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On behalf of this organization’s executive board, we have a big announcement to make: Decreasing the Distance is soon officially relaunching as San Francisco Parent Coalition.  If, like me, you found hope in this community and our advocacy this last year, please join me in becoming a member of the SF Parents network (it’s free!).…

Last week SFUSD welcomed 6,056 of our youngest elementary students back to school. Children were greeted with parades of balloons, welcome signs, masked cheering from families and school staff, and tears of relief and happiness. Would their friends remember them? Was their teacher tall or short? What would their classroom look like? The big moment…

At least some secondary school students will have the option to return to in-person learning in April, school district officials announced on Monday. But most are still waiting for the district to set a date. The San Francisco Unified School District announced Friday that it had reached agreement with unions to begin returning students to…

San Francisco school officials on Monday released more details about their plans to get some of the city’s more than 52,000 schoolchildren back into classrooms this spring after a year of distance learning that left many families struggling and sparked a lawsuit over reopening schools. Under the plan, starting April 12, some students in lower…

Parents’ excitement about San Francisco schools finally reopening in April turned glum Saturday as many realized that their children were not included in the latest plan. “It was initial excitement and overjoyed feelings of — is this really happening?” said Meredith Dodson, whose son is in preschool at Rooftop Elementary in the Twin Peaks neighborhood.…

Just as San Francisco public school officials and the teachers union seemed to be inching toward an agreement on reopening schools, a rift has opened over 2 feet of social distancing. According to a letter from the San Francisco teachers union, district officials proposed late Wednesday that students be seated 4 feet apart — a…

SACRAMENTO — Parents across California are protesting outside district offices, circulating petitions and dialing into school board meetings with a fury never before seen in the blue state. Gone is the fear of being politically incorrect by siding with Donald Trump or facing criticism for not caring about teachers. Instead, parents in the nation’s biggest…