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9/1/2026 Study Session at 6:30pm:
- If you are attending in person, note that this meeting will be held at
727 Golden Gate Avenue in the Auditorium (enter on 622 McAllister Street) - Full meeting agenda on BoardDocs here.
- Zoom link here – Password: 488369.
- Agenda summary from SF Parent Coalition follows below.
SF PARENT’S SUMMARY:
This is the Board of Education’s second study session for its proposed school reorganization. This meeting will discuss the three remaining policy options and identify direction on which option to recommend
Item C.1 School Reorganization #2 (Study Session #1 recap here; Study Session #2 presentation link here)
This is the Board of Education’s second study session on its proposed school reorganization. The Board will review the remaining student assignment policy options, discuss the tradeoffs among them, and identify which priorities should guide the district’s recommendation..
At Study Session #1, the Board of Education did not approve of Large Zones. For Study Session #2, SFUSD staff will present logistical considerations and strategic tradeoffs associated with the three remaining options: 1) Small Zones; 2) Neighborhood + All Schools; 3) Neighborhood + Citywide Programs.
Researchers working with SFUSD are developing simulations to estimate how the different policy options could affect families. Different scenarios produce somewhat different results, but they highlight important tradeoffs. The remaining options generally provide families with greater predictability and proximity to a neighborhood school, but can also result in fewer students receiving their first-choice school and more students attending high-poverty schools.
The impacts are also not evenly distributed. In some simulations, historically underserved student populations experience some of the largest declines in access to their first-ranked schools or increases in attending high-poverty schools.
In short, none of the options improves every priority at once. The Board will need to weigh tradeoffs among predictability, proximity, family choice, diversity, and equity.
Our Take: The Board needs to hear from parents about their priorities
We appreciate that SFUSD is laying out the tradeoffs involved in redesigning student assignment and is planning for community engagement to help shape the policy. The district has said it wants to reach families it does not typically hear from, bring forward what families have already shared rather than starting from scratch, and discuss its community engagement approach at the next study session.
That engagement needs to be meaningful, accessible, and happen early enough for family input to actually influence the final policy. Families should understand the options and tradeoffs and have a clear opportunity to tell the Board what matters most to them.
Equity must also be central to the Board’s decision. The simulations show that some options could disproportionately impact historically underserved students, including reducing access to first-choice schools and increasing exposure to concentrated poverty. The Board must ensure that a new assignment policy does not deepen inequities or put underserved students at greater risk. And if the goal is to give families greater access to their neighborhood schools, SFUSD must ensure that access to a neighborhood school means access to an excellent education.
Parents should continue to weigh in throughout this process and plan to attend the October 6 Study Session, when staff are expected to present a recommendation and discuss the community engagement approach. The Board is scheduled to set the direction for the assignment policy on October 13.
As a reminder – SF Parents’ community continues to demand from SFUSD:
AN INCREASED, DEMONSTRATED FOCUS ON STUDENTS: We want to see the district’s clear plan and commitment to a baseline of excellence and equity across every SFUSD school. Without clarity, analysis, and follow-through on how decisions impact student outcomes, it’s impossible to know if SFUSD is truly prioritizing what matters most—student learning and success. Through our SF Kids Can’t Wait campaign, families continue to call for urgent improvements in literacy and math outcomes for SFUSD.
GREATER TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNITY ACCESSIBILITY:
Families deserve open, honest communication about how decisions are made and how funds are spent. SFUSD must provide clear data and impact analysis for all major initiatives, including how they support student achievement. The Board should not approve budgets or plans without confidence in their accuracy or their impact on teaching and learning.
REAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND STRONG GOVERNANCE:
SFUSD must move beyond promises to consistent, measurable action. Strong governance from the Board of Education is essential to restoring trust and delivering results for students. Commissioners must remain focused on student outcomes, fiscal responsibility, and transparency, and hold district leadership accountable for following through on commitments and delivering measurable progress.