Posts by meredith

Weekly updates from SF Parents SFParents in the park to promote enrollment! Join other SFUSD parents (including new BOE commissioners Motamedi and Weissman-Ward!) this Sunday 3/20 from 2-4pm in Golden Gate Park where we’ll be connecting prospective families with current SFUSD families. Enrollment season is wrapping up and school assignment letters are about to arrive.…

Weekly updates from SF Parents   SF Parent Coalition wants to know what you think There’s nothing better than sharing your thoughts and opinions. Especially with other fellow parents who have our city’s kids’ best interests in mind. START OPINING HERE. You know you want to! Please take just 5 minutes to take our quick…

Weekly updates from SF Parents School, school board, and community updates Extension of SFUSD’s superintendent search Thanks to your parent advocacy🙌, outgoing President Gabriela López and Vice President Jenny Lam directed the Superintendent search firm to extend the deadline to apply through the end of March. SF Parent Coalition called for this extension given the…

Collins, López, and Moliga are out. The voters have overwhelmingly spoken. San Francisco parents and supporters made their voices heard on Tuesday and the message is loud and clear: the San Francisco Unified School Board needs a new direction.

Thank you to all of our parents. This movement was created because parents and families were continually ignored and dismissed. Last Tuesday validated the hard work–parents’ tireless advocacy–that has been building momentum for over a year now. Parents are never to be ignored again.

School News & Board Report

Budget woes grow
There’s nothing easy about where we’re at with the SFUSD budget — we’re mid-shift now with moving from budgeting for 57,000 students to budgeting for 50,000 students. Our rational minds hear and understand comments like at this week’s school board meeting from state Budget Babysitter, Mr. Elliot Duchon, “I know this is a painful step, but it’s a necessary one.” Still, our hearts just sink, hearing public comments from families and teachers at Sheridan, Cobb, Lakeshore.