobile crisis services, so that Medi-Cal providers can provide behavioral health care to unhoused residents where they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Public safety\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Newsom also is trying to get ahead of concerns about public safety. His proposal includes $255 million in grants to help local law enforcement combat organized retail crime — including by increasing police presence at stores. He’s piloting a new grant program to help small businesses that have been the victims of smash-and-grab theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom also wants to make permanent a “smash and grab” division at the California Highway Patrol dedicated to assisting police agencies in the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Joaquin Valley, Los Angeles and San Diego regions combat retail, auto and rail theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Related Coverage' tag='politics']The budget also calls for nearly $50 million to help both state and local prosecutors in theft-related cases — including to prosecute large retail theft rings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said he understands that mayors and local police and prosecutors need support to tackle, in particular, organized theft.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s wrong and you have to be held to account,” he said, noting that those crimes threaten “our sense of safety,” which he called “foundational to any thriving society.”\u003cbr>\n[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>California high school seniors were in 10th grade when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and sent them home to learn. This year, many seniors are either struggling to earn enough credits to graduate or, because of a new state law, graduating with fewer credits and requirements than classes before them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB104\">Assembly Bill 104\u003c/a>, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in July, allowed parents to request that D’s and F’s earned in the 2020-21 school year be changed to pass or no-pass grades. It also gave last year’s juniors and seniors the option to graduate with \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=51225.3.&nodeTreePath=2.3.4.3.3&lawCode=EDC\">the state’s minimum requirements\u003c/a>, made up of 13 courses totaling about 130 credits. Students also can take a fifth year of high school if needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite these flexibilities, some high school students are still lagging academically, and school districts and their teachers are working hard to help them catch up. Popular tactics include instituting block schedules that allow students to take more classes and add tutoring sessions into their school days, as well as meeting with students to set up graduation plans and expanding after-school tutoring programs.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alix Gallagher, director of strategic partnerships, Policy Analysis for California Education\"]‘Some of the students the hardest hit were the ones already struggling.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s hard to know how many seniors are failing classes this school year, as first-term grades aren’t yet available, but it’s no secret students are struggling, said Alix Gallagher, director of strategic partnerships for Policy Analysis for California Education, \u003ca href=\"https://edpolicyinca.org/\">or PACE,\u003c/a> an independent research center at Stanford University that focuses on education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m hearing it everywhere,” she said. “Last year was their junior year, and they spent it online.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Data from \u003ca href=\"https://coredistricts.org/\">Core Districts\u003c/a>, a collaboration of California school districts working to improve student achievement, shows a 10% increase in the number of ninth graders at 15 schools across multiple districts with at least one D or F in college preparation courses in the second semester of 2020-21, compared with the same semester of the 2018-19 school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s not a small leap to say it isn’t just ninth graders [who are failing more classes],” Gallagher said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And, she said, students who stopped showing up for school weren’t included in those numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some of the students the hardest hit were the ones already struggling,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Students need academic and social-emotional support\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Educators contacted by EdSource overwhelmingly said that social-emotional issues are the primary reason students are struggling academically. Schools have added therapists, counselors and social workers to help students to deal with emotional issues, often related to the pandemic, so they can get on track academically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tatiana Torres, 17, a senior at Heritage High School in Brentwood, started attending high school her sophomore year after three years in a home-hospital school program because of an injury. She was just settling into the high school campus — making friends, changing classes, dreaming about school dances — when the pandemic hit, and she found herself at home again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though she was accustomed to studying independently, online distance learning was a struggle, Torres said. “It was a difficult time academically,” she said. “There was so much emotion going on. It was really difficult.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But returning to school was also hard. Along with trying to get reacquainted with old friends, adapting to the return to school and being part of a class again, seniors had to make sure they had enough credits to graduate, Torres said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know in my class, especially in the beginning of the year, people couldn’t pay attention,” Torres said. “Some people just couldn’t do it. Some people couldn’t focus. If you haven’t been doing it in the last one and a half years, getting back into it is very difficult.”[aside postID=\"mindshift_58693,news_11888038,mindshift_58872\" label=\"Related Posts\"]David Cohen, an English and writing teacher at Palo Alto High School with certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, said students are still trying to get acclimated to classrooms again, as well as to academic rhythms and expectations. The problems in his classes seem to be overall work habits and drive, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Anecdotally, there has not been a huge increase in the number [of students] that actually fail, but an increase in those who come close and need extra support to stay on solid ground,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many teachers are trying to provide more structure for students by guiding them through their work, but they also are offering more flexibility when students have trouble completing work on time, Cohen said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>School districts are getting creative to keep students on track\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified, the state’s largest district, with 450,000 students, and Nevada Joint Union High School District in Grass Valley, with 2,686 students, were two of the districts that adopted a block schedule to help students catch up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A block schedule allows for longer class periods and fewer classes each day. Individual classes are held a few times a week instead of five times, often allowing students to take more classes and earn additional units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Los Angeles Unified saw a 1.6% increase in students earning a failing grade in the 2020-21 school year, compared with 2018-19 — the year before the pandemic — although the graduation rate increased slightly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Los Angeles Unified has aggressively worked to increase instructional opportunities and credit recovery for all students, including the adoption of block scheduling and eight-period school days to enable students to graduate on time and be eligible for post-secondary opportunities,” said district officials in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevada Joint Union High School District, located in the Sierra Nevada foothills, moved to four 82-minute classes a day and a 35-minute period for tutoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If students are struggling in any particular thing, counselors will assign them to get additional assistance,” said Superintendent Brett McFadden. “If students are doing well and are on target, they can use the 35 minutes for homework. “\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district also went to a pass/no pass grading policy a few months after schools closed in 2020 and agreed last year to allow students who were struggling to petition the district to allow them to graduate with a minimum of 160 credits, instead of the district’s usual 210-credit requirement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of last school year, counselors also met with students who didn’t have enough credits and their parents to develop a graduation plan and to offer services like after-school tutoring and summer school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of early actions we took, we aren’t facing a high number of seniors at risk of not graduating,” McFadden said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Juan Unified School District in Sacramento was another district that didn’t wait for legislators to pass AB 104 before they stepped in to make graduating easier for seniors affected by the pandemic. District officials decided early in the pandemic to allow students who had been on track to graduate before the pandemic to earn their diploma even if they had fallen behind since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We basically just notified them and said, ‘Hey, by the way, you know you don’t have to go to summer school. You graduated,’” said Brett Wolfe, a director with the school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District officials expect that the legislative flexibilities that are still in place and district strategies to accelerate learning will keep graduation rates around 96% — the same as last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some strategies the district uses include meetings with counselors, students and their parents to ensure students who are struggling are aware of how many credits they still need, as well as the academic interventions that are available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year 433 of San Juan’s 2,734 high school graduates used the lower state graduation requirements allowed under AB 104. The district has 51,000 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We want kids to graduate what we call college-, career-ready,” Wolfe said. “AB 104 is a safety net, not a strategy. And so really that’s the message we want to send.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To accommodate students who are behind on credits, the district increased access to online credit-recovery courses and summer school programs, and added flexible schedules at high schools that include 30 minutes of designated time each day to provide academic intervention, enrichment and emotional support to students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very hard for them, coming back full time,” said Kristan Schnepp, assistant superintendent of secondary education at San Juan Unified. “There’s just a lot of stress that goes along with that return. There was a lot of trauma that happened for students over the last 18 months.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Bernardino City Unified, a district of 48,755 students in Southern California, also has seen some increase in failure rates, said Sudha Venkatesan, director of secondary education for the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The learning loss is evident,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many students fell behind academically during school closures because of a lack of attendance, due to problems including getting online and turning their cameras on, Venkatesan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district also had a slight drop in its graduation rate — from 91.8% in 2018 to 88.5% in 2020, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://www6.cde.ca.gov/californiamodel/gradreport?&year=2020&cdcode=3667876&scode=&reporttype=schools\">California Department of Education website\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Bernardino City Unified has long offered high school seniors credit-recovery programs so they can make up needed credits and graduate. But its optional fifth year of high school, online credit-recovery programs and condensed coursework at its alternative schools wasn’t enough this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district added tutors and increased access to online classes that allow students to make up credits. The district’s summer school program also had some of the highest enrollment numbers since the program began about seven years ago, Venkatesan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Bernardino students who were affected by the 2020-21 school closures also were allowed to submit a petition to waive the district’s graduation requirements, which are currently 220 credits, and complete the state’s minimum course requirements of about 130 credits. 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"content": "\u003cp>Unprepared to add \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/thousands-of-california-students-still-lack-proof-of-vaccination-despite-school-deadlines/664510\">thousands of students\u003c/a> to their independent study programs, several large California school districts opted this week to roll back their vaccine mandate deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Contra Costa Unified board members \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/west-contra-costa-unified-pushes-back-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-deadline\">voted Wednesday to push their vaccine deadline back\u003c/a> from Jan. 3 to Feb. 18, while ramping up outreach to get more students vaccinated. Thousands of families had not submitted their children’s COVID-19 vaccine verifications to continue in-person instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Just the day before, Los Angeles Unified’s school board \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/updates/la-unified-pushes-back-deadline-for-covid-19-vaccine-mandate\">voted to give students age 12 and older until fall 2022\u003c/a> to receive both doses of the vaccine. By doing so they scrapped their original deadline — the start of the spring 2021 semester, Jan. 10 — and aligned with the state’s vaccine mandate timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though anti-vaccine and anti-vaccine-mandate groups are declaring the deadline delay a win, school board members have made it clear that the decisions were not made to appease them. Rather, as Los Angeles Unified school board member Jackie Goldberg said Tuesday, the decisions were made to avoid destabilizing the school environment for both vaccinated and unvaccinated students, since \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-27/independent-study-california-lausd\">independent study programs like LA’s City of Angels remain short-staffed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to tell those of you who come and say you think you’ve pushed us back: No, you didn’t,” Goldberg said. “The mandate remains.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Contra Costa Unified Superintendent Kenneth “Chris” Hurst said the district would not have been prepared to offer independent study to the 6,743 students age 12 and older who had not verified their vaccination status as of Monday. The district’s independent study program already had \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/bay-area-district-among-first-in-state-to-keep-distance-learning-even-after-campuses-reopen/647422\">a wait list of 365 students\u003c/a> this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not offering those students \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/quick-guide-what-is-independent-study-in-california/659197\">independent study\u003c/a> would have violated state law. Assembly Bill 130 requires districts to offer independent study for the 2021-22 school year to all students who seek it as an alternative to in-person instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jackie Goldberg, Los Angeles Unified School District board member\"]‘I want to tell those of you who come and say you think you’ve pushed us back: No, you didn’t.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>West Contra Costa and Los Angeles are only the latest to delay vaccine deadlines in school districts statewide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland Unified pushed back its deadline from Jan. 1 to Jan. 31, after only 60% of the district’s students age 12 and older — about 6,000 — were fully vaccinated by Dec. 1, \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2021/12/02/oaklands-student-vaccine-mandate-starts-jan-31-what-you-need-to-know/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oaklandside reported\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sacramento City Unified’s deadline was Nov. 30, but \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/article256262992.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">less than 30%\u003c/a> of students reported their vaccine status by then. The district will give students until Feb. 1 to get vaccinated or be assigned to independent study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Department of Public Health officials said they will be working with local health departments and districts throughout the state to ramp up student vaccinations in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are hopeful many families will see the benefits of vaccination and move forward with the decision to get their children protected against this deadly virus,” CDPH officials said via email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office said it is “closely monitoring” the vaccine mandates of districts that adopted stricter timelines than the state’s. Newsom’s office also decried the attempt by anti-vaccination groups to “politicize” the vaccine and the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2021/california-to-require-covid-vaccine-for-all-students-newsom-says/661843\">state’s vaccine mandate\u003c/a> will follow the federal Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the COVID vaccine for each age group and is expected to go into effect in July 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, only the Pfizer vaccine is \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-covid-19-vaccine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fully approved\u003c/a> for people 16 and older. The Pfizer vaccine also has emergency authorization for use in children age 12 to 16. LA Unified, West Contra Costa Unified, Oakland Unified and others adopted even stricter timelines.[aside tag=\"education\" label=\"More education coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>LA Unified school board member Nick Melvoin this week said the logistical nightmare of transferring thousands of students to independent study amid a \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/product-files/A_Coming_Crisis_in_Teaching_REPORT.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">national teacher shortage\u003c/a> is the “result of lack of support from the state.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goldberg concurred that LA Unified might be in “a different place right now” if the state had given districts \u003cb>“\u003c/b>more choices of what to do with the unvaccinated [other than long-term independent study] than they have thus far,” or if the district had received more funding to entice teachers with better pay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, said in an interview with EdSource that legislators will be looking at ways to help districts in this predicament during the upcoming legislative session. That means addressing how the state can help districts build up their independent study capacity and what rules may be making that more difficult. Legislators will also be looking to update rules around immunization, and making databases more accessible to schools, so that vaccine verification is easier on families. As it is, families currently have to verify their children’s vaccination status with their district even though that information is already available at the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m sure [verification and independent study] will be a significant focus in this coming legislative session,” Pan said. “It doesn’t look like COVID is going away anytime soon. … We can’t have another school year still hampered because we haven’t addressed these issues. 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They bumped into each other, recalls Guy-Sheftall, and ended up sharing a dorm room. “We literally talked all night,” she said, adding that they have been talking ever since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“One of the things I loved about bell is she critiqued these systems without confusing them with the people,” powell shared, adding that hooks talked about love as a way of getting to belonging. And she talked about accountability in the home and in community. In 2015, hooks spoke of life and death at an Othering and Belonging conference at UC Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sX7fqIU4gQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both powell and Guy-Sheftall remarked on hooks’s ability to always be vulnerable, and comfortable with her own weaknesses. “She would cry in public,” powell said. This vulnerability, Guy-Sheftall said, and her willingness to talk about dysfunctionality, therapy and love, allowed people to connect to her, “like a sister or like an aunt.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“She did this very, very comfortably and brought people in. And I think it was also her way of saying, ‘I love you,'” Guy-Sheftall said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In one of her many notable quotes, hooks said in “Marginality As a Site of Resistance” (1990): “Marginality [is] much more than a site of deprivation. 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He’s garnered individual donations and endorsements, and stumped at the meetings of local political clubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, a growing number of the city’s political activists are splitting their endorsements in his favor, and their stances on the recall could help drive voter opinion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Jim Ross, political consultant\"]‘By putting a face on it, Moliga is making it tough to just say, ‘Let’s get rid of this faceless organization.”[/pullquote]In recent weeks, the Alice B. 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The recall campaign has argued that Collins, López and Moliga were aligned on issues central to the campaign — namely the process of renaming schools and resuming in-person learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Groups like the moderate United Democratic Club, the Chinese American Democratic Club and the Edwin M. 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"content": "\u003cp>Jamie Marquis can’t count the number of times they’ve been called the wrong name.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A junior psychology major at UC Davis who identifies as nonbinary, they changed their name several years ago. But since then they’ve struggled to get that name even on basic educational records, instead of their name assigned at birth that they do not identify with, commonly known as a deadname.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wish that there was a way to really explain to cisgender people how being deadnamed feels,” Marquis said. “It’s humiliating. It makes you feel out of place and unwelcome, because of all the things about your identity, even your name is being ignored.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB245\">new state law\u003c/a> could make a huge difference for people like them, Marquis said. Not only could it ease anxiety, but it also could provide important protections from discrimination and harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law, which takes effect on Jan. 1, requires the state’s public colleges to update records for students who have legally changed their names. It also allows graduates to request an updated copy of their diploma at no cost to them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, starting with the 2023-24 class, it will require institutions to allow students to self-identify their names on diplomas, even without legal documentation of a name change. (The legislation does not specifically require colleges to let students self-identify their names on educational records besides diplomas without legally changing their names. It also does not affect how people are identified on legal documents used for tax, immigration status and other purposes.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.them.us/story/california-first-state-requiring-colleges-use-trans-students-correct-names\">first state to enact such a law\u003c/a>. A previous version failed in the Legislature in 2020.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The right to self-identify one’s name on a college diploma helps protect transgender and gender-nonconforming students, advocates say. Research shows that transgender people are at higher risk of discrimination and violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jamie Marquis, junior psychology major at UC Davis\"]‘[Deadnaming is] humiliating. It makes you feel out of place and unwelcome, because of all the things about your identity, even your name is being ignored.’[/pullquote]More than \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/issues/anti-violence\">1 in 4 trans people has experienced a “bias-driven assault,”\u003c/a> with rates even higher for trans women and trans people of color, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://transequality.org/\">National Center for Transgender Equality\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Academic records listing a student’s name and gender as assigned at birth could potentially “out” that student’s identity, which can put them at a significant disadvantage when seeking housing and employment, said David Chiu, who authored the bill while representing San Francisco in the state Assembly. Chiu, now the San Francisco city attorney, said he was asked by \u003ca href=\"https://www.eqca.org/\">Equality California\u003c/a> and other transgender activist groups to draft the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A college diploma represents years of hard work and academic achievement,” Chiu said in an interview. “It shouldn’t cause stress or harm by having someone’s deadname on it because of outdated school policies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>No statewide policy\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In California, public colleges have been using a range of policies about what names they record on diplomas and in other records, as no statewide policy existed. In November 2020, the University of California system put in place a policy — the \u003ca href=\"https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/president-drake-announces-new-presidential-policy-gender-recognition-and-lived-name\">Presidential Policy on Gender Recognition and Lived Name\u003c/a> — that ensures that all individuals are identified by their accurate gender identity and name on university-issued documents and in UC’s information systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At California State University and the California Community Colleges, there have been no system-wide policies, spokespersons said. But the two systems support the new state law, they also said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11899232\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11899232\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/12/Jamie-and-cat-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jamie Marquis and their cat Cleo in their backyard in Sacramento on Dec 4, 2021. ‘[Deadnaming is] humiliating. It makes you feel out of place and unwelcome, because of all the things about your identity, even your name is being ignored,’ they said. \u003ccite>(Karlos Rene Ayala/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some campuses have put their own policies in place. American River College in Sacramento County, for example, adopted an affirmed name policy in 2019, which allows students to change their names in campus computer systems and, in early 2020, to self-identify their names on their diplomas. The policy is now in place for all four colleges in the Los Rios Community College District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change, college officials said, has been powerful and emotional for students. Emilie Mitchell, interim dean of social and behavioral sciences at Cosumnes River College, described her experience helping a former student change their name in the college’s computer system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This person was just crying when they were talking about going into classes, and professors often read the roster out loud, and it was their deadname,” Mitchell said. She said she could hear the retraumatization they experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within five minutes, Mitchell was able to change the student’s name in the system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I thought, that’s such a small thing, right?” Mitchell said. “All I did was click a couple of boxes, literally, but this person’s experience, their educational experience, their sense of being validated in their identity, was so profound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eli Fox, a junior psychology major at California State University, Monterey Bay, changed their name during their first few months of college but said they had to deal with a lot of stress due to their deadname being on high school documents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was really tricky to get everything to line up,” Fox said. “There are a lot of school administrative people who aren’t really educated, and it was really difficult trying to educate them and also advocate for myself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Emilie Mitchell, interim dean of social and behavioral sciences, Cosumnes River College\"]‘That’s such a small thing, right? All I did was click a couple of boxes, literally, but this person’s experience, their educational experience, their sense of being validated in their identity, was so profound.’[/pullquote]High school teachers, college professors and administrators have often resisted respecting their name or helping them change their school documents, Fox said. They often asked Fox invasive questions about their transition that made them feel like they were just being nosy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one should have to explain their identity or justify the way that they are to anybody,” Fox said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox said they are relieved to see the law pass, as it will make the process easier for future students like them. Fox aspires to use their degree in psychology to work in data gathering and research, and wants to continue their education in biopsychology, and incorporate social theory into science.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fox says they have gained so much knowledge just from being queer and being around queer people. They hope to help show LGBTQ+ youth of the future to be proud of who they are.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Reducing anxiety\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Michelle Haggerty, a psychology professor who advises the Queer Student Union at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, said the new state law will help to reduce the anxiety of both students and professors and to create a more accepting environment on campus. If students are able to update their names on school records before the semester starts, it will erase any awkward scenarios where the professor may deadname a student by accident, Haggerty said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also said this new policy will help students after they graduate, lessening how much they may have to explain their name or who they are to future employers. Haggerty has known students who have quit their jobs due to discrimination and invasive questions about their transitions, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Depending on where you are, it makes people feel unsafe,” Haggerty said of being transgender or gender-nonconforming. “Different industries and different communities will look at these things differently … I think it’s hard to make a judgment on, ‘Am I safe or not?’ and ‘Who can I reveal these aspects of myself to?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law could help protect cisgender college students, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='transgender']Linda Johnson — a sophomore at College of the Redwoods who has earned a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College and a master’s degree from Fuller Theological Seminary — said that she was unable to have her maiden name printed on her diploma. At a time when she was going through a divorce from an abusive spouse, she wasn’t able to feel happy or excited when she received her diploma. Instead, she didn’t even want to look at it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It would have been so much easier if I could have gone and said, ‘This is what I want,’ without having to wait for all of the legalities to catch up,” Johnson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marquis, the Davis student — who also is an American River College graduate — remembers the anxiety of a day when they walked up to the counter of the community college’s records and admissions office to update their academic records. Had they forgotten a document? Would they be met with help or hindrance?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so awkward and uncomfortable to have to go up to every teacher, every front desk staff, every doctor and explain the situation,” they said. “And it’s draining to constantly be polite to the people that want to tell you all about how hard it is for them to remember.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the process went smoothly, they felt a sense of bewildered relief. But their name-change journey still wasn’t over. 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It makes you feel out of place and unwelcome, because of all the things about your identity, even your name is being ignored,’ they said. \u003ccite>(Karlos Rene Ayala/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Some campuses have put their own policies in place. American River College in Sacramento County, for example, adopted an affirmed name policy in 2019, which allows students to change their names in campus computer systems and, in early 2020, to self-identify their names on their diplomas. The policy is now in place for all four colleges in the Los Rios Community College District.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The change, college officials said, has been powerful and emotional for students. 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"content": "\u003cp>Let me start by saying how glad I am that I don't have to pick a winner from any of these cartoons that students submitted as part of KQED's \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/political-cartooning\">\"Political Cartooning With Mark Fiore\" Youth Media Challenge\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This challenge invites students in grades 6-12 to submit an original one-panel editorial cartoon about any issue that matters to them. (All submissions are published on \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/\">KQED’s Youth Media Challenge Showcase\u003c/a>, and I’ll try to feature as many as I can throughout the school year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is so much talent here it would be a shame to have to pick just one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay\">a long-time cartoonist\u003c/a> who remembers my earliest cartoons, I can see potential magic — that may not be immediately apparent to some — in many of these works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here (in no particular order of preference) are some of the standouts among the roughly 250 submissions we've received from students living everywhere from here in the Bay Area to Billings, Montana, and Jefferson, Iowa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/political-cartooning\">The Youth Media Challenge is accepting submissions until June 2022\u003c/a>, so you can still send in your cartoons if you haven't already done so.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Student debt\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aidan N.\u003c/strong> does a great job of encapsulating the massive problem of student debt, and I know exactly what the cartoon is trying to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a student with a ball and chain labeled \"student debt\" as they are reaching for a house and the American Dream.' width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin-160x120.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing I noticed about \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjE2NTkwMTVkNzg0MjIxZTkzOGZmZTk4\">Aidan's cartoon\u003c/a> that takes me back to some of my earlier cartoons: the visual metaphor of the ball and chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple submissions we received featured a ball and chain, and that's OK — but try thinking outside the box and push yourself to make your cartoon even more unique. If you want your cartoons to stand out, it's important that they be wholly unique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there another way to represent a challenging or difficult situation? Remember, you can draw \u003cem>anything\u003c/em> — maybe next time it could be an alligator latched onto a leg or a bear trap!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Rosie the Riveter\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Khushi C.\u003c/strong> tapped into the classic Rosie the Riveter poster for \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjBhZmYwOTBjMmE1MmQ1YmM5NWY3YTg2\">this pro-vaccination cartoon\u003c/a>, one that could also easily be made into a poster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a masked woman in the \"Rosie the Riveter\" pose as she gets her vaccine shot. Atop the cartoon is lettering that reads, \"you should do it too.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-800x800.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-1020x1020.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-1536x1536.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love how the syringe doesn't look intimidating or scary — an illustration challenge that can be difficult to pull off!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to keep in mind \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1791664/rosie-the-riveter-inspired-women-to-serve-in-world-war-ii/\">when using historical images as a basis for a cartoon\u003c/a>: Remember there is oftentimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889493/east-bay-middle-school-renamed-for-pioneering-park-ranger-betty-reid-soskin-on-her-100th-birthday\">more to the story of the image than what most history books imparted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some experts, like Betty Reid Soskin, a 100-year-old park ranger \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889493/east-bay-middle-school-renamed-for-pioneering-park-ranger-betty-reid-soskin-on-her-100th-birthday\">who still leads tours\u003c/a> at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, \"\u003ca href=\"https://theriveter.co/voice/betty-reid-siskin-original-rosie-the-riveter/\">the story of Rosie the Riveter is a white woman’s story\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is another reason I like how Khushi has changed up the imagery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The arc of oppression in America\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I know I said this roundup isn't about awards, but \u003cstrong>John M.\u003c/strong> gets my vote for \"Most Ambitious Single-Panel Cartoon About the Arc of Oppression in America.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA4YzY3MjBkMGVkZGM0NWI1NmI4OTAx\">He's trying to say a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> in this cartoon\u003c/a> and actually pulls it off!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might take a while for the reader to absorb it all, but it works, right down to the disturbing and salient portrayal of the Native Americans at the bottom rung of the cartoon's visual hierarchy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon titled \"The Hierarchy of Oppression\" showing a white Trump supporter sitting atop minorities in various states of oppression. At the bottom of the pyramid are dead Native Americans.' width=\"993\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png 993w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin-160x213.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Social media and mental health\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA5MGNiNmVkNjU1N2I3MDRmYzBlY2Rm\">\u003cstrong>Jaidene M.\u003c/strong> created one of my absolute favorite cartoons\u003c/a> among all the submissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The simplicity and beauty of this drawing — particularly the wilting flower — is incredibly moving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896103\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a sun labeled \"positivity\" that is obscured by a cloud labeled \"hate\" that rains down \"social media\" on a wilting flower labeled \"mental health.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the challenges a cartoonist always faces is how to clearly convey what the different elements in an illustration represent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labeling is one of the simplest ways to do this, but is there another way to \u003cem>show\u003c/em> rather than \u003cem>tell\u003c/em> what this cartoon is about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the clouds can \u003cem>look\u003c/em> hateful and mean rather than being labeled \"hate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Conspiracy storm\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA5NTY3ODYyODZmMWUwMWRiZjFjMzRm\">\u003cstrong>Jasper S.\u003c/strong> has drawn one of the most traditional \"political cartoons\"\u003c/a> among this collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896100\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png\" alt=\"A "Youth Media Challenge" cartoon titled "The Conspiracy Storm" that shows a tornado heading for the White House labeled "Democracy." The tornado includes conspiracy terms like "fake news," "government control" and "it's a cover."\" width=\"799\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin-160x160.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That tornado definitely looks like trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, you can let your labels and lettering show emotion and movement, too. If I were letters in that storm, I might be a little skewed or curved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.ralphsteadman.com/\">Ralph Steadman, a master illustrator\u003c/a> who pours so much emotion into his drawings and lettering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High gas prices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjBhZDBiNWY0NTk4OGI0MGFmZjgwYWQ1\">\u003cstrong>Justin C.\u003c/strong> goes after President Biden for high gas prices\u003c/a>, and though I may not agree with the message, I really like how he uses the gambling metaphor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon that is mostly text with a caricature of Joe Biden in the center. The top reads \"King Gasoline\" and below says \"Biden Bucks\" and \"$6 per gallon.\" The bottom reads \"lose jobs.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, the fact that we can see a kitchen counter behind Justin's drawing takes me back to my earliest cartoons, which I drew on the lid of a clothes hamper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you love drawing cartoons, you don't need any fancy equipment or a drafting table!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Social media problems\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjE3NmUwZjZkYTEyN2Y3NzBkMDk1ZWVj\">\u003cstrong>Madison K.\u003c/strong> tackles some very difficult issues in this cartoon about social media\u003c/a>, and is on the right track by making it a multipanel illustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a multi-panel strip that shows kids \"spread rumors,\" \"depression,\" \"bullying\" and \"not getting enough sleep.\" A main caption at the bottom reads, \"social media problems.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-1020x765.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-160x120.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes a cartoon can be much more effective if you lead the audience through your thought process and what you're trying to say, which can sometimes be better accomplished through a comic book-style format.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Thank you!\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Thanks so much to all of you who have submitted cartoons and participated in this challenge. We'll feature more here in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/political-cartooning\">Send along your cartoons\u003c/a>, and most importantly, keep cartooning!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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(All submissions are published on \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/\">KQED’s Youth Media Challenge Showcase\u003c/a>, and I’ll try to feature as many as I can throughout the school year.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is so much talent here it would be a shame to have to pick just one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mark-fiore-drawn-to-the-bay\">a long-time cartoonist\u003c/a> who remembers my earliest cartoons, I can see potential magic — that may not be immediately apparent to some — in many of these works.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here (in no particular order of preference) are some of the standouts among the roughly 250 submissions we've received from students living everywhere from here in the Bay Area to Billings, Montana, and Jefferson, Iowa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/political-cartooning\">The Youth Media Challenge is accepting submissions until June 2022\u003c/a>, so you can still send in your cartoons if you haven't already done so.)\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Student debt\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Aidan N.\u003c/strong> does a great job of encapsulating the massive problem of student debt, and I know exactly what the cartoon is trying to say.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896099\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a student with a ball and chain labeled \"student debt\" as they are reaching for a house and the American Dream.' width=\"960\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/01student_debt_fin-160x120.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing I noticed about \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjE2NTkwMTVkNzg0MjIxZTkzOGZmZTk4\">Aidan's cartoon\u003c/a> that takes me back to some of my earlier cartoons: the visual metaphor of the ball and chain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple submissions we received featured a ball and chain, and that's OK — but try thinking outside the box and push yourself to make your cartoon even more unique. If you want your cartoons to stand out, it's important that they be wholly unique.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is there another way to represent a challenging or difficult situation? Remember, you can draw \u003cem>anything\u003c/em> — maybe next time it could be an alligator latched onto a leg or a bear trap!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Rosie the Riveter\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Khushi C.\u003c/strong> tapped into the classic Rosie the Riveter poster for \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjBhZmYwOTBjMmE1MmQ1YmM5NWY3YTg2\">this pro-vaccination cartoon\u003c/a>, one that could also easily be made into a poster.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896102\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a masked woman in the \"Rosie the Riveter\" pose as she gets her vaccine shot. Atop the cartoon is lettering that reads, \"you should do it too.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-800x800.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-1020x1020.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-160x160.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/04youshoulddoit_fin-1536x1536.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I love how the syringe doesn't look intimidating or scary — an illustration challenge that can be difficult to pull off!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing to keep in mind \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/1791664/rosie-the-riveter-inspired-women-to-serve-in-world-war-ii/\">when using historical images as a basis for a cartoon\u003c/a>: Remember there is oftentimes \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889493/east-bay-middle-school-renamed-for-pioneering-park-ranger-betty-reid-soskin-on-her-100th-birthday\">more to the story of the image than what most history books imparted\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some experts, like Betty Reid Soskin, a 100-year-old park ranger \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11889493/east-bay-middle-school-renamed-for-pioneering-park-ranger-betty-reid-soskin-on-her-100th-birthday\">who still leads tours\u003c/a> at the Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park in Richmond, \"\u003ca href=\"https://theriveter.co/voice/betty-reid-siskin-original-rosie-the-riveter/\">the story of Rosie the Riveter is a white woman’s story\u003c/a>.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Which is another reason I like how Khushi has changed up the imagery.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The arc of oppression in America\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>I know I said this roundup isn't about awards, but \u003cstrong>John M.\u003c/strong> gets my vote for \"Most Ambitious Single-Panel Cartoon About the Arc of Oppression in America.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA4YzY3MjBkMGVkZGM0NWI1NmI4OTAx\">He's trying to say a \u003cem>lot\u003c/em> in this cartoon\u003c/a> and actually pulls it off!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It might take a while for the reader to absorb it all, but it works, right down to the disturbing and salient portrayal of the Native Americans at the bottom rung of the cartoon's visual hierarchy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896101\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon titled \"The Hierarchy of Oppression\" showing a white Trump supporter sitting atop minorities in various states of oppression. At the bottom of the pyramid are dead Native Americans.' width=\"993\" height=\"1324\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin.png 993w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/03hierarchyofoppression_fin-160x213.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Social media and mental health\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA5MGNiNmVkNjU1N2I3MDRmYzBlY2Rm\">\u003cstrong>Jaidene M.\u003c/strong> created one of my absolute favorite cartoons\u003c/a> among all the submissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The simplicity and beauty of this drawing — particularly the wilting flower — is incredibly moving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896103\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a sun labeled \"positivity\" that is obscured by a cloud labeled \"hate\" that rains down \"social media\" on a wilting flower labeled \"mental health.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/05socialmedia_fin-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the challenges a cartoonist always faces is how to clearly convey what the different elements in an illustration represent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labeling is one of the simplest ways to do this, but is there another way to \u003cem>show\u003c/em> rather than \u003cem>tell\u003c/em> what this cartoon is about?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Maybe the clouds can \u003cem>look\u003c/em> hateful and mean rather than being labeled \"hate.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Conspiracy storm\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjA5NTY3ODYyODZmMWUwMWRiZjFjMzRm\">\u003cstrong>Jasper S.\u003c/strong> has drawn one of the most traditional \"political cartoons\"\u003c/a> among this collection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896100\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png\" alt=\"A "Youth Media Challenge" cartoon titled "The Conspiracy Storm" that shows a tornado heading for the White House labeled "Democracy." The tornado includes conspiracy terms like "fake news," "government control" and "it's a cover."\" width=\"799\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin.png 799w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/02conspiracystorm_fin-160x160.png 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That tornado definitely looks like trouble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, you can let your labels and lettering show emotion and movement, too. If I were letters in that storm, I might be a little skewed or curved.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check out \u003ca href=\"https://www.ralphsteadman.com/\">Ralph Steadman, a master illustrator\u003c/a> who pours so much emotion into his drawings and lettering.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>High gas prices\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjBhZDBiNWY0NTk4OGI0MGFmZjgwYWQ1\">\u003cstrong>Justin C.\u003c/strong> goes after President Biden for high gas prices\u003c/a>, and though I may not agree with the message, I really like how he uses the gambling metaphor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896104\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon that is mostly text with a caricature of Joe Biden in the center. The top reads \"King Gasoline\" and below says \"Biden Bucks\" and \"$6 per gallon.\" The bottom reads \"lose jobs.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-800x1067.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1020x1360.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-160x213.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1152x1536.png 1152w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/06kinggasoline-1536x2048.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a side note, the fact that we can see a kitchen counter behind Justin's drawing takes me back to my earliest cartoons, which I drew on the lid of a clothes hamper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember, if you love drawing cartoons, you don't need any fancy equipment or a drafting table!\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Social media problems\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/submission/NjE3NmUwZjZkYTEyN2Y3NzBkMDk1ZWVj\">\u003cstrong>Madison K.\u003c/strong> tackles some very difficult issues in this cartoon about social media\u003c/a>, and is on the right track by making it a multipanel illustration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11896105\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png\" alt='A \"Youth Media Challenge\" cartoon showing a multi-panel strip that shows kids \"spread rumors,\" \"depression,\" \"bullying\" and \"not getting enough sleep.\" A main caption at the bottom reads, \"social media problems.\"' width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin.png 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-800x600.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-1020x765.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-160x120.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2021/11/07socialmediadepression_fin-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sometimes a cartoon can be much more effective if you lead the audience through your thought process and what you're trying to say, which can sometimes be better accomplished through a comic book-style format.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Thank you!\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Thanks so much to all of you who have submitted cartoons and participated in this challenge. We'll feature more here in the coming months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/political-cartooning\">Send along your cartoons\u003c/a>, and most importantly, keep cartooning!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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