SB 691 (Portantino) – SUPPORT
March 24, 2023Honorable Anthony Portantino1021 O Street, Suite 7630Sacramento, CA 95814Re: SB 691 (Portantino) – SUPPORT Dear Senator Portantino: I write on behalf of SF Parent Coalition in support of SB 691. This bill would require the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt evidence-based screening tools which are culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate to…
Read MoreSB 691 – Early Screening for Risk of Dyslexia – SUPPORT
March 17, 2023 The Honorable Josh NewmanChair, Senate Committee on Education1021 O Street, Suite 6740Sacramento, CA 95814RE: SB 691 (Portantino) – Early Screening for Risk of Dyslexia – SUPPORT Dear Chair Newman:I write on behalf of SF Parent Coalition in strong support of SB 691, which would help eliminateinequities of opportunity by requiring all local…
Read MoreParent Advocacy Updates, Newsletter Feb 1, 2023
Weekly updates from SF Parents Dear Parents and Supporters, It’s February and the start of Black History Month! We feel lucky to have a school district that recognizes rather than bans from the classroom the true history of Black Americans. Especially in light of the recent horrific brutality with Tyre Nichols’s fatal encounter with…
Read MoreEmail the BOE to call for stability + Thursday January 19 Newsletter
Weekly updates from SF Parents In our first newsletter of 2023, we shared hope for more of what we saw during the second half of 2022: a boring Board of Education. A continuation of the drama-free focus on students and improved educational outcomes. All the adults rowing the same direction, righting the ship and…
Read MoreParents call for stability ahead of third potential Board of Ed leadership change in ten months
***PRESS RELEASE*** SF PARENT COALITION CALLS FOR STABILITY AHEAD OF THIRD POTENTIAL BOARD OF EDUCATION LEADERSHIP CHANGE IN TEN MONTHS SAN FRANCISCO, CA 01/10/2023 – Later today, the San Francisco Board of Education will hold its first meeting of 2023, with a newly composed board following November’s election. Parents are keeping a close watch for…
Read MoreIt’s 2023… What can parents expect from SFUSD & the BOE? (January Newsletter)
Weekly updates from SF Parents Happy 2023, SF Parent Coalition community! What’s on your wishlist for this year? Here are some things on ours: SFUSD’s follow through on their literacy commitments. Plus: We’d like to see schools supplement reading instruction with additional reading supports between now and the literacy program overhaul, which will require…
Read More12/29/2022 EOY and a Look Ahead
Weekly updates from SF Parents Dear Parents and Supporters, We thought 2021 was the Year of the Parent Advocate, but 2022 proved even more powerful. Parents kicked off the calendar year by mobilizing volunteer efforts in partnership with SFUSD and the business community to get PPE to teachers and students. Eighty parents signed…
Read MoreNewsletter December 29, 2022 Spanish
Weekly updates from SF Parents Pensamos que 2021 era el Año del Defensor de los Padres, pero 2022 demostró ser aún más poderoso. Los padres iniciaron el año calendario movilizando esfuerzos de voluntarios en asociación con el SFUSD y la comunidad empresarial para llevar PPE a maestros y estudiantes. Ochenta padres se inscribieron para postularse…
Read MoreNewsletter Dec 6, 2022 Spanish
Weekly updates from SF Parents No todos los boletines que recibimos comparten noticias tan increíbles. Tenemos una VICTORIA para que los estudiantes lo anuncien. Primero (ICYMI), en octubre, después de un año de investigación y defensa preliminar por parte de muchos de USTEDES (¡gracias!), la Junta de Educación adoptó una meta de mejora de la…
Read MoreNewsletter, December 6, 2022
Weekly updates from SF Parents It’s not every newsletter we get to share such awesome news. We have a WIN for students to announce. First (ICYMI), back in October, after a year of research and preliminary advocacy by many of YOU (thank you!), the Board of Education adopted an early literacy improvement goal in…
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