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Press Release: SFUSD and Labor Unions fail to meet yet another deadline to safely reopen schools
For Immediate Release February 18, 2021 SFUSD and Labor Unions fail to meet yet another deadline to safely reopen schools Community leaders join families in an urgent…
Read MoreIn the News: Reopening schools: How San Francisco parents are pushing to start in-person learning
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Parents in San Francisco are bringing their children outside to send a message to the school district. Read more here.
Read MoreIn the News: San Francisco Students Hold Outdoor ‘Zoom-In’ Protest Over Continued Distance Learning
In the News: ‘Zoom-in’ outside SFUSD schools urges district to resume in-person learning
‘Zoom-in’ outside SFUSD schools urges district to resume in-person learning With San Francisco public schools still closed and distance learning still in place nearly a year after the COVID-19 pandemic first began, a group of parents and students on Thursday held a demonstration to protest the continued closures. The 9:30 a.m. demonstration, or “Zoom-in,” was…
Read MoreOp Ed: San Francisco’s families cannot wait any longer for schools to reopen
By Seth Brenzel, Dheyanira Calahorrano, Meredith Willa Dodson, Yvette Edwards and Lorin Yin San Francisco Unified School District is in crisis. Despite recent assertions by commissioners Gabriela López and Alison Collins that safe reopening is a priority, the Board of Education and the District have not fulfilled their responsibility to care for their more than…
Read MoreIn the News: School Reopening Pits Parents Against Teachers: “Is There a Word Beyond ‘Frustrating’?”
MT. LEBANON, Pa.—Patrick Cozzens had never spoken up at a school board meeting until he stood in front of a crowd of angry parents earlier this month to read a statement his 16-year-old daughter helped him to write. “I’ve watched her go from a child that has loved school, thrived at school her entire life,…
Read MoreS.F. Parent Town Hall: Public Education Pandemic Updates with our Local State Representatives
On January 10th, 2021, we joined in conversation with State Senator Scott Wiener, Assemblymembers David Chiu & Phil Ting to hear from them on the state of public education California, particularly related to the pandemic-impacted continued school closures and how they are addressing at the state level. This was an empowering opportunity for SF families…
Read MoreSupervisor Fewer introduces Decreasing the Distance Return To School resolution
Supervisor Sandy Fewer introduces Decreasing the Distance’s Return to School Resolution on 12/8/20 to the Board of Supervisors, with a powerful speech on the importance of reopening schools and of education as the great equalizer of society. A nice shout-out to DtD at the end, too!
Read MoreCOVID-19: Community Safety, Schools + Safety
On Wednesday, November 18th, Decreasing the Distance, a collective of SFUSD parents advocating for equitable education solutions, hosted a virtual event to provide SFUSD teachers, staff, parents and families with the latest science on school-based transmission of COVID-19, including its impact on communities of color. Featuring: Dr. Naomi Bardach and Dr. Raul Gutierrez.
Read MoreOp Ed: Parent group to SFUSD: Prepare to open our schools
By Meredith W. Dodson, Yvette Edwards, Kate Levitt, Laura Padilla and Clifford Yee We published an Op-Ed in the San Francisco Examiner. Read the full piece here.
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