Feb. 7—After an acrimonious week featuring a lawsuit and dueling news conferences against the backdrop of San Francisco’s still-closed public schools, hundreds of parents and students marched from City Hall to San Francisco Unified School District offices to demand a prompt reopening &md
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
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David Moisl greets his West Portal Elementary kindergartners, whom he teaches online from home. He is ready to return to the classroom as soon as all the necessary safety precautions are in place.Lea Suzuki / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Kevin Robinson, a substitute teacher with San Francisco Unified School District, reads a book by a window in his North Beach home. Robinson, who has worked a total of seven days so far this school year, is hoping to go back to the classroom soon.Stephen Lam / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Thursday, the San Francisco parent collective, Decreasing the Distance, held a news conference to highlight families struggles with distance learning, and their grassroots action to safely reopen San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) classrooms.
This comes on the heels of the City of San Francisco suing SFUSD for their failure to devise a concrete plan for reopening schools, 11 months into the coronavirus pandemic.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and San Francisco Mayor London Breed have expressed frustration and disappointment with the district s priority list, so-to-speak, focusing first on renaming dozens of its schools. During that time the school board has alienated parents and made national news for their focus on renaming 44 of our schools, all while there wasn t a plan to reopen those very same schools, Mayor Breed said.