Posts by meredith
Newsletter June 2, 2022 (English)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Our San Francisco public school students just yesterday completed their first full year back at school since the pandemic hit and turned our world upside down. The year was not without its challenges, but the many bright spots we cannot discount. By the end of this school year, the general…
Read MoreFunding for Special Education – a letter to Assemblymember Ting
Dear Assemblymember Ting, The special education services our children receive from the caring and skilled therapists, teachers and other providers at San Francisco Unified School District have been integral to their academic progress and social-emotional well-being. Each year more children need special education. At the same time, Special education costs increase and account for a…
Read MoreNewsletter April 28, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents Every week should be teacher appreciation week, but NEXT week it’s official! 🎉 What will you be doing to celebrate and appreciate your child’s teacher? Follow along next week on our Instagram and Facebook pages to get some ideas on what SFParents suggests. Have a great teacher appreciation idea…
Read MoreNewsletter April 14, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents This week marks one year since our public schools reopened for (some) students (some days of the week). It’s been an emotional few days, remembering what our kids and families went through, for far too long. We’re grateful to be in a different place now, and especially for how parents…
Read MoreNewsletter April 4, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents Remember me? I’m Jennie, Outreach Associate for SF Parent Coalition! Hope you all had a great, restful spring break. As per SFUSD instruction, please remember to test your kids before returning to school on Monday. (Thanks for the free rapid test kits, SFUSD!) We have some great events this…
Read MoreNewsletter March 24, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents 🎉 A warm welcome to all of the new-to-SFUSD families! This week, a brand new cohort of SF families received their school assignment letters and are officially enrolling in our public schools; we’re thrilled to welcome them into our mighty SFUSD community. We know this time is exciting for…
Read MoreNewsletter March 24, 2022 (Chinese)
🎉 熱烈歡迎所有新加入三藩市聯合校區（SFUSD）的家庭！本週，一批三藩市的新家庭收到了他們孩子的《學校派位通知》，並正式開始就讀於我們的公立學校。我們非常高興地歡迎他們加入我們強大的三藩市聯合校區。
Read MoreNewsletter March 24, 2022 (Spanish)
¡Una cálida bienvenida a todas las familias nuevas en el SFUSD! Esta semana, una nueva cohorte de familias de SF recibió sus cartas de asignación escolar y se inscribió oficialmente en nuestras escuelas públicas; estamos encantados de darles la bienvenida a nuestra poderosa comunidad del SFUSD.
Read MorePress Release March 22, 2022
Parents are ready for a boring Board of Education. After two years of being ignored and treated with contempt, parents could not be more ready for a school board that is ready to effectively govern and focus on educating our children. Our district is still facing multiple crises, and the new board has a lot…
Read MoreNewsletter March 16, 2022
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.…
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