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Newsletter September 15, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents 🎉 SF Parent Coalition gets big-time recognition with award from National Parents Union! SF Parents co-founder, Yvette Edwards, represented our organization at the recent National Parents Union convening, attended by incredible advocacy organizations from across the country. We were humbled and honored when Yvette was called up onto stage to…
Read MoreWhat are classroom consolidations and why would SFUSD consider doing this?
September 15, 2022 SFUSD welcomed students and families back to school on August 17th, but some classrooms in some schools remain unsettled because of uncertainty in staffing. Ten days after the start of school, SFUSD counts the number of students actually enrolled at each grade in each school in order to make final staffing determinations.…
Read MoreBack-to-School Nights: How Parents can come Prepared!
Back-to-school nights are an important opportunity for parents to be welcomed into their children’s school community, to learn about priorities for student learning and well-being both in the classroom and school-wide, and to ask questions of teachers, principals, and other school leaders. Don’t miss your kids’ back-to-school nights, whether you’re a new-to-SFUSD parent or you’ve…
Read MoreNewsletter August 24, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents Three advocacy tips from SF Parents to start off your year TIP #1: Join your School Site Council Okay okay, we know the school year has only just begun. You can first get through your kid’s Back-to-School Night and then join us for a fun parents’ night out with SF…
Read MoreNewsletter August 17, 2022 (English)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Back-to-School Welcome from our Board Dear SFUSD Families and Family Champions, With a new school year starting, we at SF Parents want to extend a warm welcome to new SFUSD families and a warm welcome back to families returning to our schools! The beginning of a new school…
Read MoreNewsletter August 17, 2022 (Chinese)
親愛的三藩市聯合校區的家長和支持者，
隨著新學年的開始，三藩市家長聯盟（SF Parents）熱烈歡迎加入三藩市聯合校區的新家庭，並熱烈歡迎那些返回學校的家庭！新學年的開始會帶給人多種感受———興奮、緊張和好奇。
Newsletter August 17, 2022 (Spanish)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Estimadas familias y campeones familiares del SFUSD, ¡Con el comienzo de un nuevo año escolar, nosotros en SF Parents queremos extender una cálida bienvenida a las nuevas familias del SFUSD y una cálida bienvenida a las familias que regresan a nuestras escuelas! El comienzo de un nuevo año escolar…
Read MoreSF Parent Coalition Supports the Student Success Fund Charter Amendment Proposal to Bring Millions of Dollars to SFUSD Students
June 29, 2022 SF Parent Coalition supports the Student Success Fund Charter Amendment Proposal In May, we learned of the Student Success Fund charter amendment proposal, introduced by Supervisor Ronen. We lifted up many questions and concerns raised by families, including many of you (thank you!), and brought to the authors suggestions for how the…
Read MoreNewsletter June 23, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents SFUSD & Board Updates In just over a week, a new superintendent, Dr. Matt Wayne, will take the helm of our district. What will he need to get up to speed on? What should you know right now, as an important SFUSD family advocate? Here’s what’s been happening this month…
Read MoreNewsletter June 2, 2022 (Spanish)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Nuestros estudiantes de las escuelas públicas de San Francisco completaron ayer su primer año de regreso a la escuela desde que la pandemia golpeó y puso nuestro mundo patas arriba. El año no estuvo exento de desafíos, pero no podemos descartar muchos puntos brillantes. Al final de este año escolar,…
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