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The plan \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12011347/sf-schools-wont-close-yet-but-the-city-still-has-questions-about-huge-budget-cuts\">is now on ice\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, three of the four leading candidates as of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/elections/results/sanfrancisco/school#board-of-education\">latest update from city elections officials\u003c/a>, released Thursday afternoon, have indicated that closures need to be on the table as SFUSD prepares to announce massive budget cuts in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jaime Huling, who is almost guaranteed to win one of four available seats after taking a strong lead in first-choice votes, hasn’t shared her stance on future school closures, though she has been a vocal opponent of former Superintendent Matt Wayne’s proposal and the board’s handling of it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/jaimenina/status/1854079175864582426\">post on social media platform X\u003c/a> after polls closed Tuesday, she said, “I will always fight to protect our immigrant communities, trans kids, freedom of speech, and funding for education. 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Current commissioners Jenny Lam, Mark Sanchez and Kevine Boggess — the only board member to oppose Wayne’s resignation and the appointment of the new superintendent — all chose not to run for reelection.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010687/sfs-new-school-superintendent-is-on-the-job-little-about-it-is-business-as-usual\">new superintendent\u003c/a>, Maria Su, was just appointed about a month ago. Commissioner Phil Kim, who replaced Motamedi, has been on the board for less than three months, albeit busy ones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label='Related Coverage' tag='san-francisco-unified-school-district']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Su and Kim are new to SFUSD. 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He has a daughter attending the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary, one of the schools that would have taken in Chinese biliteracy students under Wayne’s plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jersin, sitting in fourth, has also said closures are likely necessary, and campaigned on bringing financial management and business experience to the school board as the district could approach a more than $400 million budget by 2027 without cost-saving measures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has two kids in SFUSD schools and sits on the Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee, which keeps an eye on how the district uses funding allocated through tax-funded bonds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supryia Ray, who sits in third and is in position to join the board along with Huling, Gupta and Jersin, has stood out from the other likely newcomers as a rare voice questioning the board’s pause of school closures — despite denouncing Wayne’s handling of them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked to weigh in on future consolidation plans, she \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/RayforBOE/status/1849321821163884592\">posted on X\u003c/a> that “kicking the can down the road risks the quality of our kids’ education.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m committed to a long-term solution to ensure full staffing and support families impacted by any future closures,” Ray said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010449\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12010449 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-08-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Superintendent Maria Su laughs during a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Of note, current board president Matt Alexander is trailing in fifth place, leaving him one spot out of a seat in his hunt for a second term. 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The supervisors, who have become increasingly involved with the district’s functions this fall, requested the hearing to learn how staff could still be affected by the closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cassondra Curiel, president of United Educators San Francisco, said educators were left out of the loop on the closure plan, and called on Su to include them in future discussions about possible consolidations — and significant budget cuts expected in December.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need our families to know this information from the source,” Curiel said at the hearing. “We’re often the first point of contact around any information, and when we did not have it [about school closures], we couldn’t answer for what was going to happen.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since taking the helm, Su has said that her first priority will be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12006395/sf-school-district-should-focus-on-budget-before-deciding-on-campus-closures-breed-says\">closing a $113 million deficit\u003c/a> by the end of the year to avoid a state takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curiel said that the shelved closure plan revealed that the district is likely planning to do that partially through staffing cuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There is no indication from us that the plan to make deep cuts is paused,” Curiel said. “We know that the district’s plans for making cuts to balance its budget have been in the works for months, and we finally got a glimpse into that when they published their [school closure] proposal. And while the proposal wasn’t determined or voted on, how else are they going to make those cuts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State-appointed fiscal advisors from the California Department of Education have had veto power over the district’s budget decisions since May after SFUSD’s interim budget received a negative certification in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meredith Dodson, the president of the San Francisco Parent Coalition, said in September that the state has already indicated that there aren’t any “easy cuts left” for the district to make and that any money-saving efforts they carry out will have a considerable impact on schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district’s \u003ca href=\"https://go.boarddocs.com/ca/sfusd/Board.nsf/files/D6KSLH732809/%24file/Exhibit%20A_Modified_Fiscal%20Stabilization%20Plan%2C%2025-26_26-27%20summary_20240625.pdf\">fiscal stabilization plan\u003c/a>, which was released under Wayne’s leadership in June, projected cuts of more than 600 full-time equivalent teacher and staff positions in the next two school years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the school closures were called off, Wayne had been saying in meetings with affected campus communities that the budget cuts the district planned to make would leave the school sites under-resourced if they were not reduced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple schools might have to share a librarian, or a counselor might have to service multiple campuses and not be onsite every day of the week. It’s unclear if all of the teachers at the school sites that could have merged were going to move with their students to the new school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curiel said that the district was vague when asked about how it planned to move entire school communities onto the site of another school and how many classrooms or classes per grade level the merged schools would have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said the proposal clarified that the district “was proposing to move schools not to set up an either-or situation. 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She joins at a tumultuous time for the district, which has paused its chaotic school closure process as it looks to close a massive budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday at Yick Wo Elementary School in North Beach, which was on the district’s list of schools that could have closed this spring, fourth- and fifth-graders gathered for a visit by the superintendent were pleased when Su, accompanied by Mayor London Breed, assured them school would remain open. But they also asked hard questions — like had Su been to their school before, and why were closures being considered in the first place?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The answers? No, and there are some financial troubles in the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There were some people who were working for the school district who were looking at school closures as an option, but they didn’t have all the information to make an informed decision,” Breed told the class, likening it to solving a math equation without doing or showing your work.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010830\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010830\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241023-SFUSDSUPERINTENDENT-13-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students listen to teacher Katie Dorset in their class at Yick Wo Alternative Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 23, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“One of the reasons why we pulled back on that plan is because we needed to have clear communication, and we needed to make sure we understood what was actually going on and what we need to do,” Breed said. “We’re not sure what we need to do until we get to the bottom of it and get to the facts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, only Commissioner Kevine Boggess voted against Su’s appointment, but many speakers raised concerns about the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010008/sf-schools-crisis-is-spiraling-with-top-official-to-resign-heres-all-thats-happened\">quick timeline\u003c/a> of her selection and her lack of public education experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su has headed the city’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families for 19 years — and though she became the district’s chief officer on Tuesday, she’ll remain a city employee through an agreement between the city and district through June 2026. 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While our team has reviewed it, there may be errors.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:33] It’s definitely been a rough couple of months for the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:36] Katie DeBenedetti is a reporter for KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:01:40] They were already having budget issues that were years in the making. This fall, they were planning to propose a list of schools to close. And then this past week, the superintendent ended up resigning. So it’s been rocky, to say the least.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:01:58] I mean, a lot of the problems facing the district right now really stem from this big budget deficit. Can you remind us — how in the hole is San Francisco Unified and how did it get this bad?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:12] This year, the district has about a $113 million deficit, which is pretty bad compared to other districts. Its long term or structural deficit is actually much larger. The district is already under pretty strict oversight from this state. Two fiscal advisers have veto power over their financial decisions and have since March. The district says that most of it is because of declining enrollment. Over the past few decades, less students have attended S.F. City schools, but they haven’t reduced staff or school sites and programs accordingly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:02:56] And less students, I imagine, means less money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:02:59] Right. So a lot of the funding comes on a per student basis from the state. 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The last time San Francisco closed schools in 2005 and 2006, a lot of people felt that it wasn’t done equitably. It affected Black communities and schools in the southeast side of the city disproportionately. And there was a lot of trust lost during that process. So people are going in with that in the back of their minds, really. And then throughout the fall, it’s just been a bit of a train wreck. The superintendent, Matt Wayne, was supposed to release the lists of schools in September and then pushed it back just two days before it was scheduled.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:05:45] And then Mayor London Breed got involved, sending a rescue team to the district. There were rumors that the district could delay, you know, the list again, and then it did end up dropping with some errors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When it came out, there were incorrect scores that the district was using to decide if schools could close or should close, and they had to be corrected. And then there was also communication that was meant to be sent to one school community that was going to be affected, that ended up going to other staff and students. So it really just was confusing and kind of added to the stress and anger that parents had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:33] I mean, how would you describe the reaction at the time, especially from from parents and families?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:41] I think most people were pretty frustrated, but also, you know, ready to fight for their schools to stay open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:06:49] You know, there’s an initial reaction of shock, concern, anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:55] So Meredith Dodson is the executive director of the San Francisco Parent Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:07:02] You know, a lot of families weren’t even aware that this process was happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:06] She said that most parents were pretty frustrated by the way that the rollout has gone, but also feeling kind of unsure about, you know, if we don’t go through with this plan, what comes next?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] There needs to be a very clearly communicated story about why this makes sense. And we’re just, we just, we don’t have that story yet. And so we’re kind of waiting. You know, parents are waiting to see that from the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:33] It’s never going to be an easy thing or really well received, I think, when when you’re closing schools. But there was so much focus on, you know, doing it right this time that I think that amplified the anger because they didn’t do it right.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:07:50] And I mean, that said, that’s not the only problem that the district has faced over the last few years. Can you tell me about what else the district has been sort of dealing with outside of the school closure debacle?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:08:04] Yeah. So the last couple of years, the district has had a really big payroll issue. It resulted in a lot of staff getting incorrect paychecks or missing paychecks. It’s come to light this year that the district did not hire about 250 special education workers that are now missing from school sites that need them. And at the start of this year, there were about 100 vacancies that were budgeted for and in some cases filled, but just not onboarded correctly. So there’s been some other organizational issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:08:44] I mean, it sounds just totally chaotic. Why, Katie, is it so bad? I mean, some of this is you could, I guess, chalk up to the budget deficit problem, but it also seems like a lot of mismanagement as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:09:01] Yeah. And a lot of that has been blamed on the superintendent, Matt Wayne. I think that a lot of people have also said these problems existed in central office before, but a lot of it really comes down to communication and just a sense that the district office is pretty disjointed and not, you know, on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:09:29] Coming up, the superintendent resigns and what could happen going forward. Stay with us.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there’s so much going on. And this superintendent or I guess former superintendent Matt Wayne, took a lot of the blame for it all and this weekend, he quit. What happened?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:09:56] Yes. So after the list came out, it was poorly received.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:10:00] There were some major communication issues with our superintendent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:10:05] Mayor London Breed kind of got involved and came out saying that she had lost confidence in his leadership.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:10:11] The fact is, if we are working on this together and we’re providing that support, we need to all be on the same page.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:10:17] And then pretty quickly, it is announced that he’ll be resigning on Friday night. So the board meets, accepts his resignation, and then board president Matt Alexander announces that they will, you know, hire a new superintendent. 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You know, she’s familiar with San Francisco and children, but she doesn’t have an education background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:42] Good morning, everyone. I’m San Francisco mayor London Breed, and I am so grateful to be here with so many of the leaders of the city and county of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:11:54] So they had a press conference on Monday morning and it was kind of a who’s who. Mayor London Breed was there. The state superintendent,Tony Thurmond was there. Scott Wiener was there, our state senator. A lot of school board members, a lot of members of the board of supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:14] When you need someone to get the job done, you call people like Maria Su.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:20] And there was a real sense of just hope surrounding Maria Su and really stabilizing the district and working together to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Alexander \u003c/strong>[00:12:29] And that’s what’s been missing at SFUSD. It’s not the educators, it’s the systems that support them. And that is why I am so excited that Maria Su is going to be considered for the next position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] Matt Alexander is the board president of San Francisco Unified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Alexander \u003c/strong>[00:12:46] You know, our beloved San Francisco Giants finished the season in second to last place, 18 games out. And what did they do? They hired Buster Posey to run the team. That’s what we’re doing with Maria Su. We’re hiring Buster Posey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:59] He also seems pretty confident that she’ll do a great job. He, you know, did touch on the fact that it seemed like in the past, not all of the district staff or maybe the superintendent were super open to support and collaboration. And he felt that she would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maria Su \u003c/strong>[00:13:24] As a fellow San Franciscan, former SFUSD parent and a lifelong public servant. I understand the profound responsibilities of this role and I am ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:46] Well, Katie, that’s a lot of big change happening at the district and in key leadership there at this really critical time. 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Why was that on the table and how did that go for the district this year?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:04:23] So the declining enrollment problem is really why they’re considering the school closures. The district says it needs to reduce schools to bring the number of classrooms, teachers, guidance counselors in alignment with its new number of students and not be paying for resources for those thousands of empty seats, basically.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The act of closing schools itself isn’t going to save the district a ton of money. But because of the deficit, if they don’t make those cuts and leave the amount of schools open that they have now, they’ll be under-resourced. The last time San Francisco closed schools in 2005 and 2006, a lot of people felt that it wasn’t done equitably. It affected Black communities and schools in the southeast side of the city disproportionately. And there was a lot of trust lost during that process. 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So it really just was confusing and kind of added to the stress and anger that parents had.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:06:33] I mean, how would you describe the reaction at the time, especially from from parents and families?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:41] I think most people were pretty frustrated, but also, you know, ready to fight for their schools to stay open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:06:49] You know, there’s an initial reaction of shock, concern, anger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:06:55] So Meredith Dodson is the executive director of the San Francisco Parent Coalition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:07:02] You know, a lot of families weren’t even aware that this process was happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:07:06] She said that most parents were pretty frustrated by the way that the rollout has gone, but also feeling kind of unsure about, you know, if we don’t go through with this plan, what comes next?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Meredith Dodson \u003c/strong>[00:07:20] There needs to be a very clearly communicated story about why this makes sense. 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You know, she’s familiar with San Francisco and children, but she doesn’t have an education background.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:11:42] Good morning, everyone. I’m San Francisco mayor London Breed, and I am so grateful to be here with so many of the leaders of the city and county of San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:11:54] So they had a press conference on Monday morning and it was kind of a who’s who. Mayor London Breed was there. The state superintendent,Tony Thurmond was there. Scott Wiener was there, our state senator. A lot of school board members, a lot of members of the board of supervisors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>London Breed \u003c/strong>[00:12:14] When you need someone to get the job done, you call people like Maria Su.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:20] And there was a real sense of just hope surrounding Maria Su and really stabilizing the district and working together to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Alexander \u003c/strong>[00:12:29] And that’s what’s been missing at SFUSD. It’s not the educators, it’s the systems that support them. And that is why I am so excited that Maria Su is going to be considered for the next position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:40] Matt Alexander is the board president of San Francisco Unified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Matt Alexander \u003c/strong>[00:12:46] You know, our beloved San Francisco Giants finished the season in second to last place, 18 games out. And what did they do? They hired Buster Posey to run the team. That’s what we’re doing with Maria Su. We’re hiring Buster Posey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:12:59] He also seems pretty confident that she’ll do a great job. He, you know, did touch on the fact that it seemed like in the past, not all of the district staff or maybe the superintendent were super open to support and collaboration. And he felt that she would be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maria Su \u003c/strong>[00:13:24] As a fellow San Franciscan, former SFUSD parent and a lifelong public servant. I understand the profound responsibilities of this role and I am ready.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:13:46] Well, Katie, that’s a lot of big change happening at the district and in key leadership there at this really critical time. What does this mean in the immediate term for parents and students and teachers?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:14:00] So Su said she’s going to focus on the budget first, balancing that by December. But then her other main priority is going to be repairing trust with families. She told reporters that meant going out to school sites, talking with students over snacks, grabbing coffee with parents and teachers, really getting out of the district office and onto school campuses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maria Su \u003c/strong>[00:14:22] These challenges are complex. I wish there was a shortcut to it, but there are not. But I am confident that with the support of everyone behind me, we will get this done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:14:34] As you just mentioned, Katie, none of this really changes the fact that there is still a budget deficit that needs closing. Besides, you know, the potential of more school closures, do we know anything about how the district plans to do that now? It’s still seems like the million dollar question here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:14:53] Definitely. We don’t know a lot. But, you know, school closures also aren’t totally off the table. Pretty much every speaker at Monday’s press conference said that there would be tough conversations ahead, alluding to, if not explicitly saying mergers and closures are going to be on the table. And so that’s going to be partly up to the school board after November’s election. There’s been projections that up to 500 positions might be cut, some through layoffs, a lot through attrition. Schools could have to share a nurse or not have a counselor on site every day. The teachers union is also calling for cuts to come from central office staff. So there’s bound to be some tension there, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cassandra Curiel \u003c/strong>[00:15:40] When there are cuts to schools. Everyone at schools feels that, including the families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:15:46] Cassandra Curiel is the president of United Educators of San Francisco. San Francisco’s teacher union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cassandra Curiel \u003c/strong>[00:15:53] We’re sensitive to that because cuts to schools does not mean that things that students don’t need or use every day are suddenly gone and no one feels the difference.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Katie DeBenedetti \u003c/strong>[00:16:04] I think that they’re, you know, feeling cautiously optimistic, hoping that, you know, everything she said about really wanting to engage with them and turning the district around is true, but also going to wait and see what those conversations look like.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Cassandra Curiel \u003c/strong>[00:16:22] Any cuts to the budget moving forward? We expect a full process, right? We’re very sensitive to that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra \u003c/strong>[00:16:34] Well, Katie, how important is it that San Francisco Unified figure out its budget problems?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>As the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> tries to turn the page on a tumultuous start to the year, state and local officials rallied Monday in support of the likely new superintendent following embattled leader Matt Wayne’s resignation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Friday, the school board said it would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12010008/sf-schools-crisis-is-spiraling-with-top-official-to-resign-heres-all-thats-happened\">put a halt to the district’s plan to close some campuses\u003c/a>, approved Wayne’s resignation and tapped Maria Su, the co-leader of a rescue team \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005932/sf-mayor-sends-team-to-address-crisis-at-school-district-but-dont-call-it-a-takeover\">sent by Mayor London Breed\u003c/a> to aid the district last month, to serve as superintendent. She will take the helm this week, assuming she is approved by the board at its meeting on Tuesday night, on a contract that runs through June 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Su has been the executive director of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and Their Families since 2009. She’ll remain a city employee but report to the Board of Education through a memorandum of understanding between the city and the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you need someone to get the job done, you call people like Maria Su,” Breed said during a press conference on Monday, joined by State Superintendent Tony Thurmond and other elected officials. “In every single instance, she has delivered time and time again, and she will deliver on helping through this very challenging transition.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school board will instruct Su to stop the current closure plan. Though that doesn’t necessarily mean closures won’t be needed in the future, Su said her first priorities will be to deliver a balanced budget to the state by the Dec. 15 deadline and restore trust with school communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there have been fears that SFUSD could lose local control if it isn’t able to close a $113 million deficit by that deadline, Su and Thurmond said that there will be no state takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010448\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaks at a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state plans to work with Su as a partner, Thurmond said, adding that she would bring great leadership to the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will not be a state takeover in San Francisco. Let me be clear about that,” Thurmond said. “The role of the California Department of Education is to assist with financial decisions. And our staff has been working with the staff of the district to work through some of the financial challenges and to build better systems. But the role of the Department of Education is never to lead the district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is already under the watch of state fiscal advisors, who have veto power over its spending. The two experts were appointed in 2022, but after SFUSD received a negative budget report in March, they were given more ability to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to have to make some really tough decisions ahead of us,” Su said. “But I think we got it on camera that our state superintendent just said that he’s not interested in taking over the district. What he wants to do is provide us support and guidance to make sure that our children and families get everything they need to succeed in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12010494 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Su speaks at a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While some parents breathed a sigh of relief after the proposal to close as many as 11 schools was halted, questions about the district’s stability — and continued declining enrollment — remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we have been looking at private schools because of the fact that it’s so destabilizing for students,” said Faith Flanagan, who was looking at middle schools for her son during the district’s enrollment fair on Saturday. “Who’s to say that next year they don’t decide to close down the middle school that my son would potentially be going to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12010008 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flanagan said the district’s focus should be on the budget.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think stabilizing the budget is really a first and foremost plan that we need to put forward, like how do we stabilize the budget so we don’t have to close schools,” she said. “We have incredible schools in San Francisco represented by amazing teachers, staff, [administrators] and parents that really care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Balancing the budget will likely include significant staff reductions and cuts to some programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In recent weeks, Wayne had doubled back on an earlier statement that school closures wouldn’t save the district money. He said that while the closures themselves couldn’t solve the budget crisis, without them, the cuts SFUSD needs to make would leave school sites understaffed and under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, Board President Matt Alexander believes Su is up to the difficult task ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our beloved San Francisco Giants finished the season in second to last place,” he joked at the press conference on Monday. “What did they do? They hired Buster Posey to run the team. That’s what we’re doing with Maria — we’re hiring Buster Posey to run the team.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/emanoukian\">Elize Manoukian\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school board will instruct Su to stop the current closure plan. Though that doesn’t necessarily mean closures won’t be needed in the future, Su said her first priorities will be to deliver a balanced budget to the state by the Dec. 15 deadline and restore trust with school communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While there have been fears that SFUSD could lose local control if it isn’t able to close a $113 million deficit by that deadline, Su and Thurmond said that there will be no state takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010448\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12010448\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-05-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaks at a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The state plans to work with Su as a partner, Thurmond said, adding that she would bring great leadership to the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will not be a state takeover in San Francisco. Let me be clear about that,” Thurmond said. “The role of the California Department of Education is to assist with financial decisions. And our staff has been working with the staff of the district to work through some of the financial challenges and to build better systems. But the role of the Department of Education is never to lead the district.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district is already under the watch of state fiscal advisors, who have veto power over its spending. The two experts were appointed in 2022, but after SFUSD received a negative budget report in March, they were given more ability to intervene.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re going to have to make some really tough decisions ahead of us,” Su said. “But I think we got it on camera that our state superintendent just said that he’s not interested in taking over the district. What he wants to do is provide us support and guidance to make sure that our children and families get everything they need to succeed in our city.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12010494\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12010494 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241021-SFUSD-BREED-STATE-PRESSER-MD-04-KQED-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maria Su speaks at a press event in front of the SFUSD offices in San Francisco on Oct. 21, 2024. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While some parents breathed a sigh of relief after the proposal to close as many as 11 schools was halted, questions about the district’s stability — and continued declining enrollment — remain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, we have been looking at private schools because of the fact that it’s so destabilizing for students,” said Faith Flanagan, who was looking at middle schools for her son during the district’s enrollment fair on Saturday. “Who’s to say that next year they don’t decide to close down the middle school that my son would potentially be going to.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated at 8:20 p.m. Oct. 18.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco’s superintendent of schools resigned Friday after a botched school closure rollout, hiring fiasco and worsening budget crisis have spurred mounting questions about his ability to lead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Board of Education accepted Matt Wayne’s resignation at an emergency closed-door meeting Friday night. Wayne led \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sfusd\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> for less than two years, and had two years remaining in his contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Education President Matt Alexander announced a new superintendent will be appointed next week, and school closures will be halted. On Tuesday, the board plans to appoint Maria Su, the co-leader of the rescue team Mayor London Breed appointed to aid the district earlier this month. Su has been the director of the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families since 2009, and previously worked in senior management roles at multiple nonprofits, including Vietnamese Youth Development Center in the Tenderloin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board plans to direct Su to stop the current school closure process, which Alexander said had gotten too rocky to continue at this time. He said the district’s primary focus will be cutting more than $110 million from the budget before mid-December in order to avoid a state takeover.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The school merger and closure process has been chaotic,” Alexander said after the meeting. “We’ve heard that from families. We’ve heard that from educators. We’ve even heard that from school district staff. The board believes that we need a reset, and we’re going to ask Superintendent Maria Su to assess the situation and determine appropriate next steps.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The move comes days after Breed \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009509/mayor-breed-demands-halt-sf-school-closures-citing-chaos-confusion\">called on the district to halt its school closure plan\u003c/a>, saying she had lost confidence in Wayne’s ability to carry it out — joining numerous elected officials and school board members who have questioned his capability to usher the district through the difficult year ahead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The district has been\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12000784/sf-teachers-students-face-uncertain-future-as-budget-crisis-threatens-closures\"> in turmoil\u003c/a> since before the school year began. It’s already under state oversight amid a massive budget shortfall, and it could face a full takeover if it can’t cut $113 million from an already tight spending plan by December. Chronic declining enrollment has left 14,000 empty seats across San Francisco campuses, and the district continues to deal with vacant positions as it recovers from a multi-year payroll fiasco that cost tens of millions of dollars and resulted in wrong and missed paychecks for staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">But questions about Wayne’s effectiveness began cropping up more frequently about a month ago when he announced the highly anticipated list of schools slated to close or merge after this academic year — part of a “resource alignment initiative” to cut down costs and decrease empty seats — would be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004831/anxious-waiting-game-drags-on-as-sfusd-delays-list-of-school-closures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">delayed\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Within the week, former school board president \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001593/sudden-shakeup-on-san-francisco-school-board-adds-another-challenge-for-district\">Lainie Motamedi\u003c/a> said that Wayne’s leadership failures were directly correlated with her abrupt decision to resign days after classes started, the board held its closed-door weekend meeting, and Breed sent in a rescue team of city administrators to aid the struggling district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since, Wayne has been blamed for failing to budget enough money for 252 special education workers, costing the district tens of millions of dollars. The eventual roll-out of the school closure list has not instilled confidence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008524 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240916-UnionSFSchoolClosures-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a Friday earlier this month, \u003cem>Mission Local \u003c/em>reported that the list, already pushed back to October, could be delayed yet again — to after the November election. The district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008286/is-san-franciscos-school-closure-list-delayed-again-district-offers-little-clarity\">didn’t offer much clarity\u003c/a> until the following week, when in a video message, Wayne said he would make an announcement naming schools that met the district’s criteria for closure but weren’t necessarily on the chopping block yet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\"> list came out\u003c/a> the following day, Oct. 8, hours earlier than expected after \u003cspan style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">Mission Local obtained \u003cem>it\u003c/em>\u003c/span>. It included inaccurate “composite scores” — which SFUSD is using to rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources to determine which should close — that had to be updated the same day. Wayne had to apologize after families across the entire district received messages that were supposed to be sent only to an affected school community. The list also included information about where students would transfer and which campuses would merge, leading to questions about whether it might, in fact, be the superintendent’s final recommendation, not just those that met the criteria for potential closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the week since the announcement, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">parents\u003c/a>, politicians and some school board members have spoken out against the district’s mishandlings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan and Board President Aaron Peskin called out the list’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008873/san-francisco-school-closures-will-hurt-chinese-immigrant-communities-city-leaders-say\">disproportionate impact on Asian students\u003c/a>. Every leading mayoral candidate, including Peskin, has indicated their opposition to Wayne’s plan, and Tuesday, Breed issued a statement calling for the closures process to be \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12009509/mayor-breed-demands-halt-sf-school-closures-citing-chaos-confusion\">halted\u003c/a> amid the confusion, saying it was distracting from the crucial need to balance the budget by year’s end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>School Board President Matt Alexander told KQED on Tuesday that Breed had made “some valid points.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Board of Education … [has] one employee, which is the superintendent, and so we’re monitoring it, holding him accountable and we understand that as a governance team, it’s our responsibility to ensure that we stabilize the situation and that we provide our students and our educators with the schools they deserve,” he said at the time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It seems they plan to do just that on Friday when the board is expected to vote on whether to accept Wayne’s resignation. He still has two years remaining in his contract.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Presumably, the board will have to name an interim superintendent as the district now adds to its list of priorities the long process of hiring a new leader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While Wayne appears to be taking the fall for the district’s missteps, Dodson said that he didn’t make all of these decisions alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Several others who were involved during this time who contributed to some of the major problems over the last couple of weeks, including the Board of Education, were very involved in fiddling with the [school closures] plan before it was released,” she told KQED. “They were probably more heavily involved with the plan and the final touches on the plan than maybe a board of education should be.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s Azul Dahlstrom-Eckman contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3:54 p.m. Tuesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed on Tuesday called on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/sfusd\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> to halt its plan to close up to 11 schools at the end of the academic year, citing confusion around the process and saying she has lost confidence in the superintendent’s ability to carry it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/LondonBreed/status/1846275807129620800\">statement\u003c/a> posted on social media platform X, Breed said, “It is time to immediately stop the school closure process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has become a distraction from the very real work that must be done to balance the budget in the next two months to prevent a state takeover,” the statement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pressure from the mayor comes a week after Superintendent Matt Wayne \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">announced the list of campuses being considered for closure\u003c/a>, igniting concern and anger from families who had been frustrated over weeks of uncertainty surrounding the process.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005932/sf-mayor-sends-team-to-address-crisis-at-school-district-but-dont-call-it-a-takeover\">the rescue team\u003c/a> of city administrators she sent to aid the district three weeks ago has worked alongside district staffers on operational issues, including cutting roughly $110 million from the district’s budget. If that shortfall isn’t closed by the end of the year, the district could face a takeover by the California Department of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “mismanaged school closure process” has made addressing those issues difficult, Breed said in her statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also slammed Wayne, saying she does not believe the current school closure plan can be carried out in a way that will benefit SFUSD students and families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008832\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members march from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro on Oct. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I recognize that discussions around school closures and mergers are difficult and painful, but that only speaks to why any effort to engage in this conversation must be done with care, clarity, and competence,” Breed said. “That has not happened here, and I don’t have confidence that it can happen right now under the current conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the week since Wayne released the list, there has been \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008882/sfusd-faces-backlash-school-closures-community-rallies-town-halls\">significant fallout from communities\u003c/a> who were told their schools met the district’s criteria for closure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The year was already off to a rocky start, especially after Wayne \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12004831/anxious-waiting-game-drags-on-as-sfusd-delays-list-of-school-closures\">pushed the planned September announcement\u003c/a> of the closure list back a month, just two days before it was anticipated. That week, the former school board president announced that her abrupt resignation from the board was in part due to Wayne’s failures in leadership, and the school board called an emergency weekend meeting, purportedly to discuss whether to keep Wayne in his job. Breed sent in her team of experts to assist the district’s consolidation plan the same day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The October rollout was also chaotic: After news on Oct. 4 suggested Wayne might hold the list until November, the district \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008286/is-san-franciscos-school-closure-list-delayed-again-district-offers-little-clarity\">didn’t offer much information\u003c/a> until the following Monday, when Wayne announced in a video message that he would be releasing a list of schools that met the district’s criteria for closure on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">The list\u003c/a> went live around 4 p.m. after it was obtained by\u003cem> Mission Local\u003c/em> and led to confusion about whether the list — which included plans for which campuses would merge or welcome students from other campuses — was just the schools that were eligible for closure or the district’s actual proposal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What I’ve heard over and over is confusion and concern around the proposed school closures/merger list and how it has been communicated and managed,” Breed’s statement continues. “I’ve heard from parents, students, and educators who are fearful about the futures of their schools.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many school communities and political leaders have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008873/san-francisco-school-closures-will-hurt-chinese-immigrant-communities-city-leaders-say\">protested the closures\u003c/a> in the past week, and parent groups have raised concerns regarding the equity of the list, which disproportionately affects schools on the east side of the city and would relocate students in two schools with Cantonese biliteracy programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">raised concerns\u003c/a> about the criteria the district used, which targeted small schools and included “composite scores” that rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Those criteria were also changed the same day the list was posted, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed suggested that her rescue team and members of the school board weren’t even clued in to all of the district’s communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It was our understanding from our work with the school board that our stabilization team would be taken seriously,” she said, speaking with reporters after her announcement. “There were some major communication issues with our superintendent. And the fact is, if we are working on this together and we’re providing that support, we need to all be on the same page, and unfortunately, we haven’t been with this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K–5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Board President Matt Alexander said that Breed’s statement made “some valid points,” adding that the rollout wasn’t done in the way he expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said although the mayor’s team has been working closely with district staff on fiscal and operational stabilization, the superintendent seemed to decline assistance with strategic communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a fair amount of chaos and unnecessary drama,” Alexander told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Board of Education is actively monitoring the situation. We have one employee, which is the superintendent, and so we’re monitoring it, holding him accountable and we understand that as a governance team, it’s our responsibility to ensure that we stabilize the situation and that we provide our students and our educators with the schools they deserve.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, Wayne and his staff are expected to meet with various school communities that would be affected by the closures ahead of the final proposal that will go to the school board on Nov. 12.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of now, the board is set to make a final decision on school closures on Dec. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the next few months should be spent ensuring the district maintains local control by balancing its budget in December. Both she and Alexander said that they believe it’s possible to achieve that goal without closing schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The weeks and months ahead are going to be incredibly difficult,” Breed said. “There are painful but necessary decisions that will have to be made and any school closures or mergers would only be one small piece of the overall effort to balance the budget.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/sjohnson\">\u003cem>Sydney Johnson\u003c/em>\u003c/a>\u003cem> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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And the fact is, if we are working on this together and we’re providing that support, we need to all be on the same page, and unfortunately, we haven’t been with this process.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K–5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>School Board President Matt Alexander said that Breed’s statement made “some valid points,” adding that the rollout wasn’t done in the way he expected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said although the mayor’s team has been working closely with district staff on fiscal and operational stabilization, the superintendent seemed to decline assistance with strategic communications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s been a fair amount of chaos and unnecessary drama,” Alexander told KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Board of Education is actively monitoring the situation. 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Instead, they opted for an alternative workshop from an anti-racist education institute.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It sounds like the training they received compared to the alternate training that the rest of us received was very polar opposite,” said Marloes Sijstermans, a math teacher at Galileo Academy of Science & Technology who attended the alternative training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Educators had \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12003864/san-francisco-schools-cancel-antisemitism-workshops-after-complaints-about-potential-bias\">raised concerns weeks ago about the American Jewish Committee\u003c/a> — the organization that the district chose to host antisemitism training at Galileo Academy as well as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Balboa high schools — citing its longstanding support for Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself. The initial training, set for September, was called off and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12005210/sfusd-reschedules-antisemitism-workshops-amid-outcry-from-parents-jewish-groups\">rescheduled\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though the district maintained that the workshop would not focus or take a position on the Israel-Hamas war, some teachers and administrators worried that the AJC could not provide unbiased training against that context.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008751\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008751\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/AbrahamLincolnHSSFGetty2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abraham Lincoln High School on Dec. 17, 2020, in San Francisco. San Francisco Unified School District began its antisemitism training on Wednesday for high school teachers at Abraham Lincoln, Balboa, Galileo Academy of Science & Technology and George Washington after postponing the sessions due to objections from pro-Palestinian activists over the American Jewish Committee, the group running the training, and its stance on Israel. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With support from their union, a group of teachers organized an alternative workshop to be held at the same time and led by PARCEO, an education justice institute, with support from the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PARCEO and AJC declined to release their training materials, but educators who attended each workshop shared notes and photos of the presentations with KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Galileo, 33 people — about one-third of the school’s staff members — attended PARCEO’s training, according to Sijstermans. Half of all staff, Sijstermans said, didn’t attend either workshop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple educators said PARCEO’s workshop focused on preparing them to discuss antisemitism with their students. Ian Williams, a special education teacher at Balboa, said he felt it was a better use of his time than other professional development sessions mandated by the district.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Because of the topic, it was one of the best [professional development opportunities] I’ve ever been to,” Williams said. “That speaks to political passion versus the pedagogy that we normally get.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, not all attendees at the PARCEO workshop were satisfied with the training.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henry Machtay, a media arts teacher at Galileo, said he felt the training focused too much on “disengaging Zionism and Judaism” rather than antisemitism itself. In hindsight, he said he would have preferred to attend neither.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are negatives about both organizations, and my choice was really a statement about the paternalistic attitude of San Francisco Unified School District — the way they have foisted these professional developments on us one after another after another without any input from teachers,” Machtay said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over at George Washington High School, teacher Julia David said the AJC training saw about half of all staff in attendance. She said the main focus was the history of antisemitism globally and the complex identity of Jewish people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Israel did come up because it’s a large part of our identity,” David said, adding that the presentation did not delve into the geopolitical aspect of the modern Israeli-Palestinian conflict.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The day before the scheduled training, Galileo principal De Trice Rodgers reminded staff to attend the AJC workshop in an email obtained by KQED. Other schools received similar emails from their principals, Sijstermans said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect teachers to attend this professional development opportunity, and any other type of presentation taking place is not District-approved professional development and you are not authorized to attend during your working hours and while on the school site,” the email reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The teachers’ union, United Educators of San Francisco, said it would support any educator who skipped the mandatory training in favor of PARCEO’s, according to a union email sent to educators at George Washington High School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a statement, the district said it could not comment on the PARCEO training because it was not district-sponsored or vetted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our focus is on how to provide our diverse student population a safe and supportive learning environment without advocating for any one stance on an issue,” the district said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials also chose not to comment on the status of possible disciplinary actions, stating that they were confidential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Teachers were willing to come up to me and address their own biases that they’re confronting, and I think that’s the point of this workshop,” David said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a> officials plan to hold the first of three town hall meetings on Thursday night to discuss the newly released \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">list of schools\u003c/a> proposed for closure or merger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Tuesday’s announcement, parent and teacher groups have raised several concerns about the school closure list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents point out that most of the selected schools are located on the city’s east side, several have Cantonese biliteracy programs and some could merge with schools with different schedules and after-school programs, making it harder for communities to transition together.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some school communities have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">vowed to fight the closures. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, parents, students and teachers at Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rallied against their school’s inclusion on the list.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many hope to get answers during Thursday night’s town hall, but some are disappointed with the virtual-only format. Led by Superintendent Matt Wayne, the meeting requires questions to be submitted in advance via \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">a Google form\u003c/a> on the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfusd.edu/resource-alignment-initiative/town-halls\">district’s website. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“If I am expressing concerns about something with my child’s school, I want an active human being that I can interact with,” said Vanessa Marrero, executive director for Parents for Public Schools of San Francisco. “I don’t want a screen that can’t talk back to me or questions that are cherry-picked that may not be my questions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marrero added that she’s concerned that the question form wasn’t made available in other languages for non-English speaking families and may be difficult to access for parents who are visually impaired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I do think that that is a huge indicator of how culturally unresponsive, as the view has been to the immigrant communities in San Francisco,” Marrero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The meeting will also include updates regarding the district’s ongoing budget deficit crisis, which the closures are meant to help address.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008873 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-06-BL-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Lara, executive vice president for United Educators of San Francisco, said he’s interested in hearing more about how the district is rectifying the budget while minimizing the negative impacts on students and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The central office has been bloated and is obviously not capable of carrying out its objectives,” Lara said. “So why all of a sudden is the focus on targeting school sites for budget cuts? What happened to the central office cuts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has also stepped into the fray, saying in a statement that she has “heard from families that are confused and frustrated, and there is a lot of fear in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Breed announced a new School Stabilization Team to assist district officials. That came not long after the district announced it was delaying the release of the school closure list despite the fact that parents and educators had already been waiting for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the team has been encouraging district leadership to deeply engage with families on this matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the way the Superintendent and the School District rolled out their plan earlier this week was antithetical to these goals,” Breed said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining two town halls will be held on Oct. 26 and Nov. 6, and the proposal will appear before the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 12. Over the next few weeks, district officials will also conduct visits to impacted schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in viewing Thursday’s meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/mxSq7UuDn8k\">can do so at this link\u003c/a>. Questions for the superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">can be submitted to this link\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Frank Lara, executive vice president for United Educators of San Francisco, said he’s interested in hearing more about how the district is rectifying the budget while minimizing the negative impacts on students and teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The central office has been bloated and is obviously not capable of carrying out its objectives,” Lara said. “So why all of a sudden is the focus on targeting school sites for budget cuts? What happened to the central office cuts?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed has also stepped into the fray, saying in a statement that she has “heard from families that are confused and frustrated, and there is a lot of fear in the community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last month, Breed announced a new School Stabilization Team to assist district officials. That came not long after the district announced it was delaying the release of the school closure list despite the fact that parents and educators had already been waiting for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Breed said that the team has been encouraging district leadership to deeply engage with families on this matter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Unfortunately, the way the Superintendent and the School District rolled out their plan earlier this week was antithetical to these goals,” Breed said in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The remaining two town halls will be held on Oct. 26 and Nov. 6, and the proposal will appear before the San Francisco Board of Education on Nov. 12. Over the next few weeks, district officials will also conduct visits to impacted schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Those interested in viewing Thursday’s meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m., \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/mxSq7UuDn8k\">can do so at this link\u003c/a>. Questions for the superintendent \u003ca href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1AOHCbQVvBwYSvuSLotfmGZUspMESy8vmESNgW8ygD8w/viewform?edit_requested=true\">can be submitted to this link\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>City leaders rallied Thursday morning to urge the San Francisco Unified School District to halt its \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008714/parents-sf-schools-named-for-closure-fight-keep-campuses-open\">effort to close as many as 11 campuses\u003c/a>, which they say will have a disproportionate impact on the city’s immigrant population and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Board of Supervisors President Aaron Peskin, whose district includes three elementary schools that could close, said Jean Parker Elementary, in particular, is integral to the Chinatown community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is more than just a school site,” Peskin, who is a candidate for mayor, said during the rally outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School, which is also on the list of potential closures. “This is an intimate part of the fabric of this community. This is the densest part of San Francisco, and that’s why we have this many school sites in San Francisco. It is also the heartland of the Chinese-American community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After a hectic and agonizing few months of waiting and confusion for parents, Superintendent Matt Wayne on Tuesday released \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">a list of 11 campuses that could close\u003c/a> at the end of this school year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The list includes a few schools with special programs geared toward Cantonese-speaking families, one of which is in Peskin’s District 3 near Chinatown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe title=\"Student Demographic Makeup at SFUSD Schools Slated to Merge or Close\" aria-label=\"Multiple Donuts\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-rz3JE\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/rz3JE/5/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"481\" data-external=\"1\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cscript type=\"text/javascript\">!function(){\"use strict\";window.addEventListener(\"message\",(function(a){if(void 0!==a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"]){var e=document.querySelectorAll(\"iframe\");for(var t in a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"])for(var r=0;r\u003ce.length;r++)if(e[r].contentWindow===a.source){var i=a.data[\"datawrapper-height\"][t]+\"px\";e[r].style.height=i}}}))}();\u003c/script>\u003cbr>\nJean Parker, which serves students from Chinatown along with Nob Hill and Russian Hill, has a Cantonese biliteracy program, and about 65% of its students identify as Asian or Pacific Islander. More than 80% of students at both Gordon J. Lau and John Yehall Chin elementary schools, where Jean Parker’s general education students could go next year if it closes, also identify as Asian.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supervisor Connie Chan, who represents the Richmond and Presidio, said that it “seems like [the closures are] targeting Chinese Americans and Asian American families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the district’s initial list, is the only bilingual and immersion school in the Richmond, Chan said, and many of its students have family members who are monolingual Cantonese speakers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008939\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008939\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-11-BL_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signs cover the fence in front of Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco during a press conference on Oct. 10, 2024, to push for city intervention in SFUSD’s school closure plans. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Students who are enrolled in Sutro’s Cantonese biliteracy program would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary next year, but Chan said an immersion program would be very different from the support they get at Sutro.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Chinese [Immersion School at] De Avila is really an immersion program where your primary language doesn't have to be Chinese — or in this case, Cantonese — to be part,” she told KQED. “For Sutro Elementary, though, it’s not just about the language itself, but also many of [the students] are actually what we would call newcomer immigrants. They typically would be first generation, newly arrived immigrants, or their family, are typically monolingual.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said that while the goal of an immersion program is often for students to become bilingual, the biliteracy program at Sutro is geared toward families whose first language is Cantonese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers at the event got emotional discussing the school communities affected by the list of potential closures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008914\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241010-SFUSDClosures-01-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Supervisors president Aaron Peskin speaks during a press conference outside Spring Valley Science Elementary School in San Francisco on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a similar situation for me because … during my senior year of high school, we were told our school was cutting a bunch of teachers because we didn't have money because enrollment was down,” said Queena Chen, an alumna of Spring Valley Elementary. “Does that sound familiar?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SFUSD last \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfgate.com/education/article/MANY-S-F-SCHOOLS-TO-CLOSE-OR-MERGE-In-front-of-3237431.php\">closed schools in 2005 and 2006\u003c/a>. Those consolidations drew criticism for disproportionately affecting schools with higher percentages of Black students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four schools in the Western Addition neighborhood shuttered in those two years, along with a K-8 school in the Bayview. The Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program was merged with Rosa Parks Elementary School in 2006.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The school district has made a point to center equity in this round of cuts, citing an equity audit and weighing equity heavily in the “composite scores” it is giving schools to guide its decisions. In Wayne’s announcement sharing the initial list of campuses that qualify for closure under the district’s criteria, he said that elementary schools with under 260 students and composite scores in the lower 50% — which weigh equity, academic performance, school culture and use of resources — could be closed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sfusd-releases-list-sf-schools-facing-closure-19752856.php\">Data\u003c/a> from the \u003cem>San Francisco Chronicle\u003c/em> shows that the demographic split of students affected by the closures aligns pretty closely with the demographic makeup of the district. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 2:05 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After touring eight different schools, Nicole Macias and her husband fought through rounds of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco-unified-school-district\">San Francisco Unified School District\u003c/a>’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11641238/how-the-san-francisco-school-lottery-works-and-how-it-doesnt-2\">difficult enrollment lottery\u003c/a> for a spot at their top pick: Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy in the Castro, just two blocks from their home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been a dream,” Macias said. “Our daughter loves it. Her kindergarten teacher is wonderful. The curriculum is wonderful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, Macias and her family must prepare for the likelihood of a new school. Harvey Milk is on the list of 11 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008405/these-san-francisco-schools-could-close-list-isnt-final\">San Francisco campuses that could close\u003c/a> after this academic year as the district grapples with declining enrollment and a staggering budget deficit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias said it wasn’t a huge surprise to see Harvey Milk on the list, which SFUSD finally released Tuesday afternoon following months of uncertainty. She knew the school was small and had spoken with her district supervisor over the weekend, who gave her the sense it was likely.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, she said that as she picked her daughter up from school and walked her and 15 or so students over to soccer practice, she wasn’t sure how she would have the conversation about the decision with her daughter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008835\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-29-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students and families of Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy rally at Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I’m honestly scared,” she told KQED outside a Tuesday night school board meeting where frustrated parents turned out to vent. “I’ve kind of mentioned to her that this could happen, but just really high level. I’m at a loss.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She’s also thinking about the logistics that families will have to take into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the district’s tentative proposal, Harvey Milk students would merge with Sanchez Elementary. However, the two schools have significantly different schedules; Harvey Milk starts at 9:30 a.m. and gets out later than Sanchez, which starts at 7:50 a.m.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008829\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008829\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-01-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members leave Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to march to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro neighborhood of San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2024, to protest against the potential closure of the school. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“That’s going to force a lot of people to have to get aftercare who don’t have it because the school will end much earlier in the day,” Macias said. “The idea that the community will stay together is not really possible. It’s not going to be viable for a lot of families.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12008524/sfusd-closures-which-schools-will-be-affected-and-what-do-families-need-to-know\">campuses that could close or merge\u003c/a> — meaning all of their students would move together to another campus — are small elementary schools that have fewer than 260 enrolled students and fall in the bottom half of the district’s “composite scores,” which rate schools on factors including equity, academic performance, school culture and effective use of resources. Two are high schools that have fewer than 400 students without a specialized program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008405 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/SFUSDStudentsGetty-1020x681.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both of Sara Sullivan’s kids have attended San Francisco Community School, a K-8 campus in the Excelsior that is proposed to merge with Paul Revere TK-8. While her daughter transferred to a different middle school, her son is in third grade this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She said parents are hoping they’ll be able to keep the campus open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re still fighting to not let them close our school because it’s such a special place,” Sullivan said. “It’s been a place that both of my kids have really grown up and flourished and many other kids have grown up and flourished. It doesn’t make sense to close a thriving school.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Macias, meanwhile, said she’s “envisioning a lot of Harvey Milk tactics” in the coming weeks as parents try to keep that campus open, too. On Wednesday afternoon, some plan to march from the school to Harvey Milk Plaza to protest Tuesday’s announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last year has been difficult as families navigate confusing messaging from the district and an “incredibly not transparent rollout,” Sullivan told KQED. The list they came up with, she believes, is also unfair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12008832\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008832\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/241009-SFUSDCLOSURESMARCH-13-BL-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Teachers, K-5 students, families and community members march from Harvey Milk Civil Rights Academy to Harvey Milk Plaza in the Castro on Oct. 9, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s a lot of kids that haven’t had a lot of resources in schools that haven’t had a lot of resources. And now, they’re telling us that they’re going to close us because we’re not good enough,” she said. “That is not OK. That is not equity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the schools are on the city’s east side. Sutro Elementary, the only westside elementary school on the list for potential closure, offers Cantonese and biliteracy programs in kindergarten through fifth grade in addition to its general education classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If that school shutters, students enrolled in Cantonese biliteracy would move to the Chinese Immersion School at De Avila Elementary near Buena Vista Park, about two and a half miles southeast of Sutro Elementary’s Richmond campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the district’s language programs, like Sutro’s, are under-enrolled, according to Frank Lara, the executive vice president of the San Francisco teacher’s union. He said that based on feedback from families, the union is suggesting more dual immersion programs, where two language programs could be taught on one school site.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s how you can actually attract families and increase enrollment,” Lara told KQED. “The challenge we have with the current district and the level of mismanagement — and to some degree incompetence — is that instead of talking about how to expand these types of programs, they’re looking to cancel out the programs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11952124\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11952124\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg\" alt='A white man speaks to the audience from behind a dais with an \"SFUSD\" emblem on it.' width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/06/RS65690_018_KQED_Kindergarten2College_05162023-qut-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Superintendent Matt Wayne speaks during a ceremony celebrating the first class of graduates from San Francisco high schools using the Kindergarten to College (K2C) savings account at the San Francisco Unified School District headquarters in San Francisco on May 16, 2023. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There’s also the question of whether the eventual school closures will be enough. Superintendent Matt Wayne has said significant staff reduction will be needed to rightsize the district’s budget, and there are already schools that are understaffed and under-resourced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the district has said, declining enrollment over many years has left about 14,000 empty seats across its campuses, even if all of the closures and mergers on the list released Tuesday are made, only about 2,000 students will be affected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meredith Dodson, the executive director of San Francisco Parents Coalition, said it appears district officials are suggesting “they can’t deliver on the education that our kids deserve at these really underserved schools because they can’t provide enough staff to support a high-quality education there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12008524 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/240916-UnionSFSchoolClosures-38-BL_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If that is your rationale,” Dodson said, “how are we going to actually deliver on that on the other side of this if we’re still going to see not the staffing capacity that we need for that high-quality education because we’re not making enough adjustments?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Multiple Board of Education members have said that about two dozen schools would need to close to make the necessary staffing and budget impacts, Dodson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others who have done independent analyses put that number as high as 30 or 40.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think the question remains, ‘Is it worth it to put these communities through this pain if we’re not even going to see the results that we desire in terms of a higher-quality education across San Francisco?” Dodson asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During Tuesday night’s school board meeting, President Matt Alexander said the board encourages people at affected schools to engage in upcoming town halls and discussions with Wayne and his staff. Wayne said he plans to meet with families and staff at every campus on the list to discuss their budget impacts next year and what the transition to a new school would look like for students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alexander said the board expects “meaningful community engagement,” as well as an independent equity audit and fiscal analysis of the closures to be approved by the California Department of Education when a final recommendation is presented next month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wayne’s proposal will undergo a first reading on Nov. 12, and the board is set to vote on Dec. 10.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That will be after November’s general election, when San Franciscans will vote on \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/voterguide/sanfrancisco/propositions#proposition-a\">a $790 million school bond\u003c/a>, which, if passed, would mostly go toward modernizing district buildings and creating a new central food hub.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvey Milk underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in the last few years in a modernization project funded by another bond measure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That was money from a bond measure in 2016,” Macias said. “What does that say to voters when they’re just as willing to abandon buildings that they invest in?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>KQED’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/jlara\">Juan Carlos Lara\u003c/a> contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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