What teachers, students, parents said about San Francisco Bay Area schools reopening
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A Bay Area child doing distance learning from home.Courtesy SFGATE reader
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many San Francisco Bay Area public schools have been closed for nearly a full year. And while we ve heard a lot about whether they should reopen from both politicians and teacher unions, we haven t heard nearly as much from actual teachers, or parents, or even students.
So, we decided to give them the floor.
Our call for reader emails Monday resulted in an overwhelming response we received more than 300 messages from teachers, district superintendents, parents, students, grandparents, doctors, college professors and community members.
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The next challenge for S.F. school district? Choosing new names for a third of its schools [San Francisco Chronicle]
Jan. 28 A third of San Francisco schools will get a new name in the coming months, ending a years-long process to reconsider the country’s racist past and eliminate the name of slave owners and colonizers on band uniforms and high school diplomas.
The controversial decision by the board Tuesday night to rename 44 school sites garnered national attention and split the city, with some criticizing the timing and process during a pandemic and others arguing change needs to happen now to recognize the ongoing racism and trauma affecting students of color.
The next challenge for S.F. school district? Choosing new names for a third of its schools
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Sixth-grader Elijah Wigfall, 12, stands in front of James Denman Middle School, one of the schools the board voted to rename.Yalonda M. James / The Chronicle
A third of San Francisco schools will get a new name in the coming months, ending a years-long process to reconsider the country’s racist past and eliminate the name of slave owners and colonizers on band uniforms and high school diplomas.
The controversial decision by the board Tuesday night to rename 44 school sites garnered national attention and split the city, with some criticizing the timing and process during a pandemic and others arguing change needs to happen now to recognize the ongoing racism and trauma affecting students of color.