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I shouldn’t have to make this decision,” student school board delegate Justin Trujillo, a senior at Pinole Valley High School, told the board at a Jan. 13 safety meeting in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Irene Kou, student delegate to the West Contra Costa County Unified School District board\"]‘It is a joke that the district believes that in-person learning in these conditions is better for all of us.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the district says few of these positive cases are linked to in-school transmission, students like Trujillo aren’t buying it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Trujillo and De Anza High senior Irene Kou, the other student delegate to the board, believe it is past time for the district to offer a temporary return to online learning for students who feel vulnerable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a joke that the district believes that in-person learning in these conditions is better for all of us,” said Kou. “Having our county health officials determine it is safe to go to school when they have not visited our school sites or interviewed students or staff members to understand what it is truly like on campus is just another slap in the face for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County health officials and county education officials confirmed they had not made any visits to schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District since the most recent omicron surge began.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A Contra Costa Health Services spokesperson said in an email that infections diagnosed in students and school staff are not necessarily the result of exposure at school, and COVID-19 transmission remains much more likely to occur among people living in the same household or participating in other non-school activities, which they attributed to the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Richmond High, where 53 students tested positive for COVID during the week of Jan. 11-14 (a short week after students had Monday off) and where hundreds of kids have been sent home to quarantine, 32 teachers stayed home Wednesday as part of a single-day “sick-out” action by teachers and students protesting safety conditions at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Lorenzo Morotti, teacher, Richmond High\"]‘Latino students and families were hit so hard last year with COVID. They’ve seen family members die because of COVID, they’ve had family members lose jobs … There’s a huge disconnect between the district and the reality that’s on the ground.’[/pullquote]Richmond High journalism teacher Lorenzo Morotti, who did show up to teach, said hundreds of students are without teachers, and are being sent to the auditorium or gym to spend their seven class periods. “There is no learning going on in these classrooms. All there is is anxiety and the spread of COVID,” said Morotti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dayanara Mendoza, a 16-year-old sophomore at Richmond High, said that on a recent school day three of her five teachers were out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They either put us in the theater or they give us subs because a lot of teachers are absent and they have to put, like, other kids in the theater as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morotti supports the teacher’s sick-out, calling it absurd to think COVID isn’t being transmitted inside the school. 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Revuelta said the hallways feel different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At lunch, you usually see people up on the lockers, people chitchatting … With the uprising of COVID cases … you see everyone keeping their distance, being scared, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Revuelta had just returned from four days in quarantine himself (he tested negative) and said he’s having a hard time catching up. The only silver lining of fewer classmates, he said, is that his class sizes are smaller and teachers who are there can give him more individualized instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many teachers out, and a shortage of substitutes to step in, sophomore Luz Ruiz said the staffing shortage is affecting learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a little difficult for me right now since there’s finals, and I really wanted my teacher’s opinions on what to do, and they’re not here, so I can’t really ask them,” she said. 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District data shows it pays the lowest daily rate for substitutes in the Bay Area: $190 compared with $300 in San Francisco. Board member Demetrio Gonzales-Hoy pleaded for the district to do what it can to attract more substitute educators who could help fill in for teachers. “That is on us, that there are hundreds of students who are not learning,” Gonzalez-Hoy lamented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/12/here-come-the-parents-to-help-palo-alto-schools-stay-open-amid-covid-surge/\">followed others\u003c/a> in launching a public campaign calling on community members for help. So far, 11 have come forward; the district’s goal is to get 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked at last week’s special board meeting about learning loss for the thousands of students who are missing classes, the district’s Chief Academic Officer LaResha Martin didn’t have an answer for elementary school kids. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Nearly one-third of students in West Contra Costa Unified have not been attending school over the past three weeks, creating a crisis for the East Bay school district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district — which covers the cities of Richmond, San Pablo, El Cerrito, Pinole and Hercules and enrolls some 27,000 students — reported 737 student and 70 staff COVID cases from Jan. 11-14. But even students who are not positive or quarantining are choosing to remain at home, out of fear they will be next to get the virus. On Jan. 14, for example, district attendance figures show 8,820 students were absent, while 17,440 attended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This entire week, I feel like I am choosing between my health, the health of my family versus my education. I shouldn’t have to make this decision,” student school board delegate Justin Trujillo, a senior at Pinole Valley High School, told the board at a Jan. 13 safety meeting in Richmond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Richmond High journalism teacher Lorenzo Morotti, who did show up to teach, said hundreds of students are without teachers, and are being sent to the auditorium or gym to spend their seven class periods. “There is no learning going on in these classrooms. All there is is anxiety and the spread of COVID,” said Morotti.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dayanara Mendoza, a 16-year-old sophomore at Richmond High, said that on a recent school day three of her five teachers were out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They either put us in the theater or they give us subs because a lot of teachers are absent and they have to put, like, other kids in the theater as well,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Morotti supports the teacher’s sick-out, calling it absurd to think COVID isn’t being transmitted inside the school. During the Jan. 19 board meeting, the district said it has little evidence of in-school transmission. However, Morotti said after kids returned from winter break, eight of his students were sent home on a single day, all of them in class with a student who tested positive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In this majority-Latino district, Morotti said families have a right to be concerned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Latino students and families were hit so hard last year with COVID. They’ve seen family members die because of COVID, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/58972/how-teens-are-experiencing-their-version-of-the-great-resignation\">they’ve had family members lose jobs because of COVID\u003c/a>. There’s a huge disconnect between the district and the reality that’s on the ground,” Morotti said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11902413\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11902413\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"male high school senior wearing mask and white t shirt stands with a backpack in front of high school entrance\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53039_026_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Adrian Revuelta, 18, a senior at Richmond High School, stands outside the school on Jan. 14, 2021. ‘With the uprising of COVID cases … you see everyone keeping their distance, being scared,’ he said. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Richmond High’s student body is 85.4% Latino with 40.7% English-language learners, and many teachers have voiced concerns to the board about the difficulty many of their non-native English-speaking parents are having navigating the school district’s online portal needed to reserve COVID testing appointments, where even the translation option is hard to see, according to those who spoke during public comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although senior Adrian Revuelta said the fear of catching COVID at school is real, he remains reluctant to return to distance learning. Revuelta said the hallways feel different.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At lunch, you usually see people up on the lockers, people chitchatting … With the uprising of COVID cases … you see everyone keeping their distance, being scared, you know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Revuelta had just returned from four days in quarantine himself (he tested negative) and said he’s having a hard time catching up. The only silver lining of fewer classmates, he said, is that his class sizes are smaller and teachers who are there can give him more individualized instruction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With so many teachers out, and a shortage of substitutes to step in, sophomore Luz Ruiz said the staffing shortage is affecting learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is a little difficult for me right now since there’s finals, and I really wanted my teacher’s opinions on what to do, and they’re not here, so I can’t really ask them,” she said. 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The message by some that’s being shared that we are not listening is simply not accurate,” said Hurst, as he began a lengthy presentation on the district’s future strategic plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some teachers and students are calling for allowing some schools to shift over to online learning, that’s not an option being endorsed by the district. The district’s only virtual school is already at capacity with 316 students, in part because they cannot fill the 24 positions needed to staff the online school. Meanwhile, some 400 parents are on the waitlist, trying to get their kids in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>It is not just a problem of hiring teachers — \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11900220/state-slow-to-approve-substitute-teachers-districts-use-new-tactics-to-fill-the-gap\">like many other Bay Area districts, WCCUSD is also struggling to find substitutes\u003c/a>. District data shows it pays the lowest daily rate for substitutes in the Bay Area: $190 compared with $300 in San Francisco. Board member Demetrio Gonzales-Hoy pleaded for the district to do what it can to attract more substitute educators who could help fill in for teachers. “That is on us, that there are hundreds of students who are not learning,” Gonzalez-Hoy lamented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/12/here-come-the-parents-to-help-palo-alto-schools-stay-open-amid-covid-surge/\">followed others\u003c/a> in launching a public campaign calling on community members for help. So far, 11 have come forward; the district’s goal is to get 100.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked at last week’s special board meeting about learning loss for the thousands of students who are missing classes, the district’s Chief Academic Officer LaResha Martin didn’t have an answer for elementary school kids. For middle and high school kids, she said, grading deadlines would be extended.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so that’s really to help all those students who’ve been out, to give them an extra eight to 10 days to get in any missing work, especially for our students who have been out on quarantine because of COVID, and to give our staff additional time to enter grades,” Martin said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11902420\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11902420\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1.jpg\" alt=\"young high school student wearing wearing mask sits beneath a tree on green grass with bright red school wall behind her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53017_004_Richmond_HighSchoolStudents_01132022-qut-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cincia Valiente, 17, a junior at Richmond High School, sits outside the school on Jan. 14, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Extra time to turn assignments in should help Richmond High junior Cincia Valiente. She stayed home Wednesday in part, she said, because the school has only been distributing cloth masks, which she considers inadequate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They are not giving out the disposable kind. I asked multiple times, actually,” Valiente said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district says it is now distributing N95s for teachers and surgical masks for students. It has requested 200,000 from the state. But at Richmond High, it feels a bit late since during the week of Jan 11, over half the student body was out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>District staff said more take-home testing kits have been ordered and it is trying to get the county to help it schedule more vaccine clinics. Just 52% of West Contra Costa Unified’s students are vaccinated, fewer than in other Bay Area districts, such as Oakland Unified (62%) and Berkeley Unified (80%).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the county office of education has said it will help the district speed up its contact tracing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m actually really scared that we might have to leave school again,” said Valiente. ”It’s really hard to work at home. There’s so many distractions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Valiente said she doesn’t want to return to learning from home — she just wants schools to be safer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Just when it seemed like a little normalcy might be returning to the lives of beleaguered California families at long last, the deep-seated angst and confusion that comes with parenting amid a pandemic has returned.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Janelle Scott, an Oakland mother\"]‘The excruciating parental calculations of what is safe during this surge for teenagers who want and need to be with friends are exhausting.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"4\">As the highly contagious omicron variant sweeps through the state and a new wave of schools shuts down due to outbreaks and staff shortages, many parents are feeling conflicted about sending their children back to school after winter break. The timing coincides with what may be the peak of the latest surge, as the infection count climbs and test kits and child-size masks are hard to come by, all of which puts more strain on frazzled parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"5\">“As a parent, I’m part of a community and an ecosystem where all of us are struggling right now,” said Janelle Scott, an Oakland mother of two children in their early teens. “Like a lot of parents, I can tell I’m nervous by how hard I’ve been clenching my jaw. The excruciating parental calculations of what is safe during this surge for teenagers who want and need to be with friends are exhausting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"6\">Some are most worried about schools shuttering again, fearful of remote learning, which led to emotional damage and learning loss for many families. Others, particularly those with children too young to be vaccinated, are keeping their children at home out of caution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"7\">“We are afraid of sending our son back to his preschool,” said Amie Zheng, a Menlo Park mother of two who is keeping her 3-year-old son at home for now. “We feel health is the most important thing in our family. Mainly because we have a 6-month-old baby at home.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"8\">The piercing uncertainty of the situation leaves many parents confused about how to proceed and what is safest for their children. The constant risk assessment can be draining.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"9\">“I would say we are worried about all of it,” said Qasim Ali, a father of two girls, ages 8 and 11, in Redwood City. “It’s a hard choice to make, but if I had to choose one thing I’m most worried about since both girls are thankfully vaccinated, I’d say we are most concerned about schools closing again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"10\">Many parents say they have been run ragged by navigating the ongoing volatility of the situation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"11\">“It’s so frustrating. It’s been two years of this,” said Katharine Fitzpatrick, a mother of three who lives in San Diego County. “You reach a point of fatigue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"12\">Down to her last at-home test kit, she is scrambling to find more and take all necessary precautions with her three small children, ages 6, 5 and 3. However, even though her 3-year-old is too young to be vaccinated, Fitzpatrick remains committed to in-person learning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"13\">“I know we need to be vigilant,” she said, “but at this point, I’m more worried about school shutting down than about anything else.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"14\">Some parents feel strongly that safety measures have not been rigorous enough at school. Some have even switched their children from public to private schools as a result. Others are hoping that enhanced safety protocols will become more widespread as the public health crisis drags on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"forum_2010101887375,forum_2010101887248,news_11900637\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“This is yet another example of how the pandemic exacerbated issues of inequity,” said Jessica Reid Sliwerski, an Oakland mother of one. “I don’t feel worried about sending my child to school because she goes to a private school where they’ve implemented weekly pool testing and have outdoor classrooms they’ve set up for kids. They figured out how to safely reopen when so many other kids were at home doing remote school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"16\">Sliwerski, a former teacher who now runs an educational nonprofit, is mindful of her privilege in this regard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"17\">“I feel insanely fortunate that I can afford private school,” she said, “and also very sad that what my child is receiving isn’t universally what all kids are getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"18\">Meanwhile, some parents of vaccinated children are avoiding most indoor activities other than school, for which they are willing to make an exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"19\">“It can happen anywhere, so why should we stop kids from going to school?” said Gaurav Bharadwaj, a Fremont father of one. “The only thing to do is to take precautions, get the vaccine, wear a mask, wash hands and try to stay outdoors as much as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"20\">There are myriad trade-offs on the table. Staying at home might be best for a child’s physical health, for instance, keeping them safe from the virus, but it might also deepen the mental health crisis among youth. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“This is yet another example of how the pandemic exacerbated issues of inequity,” said Jessica Reid Sliwerski, an Oakland mother of one. “I don’t feel worried about sending my child to school because she goes to a private school where they’ve implemented weekly pool testing and have outdoor classrooms they’ve set up for kids. They figured out how to safely reopen when so many other kids were at home doing remote school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"16\">Sliwerski, a former teacher who now runs an educational nonprofit, is mindful of her privilege in this regard.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"17\">“I feel insanely fortunate that I can afford private school,” she said, “and also very sad that what my child is receiving isn’t universally what all kids are getting.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"18\">Meanwhile, some parents of vaccinated children are avoiding most indoor activities other than school, for which they are willing to make an exception.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"19\">“It can happen anywhere, so why should we stop kids from going to school?” said Gaurav Bharadwaj, a Fremont father of one. “The only thing to do is to take precautions, get the vaccine, wear a mask, wash hands and try to stay outdoors as much as possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp data-reader-unique-id=\"20\">There are myriad trade-offs on the table. 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"content": "\u003cp>Driven by a string of controversies and frustrations surrounding the San Francisco Board of Education, a record number of San Francisco green card holders, visa holders, refugees and undocumented immigrants have taken advantage of \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/community/i-feel-angry-non-citizen-immigrant-parents-lean-into-sf-school-board-recall-election/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">a San Francisco law allowing noncitizen parents to vote\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the Feb. 15 school board recall election. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For someone like me to get involved in something like this, that shows how terrible the situation is,” said Siva Raj, an immigrant from India who is here on a work visa as he awaits permanent residency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raj is one of 74 noncitizen residents of San Francisco to have filed to participate in the upcoming recall election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901825\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11901825\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1278\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/RS53108_069_KQED_BethLaBerge_SchoolBoardRecallPresser_01142022-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Siva Raj (left) and Autumn Looijen speak during a press conference held by the Chinese/API Voter Outreach Taskforce on the steps of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco on Jan. 14, 2021. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While that’s still a relatively small number, it’s more than the total of noncitizens who registered for the school board elections in 2018 (65 registered) and 2020 (36 registered), the first two times noncitizens with children in public schools could vote thanks to passage of a 2016 charter amendment, according to the San Francisco Department of Elections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the end of 2020, Raj moved to San Francisco with his kids from the East Bay. Soon thereafter, \u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/san-francisco-school-board-recall-meet-team-parents-founders/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">he and another parent launched the school board \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://sfstandard.com/education/san-francisco-school-board-recall-meet-team-parents-founders/\">recall effort\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, accomplishing something that hadn’t been done since 1983, the last time a recall qualified for the San Francisco ballot. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is for our children,” said Raj, who will be voting for the first time this year. “We couldn’t just afford to stand back and do nothing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the pandemic the San Francisco Board of Education has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11900721/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-the-recall-election-of-3-sf-school-board-members\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">embroiled in several controversies\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, like an embattled effort to rename public schools, landing them in the national spotlight on multiple occasions and leading local parents to initiate a recall movement to remove three elected school board members: Alison Collins, Gabriela López and Faauuga Moliga.\u003c/span>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"David Lu, San Francisco voter\"]“We have to speak up for the Chinese community, or we will be ignored and discriminated against.”[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some parent groups in San Francisco were mobilized to recall the Board of Education members due to a sense that they did not move fast enough to reopen schools amid the pandemic, Asian parents speaking out against the board have also mentioned \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867918/no-one-was-asking-what-we-thought-san-francisco-students-weigh-in-on-school-district-controversies\">the reform of Lowell High School’s merit-based admissions process\u003c/a> and allegedly racist tweets against the Asian community by board member Collins, especially amid a time of rising anti-Asian bigotry, as reasons to step up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday morning, a grassroots parent group called the Chinese/API Voter Outreach Taskforce held a press conference in front of the Asian Art Museum announcing that they had registered over 228 new Asian American voters, including citizens and noncitizens.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like others who attended the press conference, parent Ann Hsu said the recall campaign is her foray into civic engagement. “I have never been involved in politics. And part of the reason is because I don’t think much of politicians,” said Hsu, whose twin sons attend Galileo Academy of Science and Technology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11867492/thousands-of-business-leaders-commit-10m-to-aapi-organizations-fighting-racism\">David Lu, a Chinese immigrant who became a U.S. citizen late last year,\u003c/a> registered to vote with the help of the task force. During a speech at Friday’s rally, he listed his grievances with the board, including the “failures” to reopen schools in a timely manner, the “unpractical” school renaming process, the “flawed” Lowell High School admission reform and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11900721/how-we-got-here-the-road-to-the-recall-election-of-3-sf-school-board-members\">controversial tweets by Collins\u003c/a> perceived to be anti-Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to speak up for the Chinese community, or we will be ignored and discriminated against,” said Lu. “So we need to become voters and say no to the school board members.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parent volunteer Ann Hsu is determined to help send a message: “The city will hear the voice of the Asian American community that in the past it has not heard very loudly or much at all,” she said. “We are here and we can be engaged and mobilized.” [aside tag=\"education\" label=\"More education coverage\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The campaign opposing the recall — No On Recalls of School Board Commissioners Lopez, Collins and Moliga — did not respond to requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If any of the three members is removed, San Francisco Mayor London Breed will have the power to appoint the replacements. 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"content": "\u003cp>The Bay Area is one of the most eclectic places in the world, if we do say so ourselves. It’s filled with people and places that prove time and again why so many yearn to visit us. As we’re contemplating how we want to start this new year, the Bay Curious team wanted a way to get out and explore the unique, rich history surrounding us in a safe — and relatively cost-free — way. So we dug through the archives for some fun activities you and yours can enjoy this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are seven places to visit to learn more about what makes the Bay so special. Listen to our Spotify playlist of these Bay Curious episodes on the road, while you’re there, or on your way to the next adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3wc6RFluIltLRclRN3yHsb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11428075/whos-behind-the-colorful-lights-at-san-francisco-city-hall\">Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11428739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11428739 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Emigh met up with her best friend Kim Ish for St. Patrick's Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1920x1277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Emigh (left) met up with her best friend, Kim Ish, for St. Patrick’s Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark. \u003ccite>(Blair Wells/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By day, San Francisco City Hall is a monument to a place many of us call home. And at night, the lights reflect the city’s unique identity. Like every great structure in every great city, San Francisco City Hall has a story to tell. Its history can be explored through the special days when its granite exterior takes on a vibrant new look: perhaps the colors of the rainbow for Pride Week, or a radiant shamrock green on St. Patty’s Day. Head on over to the historic steps and listen to Bay Curious to discover who makes the lighting decisions, and how it comes together.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655269/how-oakland-became-a-gnome-mans-land\">How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11655279 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This gnome sits against its telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This gnome is nailed to a telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every time Bay Curious listener Lauren Bresnahan takes her dog for a walk, she sees them: a collection of painted gnomes at the bases of utility poles all over her Lake Merritt neighborhood. Seems kind of random, right? It’s a cute oddity, so we set out to find the story behind the little gnomes painted around this cherished Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11495697/whats-with-the-bison-in-golden-gate-park\">What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11809842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11809842 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Five new bison are joining the heard at Golden Gate Park in honor of the park's Sesquicentennial.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five members of the herd at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(James Watkins/Courtesy of San Francisco Recreation and Parks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might be wondering, why are there bison in San Francisco? Bay Curious listener Paul Irving had the same question. So we headed over to the lush fields of Golden Gate Park in search of the herd of American bison that call a section of the 1,000-acre urban park home. Bison aren’t native to San Francisco, after all, so what’s the story behind their presence at Golden Gate Park? The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831229/the-unassuming-east-bay-beach-with-hidden-ceramic-treasures\">The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO beach in Richmond\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Beach is strewn with broken pieces of TEPCO pottery, dumped there when the factory was operating in El Cerrito. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, you’ll find broken pottery, not sand. It feels like you’ve happened upon some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco. Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada stumbled upon this beach, affectionately called TEPCO Beach by locals, and wondered why it has so much pottery on it. The bizarre ceramic-strewn beach’s history tells us a lot about a beloved Bay Area porcelain business, its legacy, and changing views on environmentalism.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11634601/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay\">Is the Castro Getting Less Gay?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1920x1436.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1180x882.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-960x718.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up. \u003ccite>(oversnap/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I had never seen a gayer place,” journalist Ryan Levi said when he first moved to San Francisco in 2016. He was blown away by the endless expressions of love and community in the Castro. But Bay Curious listener Bob Girard has a different perspective. As someone who has visited the Castro a lot over the years, he noticed a changing neighborhood, one that is less of a haven for LGBTQ+ people than it once was. “Doesn’t seem to be quite the same old Castro as in years past,” he said. So, what has changed, and why? Bay Curious explores the changing dynamics of one of San Francisco’s most famous neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\">El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11621286 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission San José in Fremont once controlled a huge expanse of what we now know as the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El Camino Real runs the length of the Peninsula between San Francisco and San José. Its very name implies a regal history, translating to “The King’s Highway” in Spanish. Legend has it that El Camino Real in Silicon Valley is part of the historic Mission Trail, an ancient road that connects the Spanish missions that stretch along the California coast. But is that true? Join us as we unravel a series of falsehoods that have become “common wisdom.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834961/the-swans-at-san-franciscos-palace-of-fine-arts-have-attitude\">The Secret Lives of the Palace of Fine Arts Swans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11834980 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Swan at the Palace of Fine Arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the swans at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontho/7984114855/in/photolist-dawFbF-dQim3j-7pRZus-6RdUub-4xeUJK-TKz9yu-6R9TGV-6R9MGF-6RdSEG-ij3Vv-wDA17y-6WpZDU-b76S2g-AUFCu-6Wq3gE-eyfZv-6Wmana-9W6KEf-nNnE2i-5LD1GD-5LHjsq-6Wm2yg-eBgK6B-PZzmK-9W3W7i-9W3WMr-56PXb-9W6Lq5-2zCEqN-9W6L7G-9W3WrK-9W3WAZ-9W6KY9-9W3Wjg-9W3Xak-9W3Wbv-9W3WnD-5j8jip-9W6LjY-9W3WS6-MBFw-9W6LAh-9W6KT3-jHc8Lx-5LHh79-9W6Lby-rMwYX-9W6Ldj-9W6Lr1-9W3WKR\">Jason Thompson\u003c/a>/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Palace of Fine Arts is an architectural gem tucked into a corner of the Marina district, offering a lovely space for a stroll, a picnic and a selfie session. But do you know the story of the swans that live here? The lagoon at the center of the ancient Roman-style rotunda is home to swans that glide the chilly waters. One Bay Curious listener wondered how the graceful birds survive here. We soon found out that, if you want to know anything about the swans, there’s only one person to ask: The Swan Lady.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Since publishing this episode, one of the swans featured in the story has sadly passed away.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>[baycuriousquestion]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The Bay Area is one of the most eclectic places in the world, if we do say so ourselves. It’s filled with people and places that prove time and again why so many yearn to visit us. As we’re contemplating how we want to start this new year, the Bay Curious team wanted a way to get out and explore the unique, rich history surrounding us in a safe — and relatively cost-free — way. So we dug through the archives for some fun activities you and yours can enjoy this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here are seven places to visit to learn more about what makes the Bay so special. Listen to our Spotify playlist of these Bay Curious episodes on the road, while you’re there, or on your way to the next adventure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://open.spotify.com/embed/playlist/3wc6RFluIltLRclRN3yHsb?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003col>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11428075/whos-behind-the-colorful-lights-at-san-francisco-city-hall\">Who’s Behind the Colorful Lights at San Francisco City Hall?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11428739\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11428739 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Emigh met up with her best friend Kim Ish for St. Patrick's Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark.\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1020x679.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1920x1277.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-1180x785.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-960x639.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-375x249.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/04/DSC_k4956-11-520x346.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Katie Emigh (left) met up with her best friend, Kim Ish, for St. Patrick’s Day — but first a stop at her favorite landmark. \u003ccite>(Blair Wells/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By day, San Francisco City Hall is a monument to a place many of us call home. And at night, the lights reflect the city’s unique identity. Like every great structure in every great city, San Francisco City Hall has a story to tell. Its history can be explored through the special days when its granite exterior takes on a vibrant new look: perhaps the colors of the rainbow for Pride Week, or a radiant shamrock green on St. Patty’s Day. Head on over to the historic steps and listen to Bay Curious to discover who makes the lighting decisions, and how it comes together.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11655269/how-oakland-became-a-gnome-mans-land\">How Oakland Became a Gnome-Man’s Land\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11655279\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11655279 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"This gnome sits against its telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/03/RS20458_160723_gnomes_bhs07-qut-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This gnome is nailed to a telephone pole alongside a liquidambar tree in an Oakland neighborhood not far from Lake Merritt. \u003ccite>(Brittany Hosea-Small/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every time Bay Curious listener Lauren Bresnahan takes her dog for a walk, she sees them: a collection of painted gnomes at the bases of utility poles all over her Lake Merritt neighborhood. Seems kind of random, right? It’s a cute oddity, so we set out to find the story behind the little gnomes painted around this cherished Oakland neighborhood.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11495697/whats-with-the-bison-in-golden-gate-park\">What’s With the Bison in Golden Gate Park?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11809842\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11809842 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Five new bison are joining the heard at Golden Gate Park in honor of the park's Sesquicentennial.\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/04/Photo-1-Bison-Arrival-Credit_-James-Watkins.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five members of the herd at Golden Gate Park. \u003ccite>(James Watkins/Courtesy of San Francisco Recreation and Parks)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>You might be wondering, why are there bison in San Francisco? Bay Curious listener Paul Irving had the same question. So we headed over to the lush fields of Golden Gate Park in search of the herd of American bison that call a section of the 1,000-acre urban park home. Bison aren’t native to San Francisco, after all, so what’s the story behind their presence at Golden Gate Park? The answer goes back hundreds of years.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11831229/the-unassuming-east-bay-beach-with-hidden-ceramic-treasures\">The Unassuming East Bay Beach Strewn With Ceramic Treasures \u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11831244\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11831244\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"TEPCO beach in Richmond\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/07/Tepco-beach.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">TEPCO Beach is strewn with broken pieces of TEPCO pottery, dumped there when the factory was operating in El Cerrito. \u003ccite>(Katrina Schwartz/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At this beach off the southern side of Point Isabel in Richmond, you’ll find broken pottery, not sand. It feels like you’ve happened upon some kind of archaeological site right next to the Costco. Bay Curious listener Jo Anne Yada stumbled upon this beach, affectionately called TEPCO Beach by locals, and wondered why it has so much pottery on it. The bizarre ceramic-strewn beach’s history tells us a lot about a beloved Bay Area porcelain business, its legacy, and changing views on environmentalism.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11634601/is-the-castro-getting-less-gay\">Is the Castro Getting Less Gay?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11635012\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11635012\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up.\" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-800x598.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1020x763.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1920x1436.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-1180x882.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-960x718.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-240x179.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-375x280.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678-520x389.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/12/iStock-183834678.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Longtime Castro residents say the neighborhood has evolved as house prices have gone up. \u003ccite>(oversnap/iStock)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I had never seen a gayer place,” journalist Ryan Levi said when he first moved to San Francisco in 2016. He was blown away by the endless expressions of love and community in the Castro. But Bay Curious listener Bob Girard has a different perspective. As someone who has visited the Castro a lot over the years, he noticed a changing neighborhood, one that is less of a haven for LGBTQ+ people than it once was. “Doesn’t seem to be quite the same old Castro as in years past,” he said. So, what has changed, and why? Bay Curious explores the changing dynamics of one of San Francisco’s most famous neighborhoods.\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11621122/el-camino-not-so-real-the-true-story-of-the-ancient-road\">El Camino Not-So-Real: The True Story of the ‘Ancient Road’\u003c/a>\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11621286\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11621286 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/RS27186_IMG_3334-2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mission San José in Fremont once controlled a huge expanse of what we now know as the East Bay. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>El Camino Real runs the length of the Peninsula between San Francisco and San José. Its very name implies a regal history, translating to “The King’s Highway” in Spanish. Legend has it that El Camino Real in Silicon Valley is part of the historic Mission Trail, an ancient road that connects the Spanish missions that stretch along the California coast. But is that true? Join us as we unravel a series of falsehoods that have become “common wisdom.”\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11834961/the-swans-at-san-franciscos-palace-of-fine-arts-have-attitude\">The Secret Lives of the Palace of Fine Arts Swans\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11834980\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11834980 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Swan at the Palace of Fine Arts\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k-536x402.jpg 536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/08/7984114855_23d47852e9_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the swans at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(\u003ca href=\"https://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontho/7984114855/in/photolist-dawFbF-dQim3j-7pRZus-6RdUub-4xeUJK-TKz9yu-6R9TGV-6R9MGF-6RdSEG-ij3Vv-wDA17y-6WpZDU-b76S2g-AUFCu-6Wq3gE-eyfZv-6Wmana-9W6KEf-nNnE2i-5LD1GD-5LHjsq-6Wm2yg-eBgK6B-PZzmK-9W3W7i-9W3WMr-56PXb-9W6Lq5-2zCEqN-9W6L7G-9W3WrK-9W3WAZ-9W6KY9-9W3Wjg-9W3Xak-9W3Wbv-9W3WnD-5j8jip-9W6LjY-9W3WS6-MBFw-9W6LAh-9W6KT3-jHc8Lx-5LHh79-9W6Lby-rMwYX-9W6Ldj-9W6Lr1-9W3WKR\">Jason Thompson\u003c/a>/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Palace of Fine Arts is an architectural gem tucked into a corner of the Marina district, offering a lovely space for a stroll, a picnic and a selfie session. But do you know the story of the swans that live here? The lagoon at the center of the ancient Roman-style rotunda is home to swans that glide the chilly waters. One Bay Curious listener wondered how the graceful birds survive here. We soon found out that, if you want to know anything about the swans, there’s only one person to ask: The Swan Lady.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>(Since publishing this episode, one of the swans featured in the story has sadly passed away.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ol>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>More than 1 million fewer students are enrolled in college now than in the fall of 2019, before the pandemic began. According to new data released Thursday, U.S. colleges and universities saw a drop of nearly 500,000 undergraduate students between the fall of 2020 and the fall of 2021, continuing a historic decline that began the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s very frightening,” says Doug Shapiro, who leads the research center at the National Student Clearinghouse, where the new data comes from. “Far from filling the hole of [2020’s] enrollment declines, we are still digging it deeper.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Compared with the fall of 2019, the last fall semester before the coronavirus pandemic, undergraduate enrollment has fallen a total of 6.6%. That represents the largest two-year decrease in more than 50 years, Shapiro says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The nation’s community colleges are continuing to feel the bulk of the decline, with a 13% enrollment drop over the course of the pandemic. But the fall 2021 numbers show that bachelor’s degree-seeking students at four-year colleges are making up about half of the shrinkage in undergraduate students, a big shift from the fall of 2020, when the vast majority of the declines were among associate degree seekers.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Doug Shapiro, vice president and executive director, National Student Clearinghouse\"]‘That could be the beginning of a whole generation of students rethinking the value of college itself.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The phenomenon of students sitting out of college seems to be more widespread. It’s not just the community colleges anymore,” says Shapiro. “That could be the beginning of a whole generation of students rethinking the value of college itself. I think if that were the case, this is much more serious than just a temporary pandemic-related disruption.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Graduate program enrollment, which saw an increase in the fall of 2020, declined slightly, down by nearly 11,000 in the fall of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, enrollment in undergraduate and graduate programs has been trending \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/12/16/787909495/fewer-students-are-going-to-college-heres-why-that-matters\">downward since around 2012\u003c/a>, but the pandemic turbocharged the declines at the undergrad level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many were hopeful that would-be undergraduates who chose to take a year off in 2020 would return in 2021, especially given the expanded opportunities for in-person learning. But the pandemic gap year appears to be a myth: The National Student Clearinghouse found that of the 2020 high school graduates who chose not to enroll in college after graduation, \u003ca href=\"https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021_HSBenchmarksReport.pdf\">only 2% ended up enrolling a year later\u003c/a>, in the fall of 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The easiest assumption is that they’re out there working,” says Shapiro. “Unemployment is down. The labor market is good. Wages are rising for workers in low-skilled jobs. So if you have a high school diploma, this seems like a pretty good time to be out there making some money.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wages at the bottom of the economy have increased dramatically, making minimum-wage jobs especially appealing to young people as an alternative to college. In December, for example, jobs for non-managers working in leisure and hospitality \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t24.htm\">paid 15% more than a year ago\u003c/a>, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.[aside postID=\"mindshift_58693,mindshift_58743,mindshift_58749\" label=\"Related Posts\"]“It’s very tempting for high school graduates, but the fear is that they are trading a short-term gain for a long-term loss,” Shapiro says. “And the longer they stay away from college, you know, life starts to happen and it becomes harder and harder to start thinking about yourself going back into a classroom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>It’s hard to give up a paycheck\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>For Brian Williams, who graduated from high school early in the pandemic, the long-term plan is to go to college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2020/12/17/925831720/losing-a-generation-fall-college-enrollment-plummets-for-first-year-students\">postponed enrolling\u003c/a> in 2020 because he was tired of remote learning; instead, he got a job at a Jimmy John’s sandwich store near his home in the suburbs of Houston so he could start saving up. When it was time to enroll in fall 2021 classes, he postponed again — he says he was more interested in finding a job that paid more than in giving up much of his paycheck to go to school. In August, Williams left Jimmy John’s and got a job at an Amazon warehouse; his hourly earnings jumped up by $4.50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel more secure within the money I’m getting,” he says. To get to and from his new job, he bought a car, which he’s working to pay off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Williams, enrolling in college means he’ll have to cut back on hours and earn less money, while also spending \u003cem>more \u003c/em>money to pay for classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so hard,” he says. “I’m just like, ‘Wow, if I go to school, I’m going to take time off and I’m not going to have any money for things I need.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had toyed with the idea of starting community college in the new year but is now thinking he’ll start next fall, to give himself another eight months to save up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows he doesn’t want to work at Amazon forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though this job does give me the money I need, it’s not enough for what I want, for what I see [for] myself or what I want for myself. So I have to put myself through college.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Short-term benefits of high hourly wage vs. long-term benefits of a degree\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A dramatic drop in college enrollment could spell trouble for those Americans who are opting out, as well as for their families. Research has long shown that getting even some post-secondary education leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2020/data-on-display/education-pays.htm\">higher wages, lower unemployment\u003c/a> and greater lifetime earnings. In one study from Georgetown University, bachelor’s degree holders were found to “\u003ca href=\"https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegepayoff2021/\">earn a median of $2.8 million during their career\u003c/a>, 75% more than if they had only a high school diploma.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be great that people are finding jobs in the short term,” says researcher Tolani Britton, “but an 18-year-old who is living at home and helping his family with the minimum wage that he’s earning — if he’s still earning that wage 15 years from now and has a family of his own to support, what are the implications in terms of socioeconomic mobility for that individual, for their children?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Britton, who studies the economics of higher education at the University of California, Berkeley, says a host of other benefits have been linked with higher education, including an increased likelihood of civic participation, lower infant mortality rates, better maternal health and a decreased likelihood of being unhoused or experiencing food insecurity, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those social benefits stem from a lifetime of higher wages and increased financial stability — long-term payoffs that can be hard to prioritize over short-term wins, like having a little more money right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, the wages that you’re getting today are one thing, but in 10 years from now they might be really similar,” Britton explains. “There may not be the growth that you would expect when people get post-secondary education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Britton also understands that it can be hard to make decisions about your future needs when you’re also trying to meet the needs of today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are in hard economic situations,” she says. “The [pandemic] recovery has been extremely uneven.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/772018032/vital-federal-program-to-help-parents-in-college-is-a-drop-in-the-bucket\">challenges\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/668530699/-going-to-office-hours-is-terrifying-and-other-hurdles-for-rural-students-in-col\">existed\u003c/a> before the pandemic for students with lower incomes, students of color and students who are the first in their families to go to college — those challenges haven’t gone anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Community colleges are the schools that traditionally enroll lower-income students,” Shapiro says, “so we can assume that that’s primarily who is affected and still staying away the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the National Student Clearinghouse looked at 2020 high school graduates, it found that \u003ca href=\"https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021_HSBenchmarksReport.pdf\">students from lower-income schools had lower college-going numbers\u003c/a>, as did students at high schools with large communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The gap in college access between higher-income and lower-income students grew wider,” Shapiro says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>U.S. economy feels long-term effects of fewer college graduates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When fewer people go to college, fewer people graduate with the skills, credentials and degrees necessary for higher-paying jobs. And that reverberates throughout the entire U.S. economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The direct loss to the economy is the workers themselves,” explains Tony Carnevale, the director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. “If they were trained and ready, they would get higher-wage jobs and they would add more to GDP, making us all richer and increasing taxes, reducing welfare costs, crime costs, on and on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When workers make higher wages, their local economies also benefit. Carnevale explains it this way: “When you hire the crane operator, the crane operator goes and buys groceries. So the grocery clerk has a job.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More and more jobs in the U.S. require some post-secondary training, Carnevale says, which makes college graduates far more valuable to the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the pandemic, the \u003ca href=\"https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/about-deloitte/articles/press-releases/deloitte-manufacturing-skills-gap.html\">country already had a skills gap\u003c/a>, with \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/25/605092520/high-paying-trade-jobs-sit-empty-while-high-school-grads-line-up-for-university\">jobs sitting empty\u003c/a> because businesses couldn’t find workers with the proper credentials. 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When it was time to enroll in fall 2021 classes, he postponed again — he says he was more interested in finding a job that paid more than in giving up much of his paycheck to go to school. In August, Williams left Jimmy John’s and got a job at an Amazon warehouse; his hourly earnings jumped up by $4.50.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel more secure within the money I’m getting,” he says. To get to and from his new job, he bought a car, which he’s working to pay off.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Williams, enrolling in college means he’ll have to cut back on hours and earn less money, while also spending \u003cem>more \u003c/em>money to pay for classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s so hard,” he says. “I’m just like, ‘Wow, if I go to school, I’m going to take time off and I’m not going to have any money for things I need.'”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had toyed with the idea of starting community college in the new year but is now thinking he’ll start next fall, to give himself another eight months to save up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He knows he doesn’t want to work at Amazon forever.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even though this job does give me the money I need, it’s not enough for what I want, for what I see [for] myself or what I want for myself. So I have to put myself through college.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Short-term benefits of high hourly wage vs. long-term benefits of a degree\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>A dramatic drop in college enrollment could spell trouble for those Americans who are opting out, as well as for their families. Research has long shown that getting even some post-secondary education leads to \u003ca href=\"https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2020/data-on-display/education-pays.htm\">higher wages, lower unemployment\u003c/a> and greater lifetime earnings. In one study from Georgetown University, bachelor’s degree holders were found to “\u003ca href=\"https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegepayoff2021/\">earn a median of $2.8 million during their career\u003c/a>, 75% more than if they had only a high school diploma.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It may be great that people are finding jobs in the short term,” says researcher Tolani Britton, “but an 18-year-old who is living at home and helping his family with the minimum wage that he’s earning — if he’s still earning that wage 15 years from now and has a family of his own to support, what are the implications in terms of socioeconomic mobility for that individual, for their children?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Britton, who studies the economics of higher education at the University of California, Berkeley, says a host of other benefits have been linked with higher education, including an increased likelihood of civic participation, lower infant mortality rates, better maternal health and a decreased likelihood of being unhoused or experiencing food insecurity, among other things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of those social benefits stem from a lifetime of higher wages and increased financial stability — long-term payoffs that can be hard to prioritize over short-term wins, like having a little more money right now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, the wages that you’re getting today are one thing, but in 10 years from now they might be really similar,” Britton explains. “There may not be the growth that you would expect when people get post-secondary education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Britton also understands that it can be hard to make decisions about your future needs when you’re also trying to meet the needs of today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People are in hard economic situations,” she says. “The [pandemic] recovery has been extremely uneven.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On top of that, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/772018032/vital-federal-program-to-help-parents-in-college-is-a-drop-in-the-bucket\">challenges\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2018/12/12/668530699/-going-to-office-hours-is-terrifying-and-other-hurdles-for-rural-students-in-col\">existed\u003c/a> before the pandemic for students with lower incomes, students of color and students who are the first in their families to go to college — those challenges haven’t gone anywhere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Community colleges are the schools that traditionally enroll lower-income students,” Shapiro says, “so we can assume that that’s primarily who is affected and still staying away the most.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the National Student Clearinghouse looked at 2020 high school graduates, it found that \u003ca href=\"https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021_HSBenchmarksReport.pdf\">students from lower-income schools had lower college-going numbers\u003c/a>, as did students at high schools with large communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The gap in college access between higher-income and lower-income students grew wider,” Shapiro says.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>U.S. economy feels long-term effects of fewer college graduates\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>When fewer people go to college, fewer people graduate with the skills, credentials and degrees necessary for higher-paying jobs. 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The data is based on third through eighth graders’ scores on interim assessments given in fall 2020 compared with the previous year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe title=\"Students experiencing pandemic learning lag by economic and English learner status\" aria-label=\"Split Bars\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-m1Vzf\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/m1Vzf/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"259\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason for the disparity is uneven quality in distance learning programs, limited access to technology and the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on lower-income families, according to the report.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Surge in suicides among Black youth\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Another noteworthy statistic is the surge in suicides among Black youth. According to the report, the suicide rate among Black 10- to 24-year-olds has more than doubled since 2014 while the rate among other groups has remained steady or dropped. In 2020, 12 of every 100,000 Black young people died by suicide, compared with a statewide average for all racial groups of just over 6 of every 100,000 young people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While disturbing, the numbers are not a shock, said Lisa Andrews, a director at the California College Guidance Initiative and a counseling professor at the University of La Verne. 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California got an A- for its investment in transitional kindergarten for all 4-year-olds, but it needs to do more to ensure that all children have access to early childhood education, the report said. Transitional kindergarten classes should have smaller student-to-teacher ratios and better-trained teachers, and affordable preschool needs to be available for every 3-year-old.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another bright spot was health insurance. California “has made remarkable progress toward ensuring health coverage for every child” by expanding Medi-Cal to undocumented children and youth age 19 to 25, the report said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But even with health insurance, too many children aren’t getting basic medical care, the report said. In some cases, the premiums are still too high for parents to afford, or families don’t know what services they’re eligible for, or health care providers aren’t offering services in a timely way. 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After nearly two years of a pandemic, those feelings have dramatically intensified for many students, especially those who have felt isolated or struggled with distance learning, medical conditions or economic hardship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvin Lee, the executive director of Generation Up, a California youth advocacy group that strongly supported the new law, said education is a good way to help students cope with their own emotional struggles, while also learning how best to support their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mental health is one of the biggest conversations happening right now,” said Lee, a first-year student at Claremont McKenna College. “The research is pretty clear. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Health classes in California high schools soon will cover more than just nutrition and exercise. Thanks to a new law that went into effect Jan. 1, students will learn about depression, schizophrenia, mood disorders and other serious mental health conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB224\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate Bill 224\u003c/a> requires all school districts that offer health classes to include mental health as part of the curriculum. The California Department of Education has until Jan. 1, 2023, to incorporate mental health into the \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/healthstandmar08.pdf\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state standards\u003c/a>, and districts have until Jan. 1, 2024, to begin teaching the new material.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hopefully this will change lives,” said state Sen. Anthony Portantino, D-La Cañada Flintridge, who sponsored the bill. “That ninth grader who’s inspired by a health class may go on to save a peer’s life. Every one of us touches so many people in our lives, we see this as having an exponential benefit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health classes are not mandatory in California high schools, but about 60% of districts offer a course that includes lessons on nutrition, exercise, substance abuse, sexual health, injury prevention, healthy relationships and other health-related topics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The standards also include mental health, but the new legislation takes the subject a step further to cover more serious conditions such as schizophrenia, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. The curriculum will explore causes, symptoms and treatment of mental illness, and how to advocate for friends or family members who need help. Substance use disorders also will be part of the curriculum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Teenagers are much more likely to listen to someone at school than a lecture from Mom or Dad,” he said. “Our hope is that this encourages that peer-to-peer advocacy and support and it will have wide-reaching effects.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even before the pandemic, young people were facing myriad mental health challenges, fueled in part by social media, racial inequity and growing social and political discord.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2019, a third of U.S. high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, according to the U.S. \u003ca class=\"external\" href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/dear_colleague/2020/dcl-102320-YRBS-2009-2019-report.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/a>. After nearly two years of a pandemic, those feelings have dramatically intensified for many students, especially those who have felt isolated or struggled with distance learning, medical conditions or economic hardship.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alvin Lee, the executive director of Generation Up, a California youth advocacy group that strongly supported the new law, said education is a good way to help students cope with their own emotional struggles, while also learning how best to support their friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mental health is one of the biggest conversations happening right now,” said Lee, a first-year student at Claremont McKenna College. “The research is pretty clear. The more mental health education early on, the better the outcomes later. … Our hope is that this prepares the next generation of students to talk about and deal with mental health issues, their own as well as others’.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy \u003ca href=\"https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-youth-mental-health-advisory.pdf\">issued a stark warning about the mental health of young people\u003c/a>, urging schools, health care companies and other institutions to do a better job supporting young people’s emotional health and self-esteem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the report, Murthy recommended that young people have increased access to high-quality counseling and physical care and learn techniques for managing stress and emotional changes, while also limiting their social media and video game exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Increased support for kids in families struggling with poverty and other inequities is also key, he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Mental health challenges in children, adolescents, and young adults are real, and they are widespread,” Murthy wrote in the report. “But most importantly, they are treatable, and often preventable. … Our obligation to act is not just medical — it’s moral.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://www.cahperd.org/\">California Association for Health, Physical Education,\u003cbr>\nRecreation and Dance\u003c/a> strongly supported SB 224, noting that even though mental health is included in existing curriculum, the way it's taught is not consistent across school districts and teachers often are not adequately prepared to cover it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hopefully, this bill will help fix that, said William Potter, the group’s president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many [of our] members instruct mental health topics in schools, and we know how important this education is for young people. It can literally save lives,” he said. “However … many school districts do not have qualified health teachers who are trained to teach this content and it would be great to see that change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jessica Cruz, executive director of the California chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, said the new law is a good start in reducing the stigma of mental illness and encouraging students, teachers and families to talk about the issue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re happy this isn’t one-and-done,” she said. “We wanted to make sure it’s robust, ingrained in the curriculum and cumulative over time, so students really get a chance to understand and identify mental health disorders and know how to access resources.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ideally, she said, it’s the beginning of more comprehensive and substantial mental health education in schools, beginning in kindergarten.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My hope is that eventually this curriculum will get into every school in California and the nation,” she said. “It’s not just for the benefit of students, but their families and teachers, too. It’s for the entire community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://edsource.org/2022/new-law-on-mental-health-curriculum-goes-into-effect-with-start-of-the-new-year/665417\">This story was originally published by EdSource.\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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It definitely throws a wrench in things in terms of learning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Throughout the pandemic, Bay Area substitute teachers have left their districts in large numbers, in part because work dried up when school instruction moved online and teachers began working from home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now districts are having a hard time getting those subs back, as they, like other workers nationwide, are reevaluating the worth of their labor, and have changed locations or found better-paying jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The shortage has left districts trying new ways of recruiting by targeting retirees, parents who help out in classrooms, and corporate volunteers to become certified substitutes. However, new recruits are running into certification slowdowns at the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response, on Tuesday Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order providing more flexibility for schools to support in-person instruction. The order will lower state barriers that are delaying the hire of short-term subs; will allow assignment extensions for subs; and eliminates barriers “that may prevent additional retired teachers from returning.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flexibilities expire on March 31, 2022, and are only available to schools that submit a written statement saying the changes will support in-person services for students despite staffing shortages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the great need for subs — and the high number of applications coming in from people looking for those jobs — the state is still processing applications from October and faces a backlog of nearly 600 applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Commission on Teacher Credentialing says it’s well aware of the shortage in subs. In its defense, spokesperson Sasha Horwitz said in an email that applications are still being processed under the 50-day statutory time frame allowed.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Dana Moran, Berkeley High School teacher\"]‘A huge and frustrating irony in all this is that we have student teachers who would love to sub, and desperately need the money since they are in grad school.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Horwitz says the slowdown is due in part to an influx of new applicants resulting from recent changes to the law making it easier to apply, such as waiving the processing fee, and making it easier to meet the basic skills requirement through prior college course work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This has led to a large influx of applicants for all credential types — the agency is working to clear some 3,887 total teaching applications, including subs — meaning there are more applications being processed by the commission than usual.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The commission says it’s working overtime and has brought on three more people to speed things up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Staffing shortages at the district administrative level also are a part of the problem. The head of San Francisco Unified’s human resources department, Kristin Bijur, says her office is at between 65% and 75% below capacity.[aside postID=\"news_11898251,news_11892468,mindshift_58938\" label=\"Related Posts\"]Bijur says the staff she is missing could be helping folks complete \u003ca href=\"https://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/30-Day-Substitute-Teaching-Permit-(CL-505p)\">the application process\u003c/a>, which can include locating old SAT scores and other data not readily available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s actually not easy to become a substitute. You have to submit transcripts and you have to submit an assessment of basic skills,” Bijur explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has been trying to attract bilingual immigrant parents who might already be volunteering in their child’s elementary school classroom to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every single night, every night, it keeps me awake,” Bijur says. “The single most important factor in a child’s education is the quality of their teacher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Districts trying new ways to attract substitutes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At SFUSD, Bijur is trying to come up with new ways of getting more people to help staff schools. She wants to work with the district’s corporate partners to have them send in service day volunteers to handle playground duty, freeing up those staff to fill in on classroom teaching, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Bijur is also looking into ways to get more student teachers emergency credentials to sub. Student teachers are graduate students working toward their teaching degree who often train in public school classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she succeeds, however, Bijur says any who are newly credentialed as subs would go straight into the 36 district classrooms that still don’t have a permanent teacher in them this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(In San Diego, some school districts have mailed letters directly to parents asking them to step in and help. Others have turned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/poway-unified-parents-step-up-after-plea-to-help-with-worker-shortage-san-diego-county-schools-education/509-f5ea1bae-74ae-4f0d-9456-3e00690eb8cf\">Tiktok to recruit\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Unified also is working to get more student teachers emergency credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A huge and frustrating irony in all this is that we have student teachers who would love to sub, and desperately need the money since they are in grad school,” said Berkeley High teacher Dana Moran in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But staff shortages and backlogs at the district, state, and ACOE have made it impossible for them to get certified to sub,” she said, referencing the Alameda County Office of Education. “They have literally been trying to get on the sub list since August and still have not been approved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the district has been able to hire 104 new subs this year by contracting with companies like ZipRecruiter and Indeed to target substitute recruitment. The district has moved to video screening for the sub interviews to move things along, and they’ve increased the pay rate to that of a first-year teacher’s salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, OUSD does not provide health benefits for nonpermanent, day-to-day subs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland sub Craig Gordon, who is a retired teacher, says the district could attract more retired teachers like him back into the sub pool if it would agree to cover the costs of health care should they contract COVID-19 while on the job. Retired teachers don’t have to go through the same screening process when they want to return as a sub since they’re already credentialed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so we have asked for some kind of formula whereby a substitute who is working would get health care benefits, too. But they are refusing to negotiate any of that right now,” said Gordon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to state law, on Jan. 1, teachers who retired six months ago are eligible to work as subs, and many districts said they are hoping those teachers can be persuaded to come back to the classroom a few days a week to fill in\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But older teachers also can be more hesitant to work in classrooms during the pandemic, especially during the current surge. Furthermore, aside from concerns about omicron breakthrough cases, some potential subs also are balking at working in schools that are so understaffed they’re having a hard time functioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, where the sub pool has shrunk from about 500 to 300, previous recruitment methods just aren’t working, said Tracee Edmunds, director of personnel with the Marin County Office of Education. 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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You have to submit transcripts and you have to submit an assessment of basic skills,” Bijur explained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has been trying to attract bilingual immigrant parents who might already be volunteering in their child’s elementary school classroom to the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every single night, every night, it keeps me awake,” Bijur says. “The single most important factor in a child’s education is the quality of their teacher.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Districts trying new ways to attract substitutes\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>At SFUSD, Bijur is trying to come up with new ways of getting more people to help staff schools. She wants to work with the district’s corporate partners to have them send in service day volunteers to handle playground duty, freeing up those staff to fill in on classroom teaching, for example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And Bijur is also looking into ways to get more student teachers emergency credentials to sub. Student teachers are graduate students working toward their teaching degree who often train in public school classrooms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If she succeeds, however, Bijur says any who are newly credentialed as subs would go straight into the 36 district classrooms that still don’t have a permanent teacher in them this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(In San Diego, some school districts have mailed letters directly to parents asking them to step in and help. Others have turned to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/poway-unified-parents-step-up-after-plea-to-help-with-worker-shortage-san-diego-county-schools-education/509-f5ea1bae-74ae-4f0d-9456-3e00690eb8cf\">Tiktok to recruit\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Berkeley Unified also is working to get more student teachers emergency credentials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A huge and frustrating irony in all this is that we have student teachers who would love to sub, and desperately need the money since they are in grad school,” said Berkeley High teacher Dana Moran in an email.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“But staff shortages and backlogs at the district, state, and ACOE have made it impossible for them to get certified to sub,” she said, referencing the Alameda County Office of Education. “They have literally been trying to get on the sub list since August and still have not been approved.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Oakland, the district has been able to hire 104 new subs this year by contracting with companies like ZipRecruiter and Indeed to target substitute recruitment. The district has moved to video screening for the sub interviews to move things along, and they’ve increased the pay rate to that of a first-year teacher’s salary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, OUSD does not provide health benefits for nonpermanent, day-to-day subs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland sub Craig Gordon, who is a retired teacher, says the district could attract more retired teachers like him back into the sub pool if it would agree to cover the costs of health care should they contract COVID-19 while on the job. Retired teachers don’t have to go through the same screening process when they want to return as a sub since they’re already credentialed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And so we have asked for some kind of formula whereby a substitute who is working would get health care benefits, too. But they are refusing to negotiate any of that right now,” said Gordon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to state law, on Jan. 1, teachers who retired six months ago are eligible to work as subs, and many districts said they are hoping those teachers can be persuaded to come back to the classroom a few days a week to fill in\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But older teachers also can be more hesitant to work in classrooms during the pandemic, especially during the current surge. Furthermore, aside from concerns about omicron breakthrough cases, some potential subs also are balking at working in schools that are so understaffed they’re having a hard time functioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Marin County, where the sub pool has shrunk from about 500 to 300, previous recruitment methods just aren’t working, said Tracee Edmunds, director of personnel with the Marin County Office of Education. 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. Edmunds says the district wants to appeal to the county’s retired residents who may be willing to sub one or two days a week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Edmunds predicts it will take years to build back up the staffing of substitutes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think it is something that districts are going to be working on for years to come in building back up the staffing for our substitutes and public education,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With people moving out of the state and removing themselves due to COVID-related concerns,” she said, “we have a long road ahead of us to bring back really great quality substitutes to replace our teachers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. 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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The sister of a federal security officer who was fatally shot while guarding a courthouse during George Floyd-related protests \u003ca href=\"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21174499-underwood-v-meta-complaint\">has sued Facebook\u003c/a>, accusing the tech giant of playing a role in radicalizing the alleged shooter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dave Patrick Underwood, 53, was shot and killed on May 29, 2020, in Oakland. Authorities have charged suspected gunman Steven Carrillo with murder. Investigators say \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11824604/man-charged-in-killings-of-oakland-federal-officer-santa-cruz-deputy-linked-to-right-wing-extremist-group\">Carrillo had ties to the far-right, anti-government boogaloo movement\u003c/a> and that he organized with other boogaloo supporters on Facebook, including his alleged getaway driver, Robert A. Justus Jr., of Millbrae. Carrillo also faces murder charges in the June 5, 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11823427/hundreds-mourn-santa-clara-county-sheriffs-deputy-killed-over-the-weekend\">ambush killing\u003c/a> of a Santa Cruz County sheriff’s deputy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a suit filed Thursday in California state court against Meta, Facebook’s parent company, Angela Underwood Jacobs accused Facebook officials of being aware that the social network was being used as a recruitment tool for boogaloo adherents, yet did not take steps to stop recommending boogaloo-related pages until after Underwood’s death. The suit called the deadly shooting “the culmination of an extremist plot hatched and planned on Facebook by two men who Meta connected through Facebook’s groups infrastructure and its use of algorithms designed and intended to increase user engagement and, correspondingly, Meta’s profits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The boogaloo movement is a collection of far-right extremists who claim to want to overthrow the U.S. government through a second civil war. Sometimes clad in Hawaiian-print T-shirts, the group is known to be heavily armed and is highly active online.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11824604 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2020/06/Carrillo-van-oakland-1020x631.jpg']Lawyers for Underwood Jacobs claim Facebook was negligent in designing a product “to promote and engage its users in extremist content” despite knowing that it could lead to potential violence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Facebook Inc. knew or could have reasonably foreseen that one or more individuals would be likely to become radicalized upon joining boogaloo-related groups on Facebook,” the suit states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal investigators have said Carrillo, a staff sergeant at Fairfield’s Travis Air Force Base at the time of the shooting, used Facebook to communicate with other boogaloo supporters. On the same day Underwood was killed, Carrillo allegedly posted to a Facebook group that he planned to go to the George Floyd protests in Oakland to “show them the real targets. Use their anger to fuel our fire,” he allegedly wrote. “We have mobs of angry people to use to our advantage,” he wrote, according to federal prosecutors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Authorities say Carrillo wrote that the protest was “a group opportunity to target the specialty soup bois,” a phrase boogaloo adherents use to refer to law enforcement officials because of the “alphabet soup” of federal law enforcement acronyms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Underwood Jacobs’s suit contends that if Facebook had altered its algorithm so it was not recommending and promoting boogaloo groups, Carrillo may never have connected online with others in the extremist movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Facebook bears responsibility for the murder of my brother,” Underwood Jacobs said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook did not have an immediate response to the suit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11901003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11901003 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs.jpg\" alt='A Black woman with long, straight hair sits beneath a bright light at a large wooden desk with two plastic water bottles and a pump bottle of hand sanitizer, a white placard in front of her saying in all-capital letters, \"MS. ANGELA UNDERWOOD JACOBS.\" She looks to her direct left, as if someone out of the frame is speaking. Behind her sits a bald White man wearing a gray suit, a yellow tie, and a black facemask.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs-800x500.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs-1020x638.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs-160x100.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/01/AngelaUnderwoodJacobs-1536x960.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angela Underwood Jacobs, whose brother David Underwood was shot and killed in 2020 by a suspect investigators say had right-wing extremist ties while working as a federal security officer in Oakland, attends a June 10, 2020, hearing on Capitol Hill about policing practices and law enforcement accountability prompted by the police murder of George Floyd. \u003ccite>(Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit is the latest attempt to hold a Big Tech company accountable for real-world harm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Social media companies largely escape legal responsibility in such cases thanks to a law known as Section 230, which prevents online platforms from being held liable for what users post.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been rare exceptions in attempts to advance lawsuits against tech companies, like when an appeals court \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2021/05/04/993579600/snapchat-can-be-sued-for-role-in-fatal-car-crash-court-rules\">found that Snapchat could be sued\u003c/a> for a feature that allegedly encouraged reckless driving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Goldman, a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law who studies Section 230, said Facebook likely will invoke the legal shield in this case, but he said the suit faces other hurdles, as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There have been a number of lawsuits trying to establish that Facebook is liable for how violent groups and terrorists used their services,” Goldman said. “And courts have consistently rejected those claims because services like Facebook aren’t responsible for harms caused by people using the service.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The lawsuit leans heavily on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-facebook-files-11631713039\">Facebook Files\u003c/a>, a cache of internal company documents exposed in a series of stories by The Wall Street Journal. Among the allegations is that Facebook’s algorithm promotes extremism through inflammatory and divisive content in order to keep users engaged and advertising dollars rolling in. Facebook researchers have estimated that the social network only catches between 3% and 5% of hate speech on the platform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, lawyers for Underwood Jacobs said the Facebook Files revealed “Facebook’s active role in shaping the content on its website as well as creating and building groups on the platform – activities that fall outside of the conduct protected by Section 230.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook has reportedly \u003ca href=\"https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/12/22722885/facebook-militarized-social-movements-banned-internal-list-leak\">banned nearly 1,000 private groups\u003c/a> focused on “militarized social movements” like boogaloo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook has previously acknowledged its role in militia-fueled violence. In August 2020, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it made an “operational mistake” in failing to remove a page for a militia group that called for armed citizens to enter Kenosha, Wisconsin. Two protesters were shot and killed there during demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same month, \u003ca href=\"https://about.fb.com/news/2020/08/addressing-movements-and-organizations-tied-to-violence/\">Facebook said it took down 2,400 pages\u003c/a> and more than 14,000 groups on the site started by militia groups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/\">npr.org\u003c/a>.\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Sister+of+slain+security+officer+sues+Facebook+over+killing+tied+to+Boogaloo+movement&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxOTAwOTE4MDEyMTkxMDAzNjczZDljZA004)\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\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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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. 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