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SFUSD, unions, reach tentative covid pact; walkout averted
The San Francisco Unified School District and the unions representing teachers, staff and others reached a tentative agreement this evening that will keep public schools open, for the present. The […]...
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Total meltdown at Everett Middle School: Teachers out, principal resigning,...
Para leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. Si prefiere escuchar este artículo en español, haga clic aquí. Teachers and parents of Everett Middle School students are speaking out […] Total...
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Everett staff defend school, acknowledge widespread problems — allegations of...
Escuche este artículo en español, o léalo al hacer clic aquí. Following allegations in Mission Local that troubled students had beaten two Everett Middle School teachers, and parent complaints about...
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Escuela Secundaria Everett en crisis total: Maestros fuera, la directora...
Escuche este artículo en español al hacer clic en este enlace. Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en inglés el 21 de abril (English version) aquí. Maestros y padres […] Escuela Secundaria...
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Personal de Everett defiende escuela y reconoce problemas, pero no refuta...
Escuche este artículo en español. Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en inglés el 26 de abril aquí. Tras las acusaciones hechas recientemente en Mission Local sobre estudiantes difíciles […]...
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Back to school 2022: Another Op’nin’, Another Show
Grant Miller, 4, walked up Bartlett Street decked out in his light-up Spider-Man sneakers. His father and best friend for the summer, Nick, trailed behind him. The sun was still […] Back to school...
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Firm awarded no-bid contract to fix SFUSD payroll has troubling history
For nearly 10 months, the San Francisco Unified School District couldn’t assess the scope of its payroll fiasco. Now, at last, some numbers are in: A whopping 3,337 employees have […] Firm awarded...
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SF educators fill Franklin Street to protest payroll debacle (UPDATED)
UPDATED AT 7:05 p.m.: Traffic was halted on Franklin Street when well over 200 educators across some 20 school sites filled the street in front of the school district headquarters […] SF educators...
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SFUSD calls state of emergency in payroll fiasco; teachers’ union files...
Following 10 months of ongoing payroll errors that have affected more than 3,000 educators and staffers, San Francisco’s teachers union and the school district each chose Monday morning to make […]...
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Lowell sickout: 80% of teachers walk off the job in protest
About 80 percent of Lowell High School’s educators, some 120 out of 149, are expected to call in sick today in protest of the San Francisco Unified School District’s ongoing […] Lowell sickout: 80% of...
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UPDATE: SFUSD pumps up to $6M more into fixing payroll fiasco
UPDATE, Thursday evening: The Board of Education has approved the resolution. See end. ORIGINAL STORY: The Board of Education will vote today on whether to pour an additional $6 million […] UPDATE:...
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Buena Vista K-8 teachers threaten walkout over arsenic, lead on site
Educators at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 school threatened to demonstrate and potentially walk off the job if the school district doesn’t address recent concerns over arsenic and lead on […] Buena...
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San Francisco continues to fail its teachers
Read in Spanish / leer en español It took Daniel Wagner three years to become a National Board Certified Teacher. This is a grueling process undertaken by particularly adept — and, […] San Francisco...
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Lowell alumni move to amass $250K litigation war chest
When two city natives suss each other out, as Carl Nolte wrote back in 1984, the first question is, invariably, “Whereya from?” And if the answer is “here,” the second […] Lowell alumni move to amass...
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Everett schoolyard to get $3 million makeover
Read in Spanish / Leer en español Following a donation from a concerned neighbor and large grant approved by the city, Everett Middle School is slated to spend nearly $3 […] Everett schoolyard to get...
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Lead test results are in for concerned Buena Vista community
Following weeks of testing, none of the students and staff at Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 appear to have dangerous levels of lead in their blood. The Buena Vista Horace […] Lead test results are in...
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Struggling Mission, Excelsior schools face steep cuts
As San Francisco public school principals turned in their 2023-24 budget proposals to Superintendent Matt Wayne this past Friday, many scrambled to find solutions to cuts at schools that have […]...
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School is in. The heat is out.
If San Francisco public school teacher Sabeena Shah was hoping to offer her students an example of “irony” that doesn’t include diabetics racing to the pharmacy and being struck by […] School is in....
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Water faucets at six SF preschools test unsafe for lead
“How does anybody even conceive of doing this, and not tell the staff or the parents?” Lyons said. “If the parents don’t advocate, nothing happens.” Water faucets at six SF preschools test unsafe for...
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11 SF high schools could see after-school budgets halved
Eleven high schools in San Francisco are expected to lose 54 percent of their funding for after-school programs next year, according to a letter sent to the school district’s Board […] 11 SF high...
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SFUSD misses payday for 815 of its lowest-paid workers
The San Francisco Unified School District, which last year introduced a costly and dysfunctional payroll system that underpaid and mispaid scads of its employees, has managed to once again miss […]...
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Back to school 2023: SF students begin a new year
Across the Mission and San Francisco, students and their parents flocked to schoolhouse gates today, ending their summers and starting a new year in San Francisco’s public schools. For some, […] Back...
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‘Morale is low:’ SFUSD paraeducators still waiting on pay
Three health workers say the school district has delayed paying them $1,600 stipends for work they completed during the 2022-2023 school year. They’re just a few of an unknown number […] ‘Morale is...
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SFUSD curtailing free home wifi for students
Public schools in San Francisco will no longer distribute hotspots that currently provide 8,000 students home access to free internet. But instead of cutting service off at the end of […] SFUSD...
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For first time, health clinic opens at John O’Connell High
On a wet January evening, students from John O’Connell High School trekked to the San Francisco Board of Education meeting, pleading for help. The high school had entered its second […] For first...
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SF teachers cautiously, optimistically experiment with AI
San Francisco public school teachers are dipping their toes into the city’s newest industry: artificial intelligence, which has spawned popular tools used by educators in teaching, grading and...
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SF school staff union blasts district for seeking outside workers
The union representing custodial and other public school workers in San Francisco has alleged that the school district is violating its contract, saying the district has put out a bid […] SF school...
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SF teachers vote 97 percent to authorize strike
The San Francisco public school teachers’ union has overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike, with 97 percent of those who voted backing the proposal — a move that ups the […] SF teachers vote 97...
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Students ask SFUSD to spend new funds on tutors, arts, better school food
When their schools get as much as $1 million a year in new funding, what improvements would students like to see? Better food. “Anything that people love. Simple french fries, […] Students ask SFUSD...
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In ‘toxic’ political moment, SFUSD delays $1B school bond measure
A massive, $1 billion school bond initially slated for the March 2024 ballot has now been tentatively bumped to November. If and when it formally makes the ballot, it will […] In ‘toxic’ political...
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SFUSD payroll debacle’s latest victims: Student interns
The latest victims of the years-long payroll debacle that destabilized the San Francisco Unified School District — during which thousands of employees went underpaid, improperly paid or unpaid — would...
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