San Francisco district and unions agree on school reopening plan after city lawsuit
On Saturday, the United Educators of San Francisco (UESF), a collection of several unions representing all school employees, reached a tentative agreement with the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) with a phased reopening plan to force 52,000 students and teachers back into schools for in-person learning.
Under the new framework, which has yet to be voted on by teachers and school workers, schools will begin to return when the county enters the “red zone” of California’s latest “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” reopening plan. The “red zone” signifies a test positivity rate of 5 to 8 percent and up to 7 daily new cases per 100,000 people.
Negotiations between school district, unions over school reopenings resume
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FILE - In this file photo, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera listens to questions during a press conference at City Hall in San Francisco. The city of San Francisco took a dramatic step Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in its effort to get children back into public school classrooms, suing its own school district to try to force open the doors amid the coronavirus pandemic. City Attorney Herrera, with the backing of Mayor London Breed, announced he had sued the San Francisco Board of Education and the San Francisco Unified School District in a statement and discussed it at a news conference. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press