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Data is important but can be hard to make sense of, which is why we continue to find ways to share data about our schools with you.
Please join us on October 26 to discuss what the numbers tell us about kindergarten readiness, high school graduation, school climate, and more. I imagine you have questions about how we’re doing overall with meeting our goals as a district. Come on by and let’s discuss what the data show.
—Myong Leigh, Interim Superintendent
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Are you thinking of enrolling your child in SFUSD for the 2017-18 school year? School tours give you an important look at a school's community and culture. Contact individual schools to find out when they are holding tours.
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Join us on Oct. 26 to look at how our students are doing and ways in which SFUSD is supporting their success. Light dinner, interpretation and child care will be provided!
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Did you know that a student with a college savings account is at least six times more likely to attend college, regardless of the amount in the account? That's why Kindergarten to College automatically opens savings accounts with $50 for each SFUSD student entering kindergarten. Find participating schools or login to your account.
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Come to Ocean Beach on Oct. 15 to see Northern California's largest sand castle competition—the event also supports arts programs in local schools! Teams from local organizations partner with schools to design and build giant sand sculptures while stage performances and food trucks add to the fun.
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Looking for activities your child can participate in? Our Children, Our Families' activity guide, which has been updated for the fall, is an online, one-stop shop for youth activities from over 50 organizations, including Recreation & Parks, YMCA, and the San Francisco Public Library.
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Hungry kids have a harder time learning. We make breakfast—and learning— easier for them by offering Breakfast in the Classroom, which feeds over 37,000 students free of charge. Watch the video or read more.
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All schools closed on Oct. 10
All SFUSD schools and offices will be closed on Monday, Oct. 10 in observance of Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples' Day/Día de la Raza.
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Enrollment Fair on Oct. 29
Learn about our schools at the Enrollment Fair on Oct. 29 at the City College of San Francisco, or come to a workshop on the enrollment process.
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SFUSD in the News
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8 Bay Area schools win National Blue Ribbon award
Eight Bay Area schools were selected this year as National Blue Ribbon Schools, officials with the California Department of Education announced Wednesday. All the winners in the Bay Area were selected because of high performance as measured by state assessments or national tests. The honor goes to only the highest-performing schools or schools that have closed an achievement gap.
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Peanut butter and persistence
Have You Heard heads west to visit a San Francisco high school where ninth grade social studies students are diving deep into a topic that concerns them directly: school lunch. They're part of a new ethnic studies curriculum that allows them to engage in their education in hopes that they’ll be more invested in school. And it's producing big results: the kind that have researchers salivating more than a kid excited for chicken nugget day in the cafeteria.
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Alexis Smith reads to San Francisco students as part of library dedication event
Traffic reporter Alexis Smith read to students at San Francisco's Bryant Elementary School on Tuesday as part of a library dedication event. She was one of four special guest readers invited to read a Todd Parr book titled "It's OK to be Different." Local company Wipro gifted thousands of books to Bryant Elementary and, along with nonprofit First Book, has distributions planned in other communities nationwide.
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Migrant families overcome the odds at SF schools
Between summers, the 40-year-old mother of three is like hundreds of other migrant workers who send their children to school in the San Francisco Unified School District. These are families that often need guidance to overcome domestic violence, language barriers and poverty—guidance the school district provides through a federal initiative called the Migrant Education Program.
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San Francisco high school athletes are taking a knee. And their community is backing them
There was little blowback to fear from their own community. Some of the players even received rounds of applause when they arrived in their classrooms the following Monday morning. Their coach, Greg Hill, chose to stand on the sidelines as he watched them kneel. “I know these struggles,” says Hill, who is black. “I was just proud to stand for them.”
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SF school board calls for $744M bond to build new schools, create arts center
The San Francisco Board of Education is asking voters to approve a $744 million facilities bond in November for the school district to refurbish property, build at least one new school and construct an arts institute. At least 55 percent of voters need to cast their ballots in favor of Proposition A for the San Francisco Unified School District to receive the funding, $409 million of which would be used to modernize and fix dozens of school facilities.
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Search for new superintendent could take rest of school year
The San Francisco Unified School District could be without a permanent superintendent for the rest of the school year, according to Board of Education President Matt Haney. The search for a new superintendent to replace Richard Carranza—who left the district earlier this month after accepting a job in Texas—officially began Sept. 12 when the school board distributed a Request for Qualifications to search firms.
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Hidden gems: 14 up-and-coming public schools in San Francisco
The real trick is identifying which of the less-popular schools are emerging with growing PTAs, strong leadership, improving test scores, exciting new programs. We reached out to the San Francisco Unified School District to help us identify those off-the-radar schools, and they provided us with the list above. The list includes 14 hidden gems and the qualities and programs that are putting these schools on the map.
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The 40 most beautiful high school campuses in California
School has only been back in session for a few weeks, but we’re pretty sure most of us already wish it were summer again—that is, unless you attend class on one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. From Beverly Hills to Fresno to Concord (where our California office is located!) and everywhere in between, here are the 40 most beautiful high school campuses in California.
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Children of inmates face long odds of success
Some 10 million children in the U.S. have parents who have been incarcerated. These innocent youngsters, studies show, face long odds of success in life. But slowly, efforts to help them are growing.
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San Francisco elementary school is saying no to homework
Fairmount Elementary, located in the city's Glen Park neighborhood, adopted the new no-homework policy this year. School officials sent a flyer home with students Monday which says studies show "there are little or no positive academic benefits of elementary school aged kids doing homework." Fairmount's Principal Luis Rodriguez says so far the response has been positive; one parent even offered him congratulations on this way to school this morning.
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Black Family Resource Network to convene annual Black Family Day on Sept. 17
It’s that time of year again when families are preparing students for another school year and searching for resources to help their young people succeed. For Black families in San Francisco, the struggle may be compounded with rising housing costs, hostile relations with law enforcement and the harsh reality of implicit bias in public schools across the city. To mitigate these obstacles for Black families, local agencies and organizations are coming together to show support for the San Francisco Black community.
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Benioff, Salesforce to give $8.5 million to SF, Oakland schools
Four years ago, Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff encouraged San Francisco’s struggling middle schools to think big, while backing their ideas with seven-digit donations. Since then, his company’s nonprofit foundation has written $13.5 million in checks, and the results are starting to come in, district officials said. Test scores are ticking up, class sizes are down, and the use of technology in classrooms is taken for granted.
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